- The Storm
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christenzilla
- May 8th, 2009
So I woke up today to hard rain, lightening, and green dark skies. I got dressed, ran to my car, which in the 10 seconds it took me to get to my car, I was soaked. Then I thought to myself, I have 3 days of flex time, maybe I should just stay home form work because the weather is horrible. Then I thought, nah, I will just save them for worse days.
So I took about 3 phone calls, while the sirens were going off every few minutes. Then I was told to get off the phone and get under my desk. So I got under my desk, watched people freak out about family, their houses, etc. Watched the power go out, luckily my work place has a generater. So the power was only lost for a few seconds, my computer stayed on and didn't reboot itself. Then I started to hear stories about what was going on, where the tornados were touching down at.
There was so much rain, they said it rained 5 inches in an hour. Then the rain poored for hours upon hours. So it caused a lot of floods, many people I work with told me their houses, apartments, etc were flooded.
After about an hour under my desk, the storm was over. Everyone was to return to work. Some people left work to go take care of their houses and stuff. One of my bosses ended up in a car accident right after the storm, and his veichle was totaled. I heard there was a tractor trailer accident on the highway. And that some of the other highways were flooded in near by towns. In some towns power was estimated to be out for a couple of days.
I stayed at work for until the end out my shift because I was worried my power might be out. Whenever I walked outside to drive home, the weather was perfect. The air was crisp, clean, and it smelled like pine. My car was covered in leaves. I saw a road sign crushed under the rails on the highway, a thick metal pole bent in half, bunches of trees down. On one of the bridges I crossed on the way home, the railing that was recently replaced was totally missing. And this huge old tree was demolished.
The power at my house was on, so I was happy. It was a pretty interesting day. I have to say I kinda like the destruction. I am not afraid of storms, they excite me. However it sucks when some people don't make it.