Tuesday Night Tornado Activity!

Well it's no secret that the Dallas area has interesting weather. We've had storms of late. As I have mentioned in other posts. But this past Tuesday was a much more serious adventure to experience. I knew a storm was predicted. I even gave the dogs an extra walk late in the afternoon just in case the storm that was on it's way prevented us from going out later in the evening.

Thanks to the events of Tuesday evening I now have some pretty interesting experiences. Lets review them:

1) At about 8 pm on Tuesday tornado sirens went off for all the city to hear. First off, I learned I can get myself and the boys packed up and out the door in less than 10 minutes.

2) You know those emergency broadcast tests that they do periodically that interrupt your tv viewing and generally annoy? Well I now know what happens when there really is an emergency. Your tv screen goes black and in white letters it flashes what the emergency is. For us it was tornado activity. All regular programming was cancelled for the evening only local news was being broadcast. That right there may have been enough to do in my mother! LOL!

3) I know now that Cody when terrified can somehow figure out a way to bypass the pet-screen attached to the backseat designed to keep him and his little brother in the cargo area. Apparently he was a pug on a mission. His mission after being placed in the cargo area for the ride to my boyfriend's apartment complex was to get to the front seat to mommie and her boyfriend. Once he arrived in the front seat he did his typical Cody-talk. I think it's safe to assume he had a few choice words for the tornado activity and baseball size hail.

4) I learned too how destructive hail can be. Not to mention how big it can get. At my boyfriend's apartment complex there were 31 apartment windows smashed by the hail and numerous car windows were shattered as well. In the office of his complex the large hail took out 2 skylights. And as a result of Tuesday's hail both of our vehicles have numerous dents.

5) I also won't soon forget the sound of the hail hitting my SUV as we drove from my complex to his complex. I'm thankful that none of my windows were shattered during that drive.

6) I also must mention what the sky looked like, I just couldn't get over the strange color the sky turned, kind of a honey mustard color in areas with gray mixed into other areas.

I'm certainly thankful for my boyfriend! I would not have wanted to go through Tuesday night alone with 2 pugs. My boyfriend has a demeanor that naturally calms me!

We've had numerous thunderstorms that have produced rain and thunder that I certainly didn't grow up experiencing in AZ. During my first 2 years here there's even been a threat of tornadoes but none too close to the areas I've been in. Mostly on the outskirts in somewhat nearby counties. This was the first that has been so close to us and threatening such densely populated areas. I'm happy to report the skies above are sunny today and nice sunny Memorial Day weekend weather is on tap!