I've always wanted to see a tornado; they've fascinated me since I was little. I thought I finally had my chance the other night. I was walking back from Friday's to my hotel room at Cedar Point when the tornado sirens went off. It was kind of creepy for a minute because the path along the beach that I was walking on was completely deserted, and there was nowhere for me to go if a tornado was coming. I resigned myself to possible death and continued my leisurely pace back to my hotel room.
In my room, I immediately turned on the Weather Channel. They said a tornado had been spotted near the Ohio turnpike and it was headed for Sandusky. "Sweet!" I thought, and I ran for my car. But sadly, I did not spot any of the three tornadoes spawned from that storm, all of which were right by where I was driving. I was so disappointed.
Then I thought, what would I do if I actually saw the tornado? What if I was driving down the road and all of a sudden it was coming straight at me? I've heard you're supposed to drive at a 90 degree angle to it, but that's all I know. And what if you're so close you can't immediately tell which way it's going? And what if there's traffic? And how do you see a tornado when it's raining so hard you can barely see 10 feet in front of you? All of these questions and more sprang into my mind as I drove, and I thought, "Maybe I should have planned this out better." Next time there are tornadoes, I will be ready.
In my room, I immediately turned on the Weather Channel. They said a tornado had been spotted near the Ohio turnpike and it was headed for Sandusky. "Sweet!" I thought, and I ran for my car. But sadly, I did not spot any of the three tornadoes spawned from that storm, all of which were right by where I was driving. I was so disappointed.
Then I thought, what would I do if I actually saw the tornado? What if I was driving down the road and all of a sudden it was coming straight at me? I've heard you're supposed to drive at a 90 degree angle to it, but that's all I know. And what if you're so close you can't immediately tell which way it's going? And what if there's traffic? And how do you see a tornado when it's raining so hard you can barely see 10 feet in front of you? All of these questions and more sprang into my mind as I drove, and I thought, "Maybe I should have planned this out better." Next time there are tornadoes, I will be ready.
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One more tornado memory - When I was in fifth or sixth grade my girlfriends and I were walking home from the school park when we noticed something flying wayyyy up in the sky and were trying to figure out what it was. When we looked down there was tons of roof shingles and boards and garbage cans and stuff like that coming at us from between the houses. It was actually a tornado! We ran so fast to Nora's house. She got hit by a garbage can, but Patti and I escaped. I slept on the floor by my bedroom door for like a month after that because I was too scared to be by a window.
Anyways, I think tornado's are very cool too. There was a storm chasing show not long ago that was very funny - they always made the wrong decisions and went the wrong way so never got close to a twister. It was hilarious! They would have confirmation of one but decide to go somewhere else where there was a possibility of one, then it would never happen. Then they would be talking to all the other "chasers" who say the other one and talk about how they made the wrong decision..again. Very (unintentionally) funny show!
Kathy