august 18th
part of me still doesnt believe it happened..but it did. and its like nothing ive ever seen. seems like we're in some disaster movie and its all pretend, too surreal to even be true.
on thursday it started out great, most of my friends and i went to freshamn orientation..saw everyone and gave hugs, found out lockers and stuff..me and kaia left and went to lunch with our moms, crazy to think about that at that time we didnt know what was coming in 6 hours. me and kaia chilled for awhile watched anchorman laughed away...and took a nap...we started getting worried bout the weather....everyone was saying, "its going right past us" " dont worry a tornado hasnt struck stoughton fro 12 years" "its ok i promise: they were all wrong.
so kaias parents told us to come downstairs cuz the weather was getting bad..we started getting worried..we're all just sitting there watching the tv, then the tv goes out, but the lights were fine. the weather people kept saying it was gonna miss stoughton, pass over us....we didnt think something would happen. it starts storming..then came this sounds ill never forget for as long as i live. sounded like a train getting closer, combined with wind..everyone stopped talking..and ran for the garage.(kaias garage is underground sorta) we all piled in the car. the sound we heard was the tornado ripping apart the land on the opposite side of the lake. but at the time, we didnt kno where it was heading. half of me was trying to convince myself i was gonna be fine, and the other half of me was thinking that maybe this was the last time i was gonna see anyone again..i was thinking bout my friends and family and wondering where they were..worrying that maybe id never see them again. thank god i was with kaia and not alone or with strangers..being with her made it better even though we were both sobbing..so after we thought it was gone, we went back in the house, which was still there...everything loooked fine around her house and neighbor...we didnt think much happened. until..shelley called her sister and she said the country club sub division was gone..shelleys parents lived over there, she went ballistic.sobbing...trying to leave the house to drive over there. luckily we got her to stay...but now we started thining bout where it might had hit..by sandhill maybe??? i knew 20 poeple who lived over there...i was terrifed cuz i didnt know anything, what happened,where, how much damaged..nothing at all..the scariest thing is not knowing anything. i called my family and they were fine, in town was fine...i totally broke down when i heard my moms voice..i was such a defining moment when i stepped outside kaias house and looked across the lake and saw trees down..all i heard was the sirens starting up, anda cool breeze drifted through, as the sky cleared at sunset and set the sky on fire.
once me and kaia got ahold of everyone we could, there was nothing to do but wait. there was nothing to say or do that seemed right. it was the longest day of my life...ever and the scariest.
turned out..the damage was unbelieveable, only 1 death, 21 injuires, and a few hundred homes damaged...bout 70 destroyed..i was so lucky. some people dont have houses. im so grateful....
August 18th, 2005
on thursday it started out great, most of my friends and i went to freshamn orientation..saw everyone and gave hugs, found out lockers and stuff..me and kaia left and went to lunch with our moms, crazy to think about that at that time we didnt know what was coming in 6 hours. me and kaia chilled for awhile watched anchorman laughed away...and took a nap...we started getting worried bout the weather....everyone was saying, "its going right past us" " dont worry a tornado hasnt struck stoughton fro 12 years" "its ok i promise: they were all wrong.
so kaias parents told us to come downstairs cuz the weather was getting bad..we started getting worried..we're all just sitting there watching the tv, then the tv goes out, but the lights were fine. the weather people kept saying it was gonna miss stoughton, pass over us....we didnt think something would happen. it starts storming..then came this sounds ill never forget for as long as i live. sounded like a train getting closer, combined with wind..everyone stopped talking..and ran for the garage.(kaias garage is underground sorta) we all piled in the car. the sound we heard was the tornado ripping apart the land on the opposite side of the lake. but at the time, we didnt kno where it was heading. half of me was trying to convince myself i was gonna be fine, and the other half of me was thinking that maybe this was the last time i was gonna see anyone again..i was thinking bout my friends and family and wondering where they were..worrying that maybe id never see them again. thank god i was with kaia and not alone or with strangers..being with her made it better even though we were both sobbing..so after we thought it was gone, we went back in the house, which was still there...everything loooked fine around her house and neighbor...we didnt think much happened. until..shelley called her sister and she said the country club sub division was gone..shelleys parents lived over there, she went ballistic.sobbing...trying to leave the house to drive over there. luckily we got her to stay...but now we started thining bout where it might had hit..by sandhill maybe??? i knew 20 poeple who lived over there...i was terrifed cuz i didnt know anything, what happened,where, how much damaged..nothing at all..the scariest thing is not knowing anything. i called my family and they were fine, in town was fine...i totally broke down when i heard my moms voice..i was such a defining moment when i stepped outside kaias house and looked across the lake and saw trees down..all i heard was the sirens starting up, anda cool breeze drifted through, as the sky cleared at sunset and set the sky on fire.
once me and kaia got ahold of everyone we could, there was nothing to do but wait. there was nothing to say or do that seemed right. it was the longest day of my life...ever and the scariest.
turned out..the damage was unbelieveable, only 1 death, 21 injuires, and a few hundred homes damaged...bout 70 destroyed..i was so lucky. some people dont have houses. im so grateful....
August 18th, 2005