Well, that was...fun.
::cue Eddie Izzard voice::
So. Tornadoes. We were at work, of course, me in the middle of a huge meeting for my VP with out-of-staters, when there was some murmur on the corridor about weather turning bad. I ran out, checked radar, saw the forecast, went back, and told everyone 'heey, welcome to Texas, we might have tornadoes, so um, when the sirens sound, just get up and walk downstairs with me, please." Went around the floor, made sure all the other admins knew (we hold this place together, after all). Then spent about an hour downstairs with the herd, passing on updates and trying to stay calm--since the Husband and I work at the same place and on the same floor, it helped that he was around. I knew our daughter was safe at the daycare, we just hoped that neither of the tornadoes coming our way actually hits here.
Everything was OK until the hail started to hit.My boss saw the baseball size hailstones bounce off his Audi and went 'well, there goes my car' but he got off easy. At least three peaople I know got their windshields smashed. We just got our car finally fixed after last May's hailstorms this November, so we were REALLY happy we only got away with dents.
Then off I went to team dinner and The Husband called me to let me know that the daughter was fine but there was no power at the house. And there wasn't until 300am this morning. Daughter didn't want to sleep in an all-dark room (no nightlight with no power) so she fall asleep in the sunroom while Daddy was waiting for Mommy to come home. That of course, meant Daddy slept in that room too... and he was quite grumpy this morning, poor thing. Daughter, on the other hand, was extremely excited and happy. Adventure day for a three-year-old, whee!
So. Tornadoes. We were at work, of course, me in the middle of a huge meeting for my VP with out-of-staters, when there was some murmur on the corridor about weather turning bad. I ran out, checked radar, saw the forecast, went back, and told everyone 'heey, welcome to Texas, we might have tornadoes, so um, when the sirens sound, just get up and walk downstairs with me, please." Went around the floor, made sure all the other admins knew (we hold this place together, after all). Then spent about an hour downstairs with the herd, passing on updates and trying to stay calm--since the Husband and I work at the same place and on the same floor, it helped that he was around. I knew our daughter was safe at the daycare, we just hoped that neither of the tornadoes coming our way actually hits here.
Everything was OK until the hail started to hit.My boss saw the baseball size hailstones bounce off his Audi and went 'well, there goes my car' but he got off easy. At least three peaople I know got their windshields smashed. We just got our car finally fixed after last May's hailstorms this November, so we were REALLY happy we only got away with dents.
Then off I went to team dinner and The Husband called me to let me know that the daughter was fine but there was no power at the house. And there wasn't until 300am this morning. Daughter didn't want to sleep in an all-dark room (no nightlight with no power) so she fall asleep in the sunroom while Daddy was waiting for Mommy to come home. That of course, meant Daddy slept in that room too... and he was quite grumpy this morning, poor thing. Daughter, on the other hand, was extremely excited and happy. Adventure day for a three-year-old, whee!