A saga.

[ladyplutonia]

So this afternoon, around 3:00, a funnel cloud was spotted in western Cook County. A tornado warning was issued and word started to spread around the office and as soon as I heard about it, I went into panic mode. But I was in a phone meeting at the time and no one else seemed to be worried and they all kept talking about calculating tax rules and

Comments

[cosmicwonder]

Um, if you don't like tornadoes, why do you remain in the Midwest, which has a rather high incidence of them?

[ladyplutonia]

Because except for the tornadoes, I do enjoy the Midwest.

And also, everywhere has its natural disasters. If I move to the South, I get blown away in a hurricane. If I move out East, I get buried in snow. If I move to the Southwest, I melt every summer. On the West coast, I crumble in an earthquake or run from wildfires. All things considered, tornadoes really aren't that bad -- just like heights, spiders, Friday the 13th, and other things that people have irrational fears of aren't that bad either. ^_^

Tornadoes aren't terribly common up here around the Lakes, really -- in my experience, maybe one real one swings by my locale per summer. It just seems that whenever there's a scare happens to be the only time I update my LJ. o_O

[loki271]

Have not been in a earthquake yet, but I'm waiting for one to happen. At least our building is only two floors and opens right up to the outside :D. That way I can make a quick exit in the event that there is one (we live on the ground floor).

[cosmicwonder]

um yeah, one of the stupidest ideas ever. Have you read anything on earthquake survival? You're supposed to hide underneath a table or other secure structure which can prevent you from flying objects. And you know, we've been in LA for a year and not an earthquake yet *knocks wood*.