Although I have been in Kansas City for two years now (not including the two years I lived here in High School) I have never quite experienced what I did yesterday.
On May 25th, 2011 at approximately 11:45am I endured the exciting yet stressful process of hiding in a basement. It all started when the gut wrenching sound of tornado warning sirens began to scream.
At this point for me it was pure terror, I was away from Peter, my dogs, and my dad, and multiple cells in rotation seemed to be hovering over all of their locations. My boss wasted no time rushing us to the basement, and all I could think was this wasn't going to end up with me and a bunch of midgets having a sing a long.
While most of my coworkers remained calm (they have been through this many times) I paced the basement trying to get service bars on my cell phone, which ended up useless. I have this amazing piece of technology I spend nearly $100 dollars on a month to be informed and connected to the outside world when things like this happen, then it turns out a basic 20 dollar radio is all you really need.
I wish I could vamp up this blog entry by telling you we barely escaped the twisters with our lives, that I ended up meeting a talking lion in a far away world...somewhere over the rainbow. But truth is, I spent 45 minutes stuck in a basement with my coworkers. Only to emerge from there to blue skies and singing birds.
However, as serious as those warnings were and how boring it turned out to be...I am truly thankful. Some areas over the past few days weren't as lucky.
Joplin, Missouri/Ozarks Red Cross News & Donation
http://www.ozarksredcross.org/
So as an archaeologist transitioning to the wine industry, that just started a garden, and who swears Kansas is the worst place she has ever been, I had to stop by your blog when I saw your profile! Alas, someone has to love Kansas, good luck!
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