Today was a strange day, to say the least. It started at 4:30 am with the weather radio sounding its alarm. It said that a storm system would be passing through central Indiana if a short time, with possible tornados and/or winds up to 60 mph.
Well, that sounded like fun, and, since we hate to ride out these storms in a mobile home, I decided to get dressed in case we needed to flee to the safety of the hospital basement where we usually go for safety during storms.
So, I quickly dressed, and then, just as quickly, hopped right back into bed and went to sleep immediately. So, when I awoke at the usual time, I was quite surprised to find myself fully clothed. Then Don and I spent breakfast and morning paper time monitoring the TV weather news. Randy Hollis and his buddies were having a high ol' time telling about the storm chaos in Illinois, and the line of storms all along the western border of Indiana, and how fast they were moving our way. You know, those weather guys and gals just live for these exciting days.
However, photos assured us that this was indeed going to be a rather active storm day. And I was scheduled to attend a breakfast planning team meeting for Christian Women's Club at nine, and then be picked up by my dear old friend, Elva Mae, to go for lunch. What to do, what to do? The projections seemed to say that the storm might hit Anderson between nine and nine thirty, right when the breakfast meeting would be happening on the West side of Perkins Restaurant in their all glass porch!
Not a place I wanted to be with 60 mph winds coming out of the west! Since I play a very small unimportant part with the planning team (breakfast eater, observer, friendly, unimportant chatterer), I decided to skip that meeting. Elva Mae and I touched base by phone at eight. She was heading for bible study in the basement of her church (sounded safe enough). We decided that Don and I would head to St. Johns Hospital if the storm sirens sounded, and then, if the weather emergency was over, I would ride with him to Hoosier Park. Then Elva Mae would meet me there for the buffet lunch. There we all could drive to the covered entrance and benefit from valet parking.
Guess what! It all worked just like clock work. The storm began to blow about nine.
We headed to St. Johns and had coffee and such in the basement cafeteria. We watched the weather Tv in the lounge. The sirens sounded shortly after we arrived.
The storm blew in - really BLEW in. We were snug and safe there. Elva Mae was snug and safe at church. The weather alert ended. We all drove through moderate rain and wet streets to Hoosier Park. Don went to his own entertainment down stairs. Elva and I had a wonderful lunch and caught up on the news in our lives. Then she took off for home, I found Don, and we left a bit later. When we left Hoosier Park the sun was shining, and it couldn't have been a more beautiful day.
Turbulent Tuesday turned out to be just fine.
Post Script: There was quite a bit of storm damage in the state - some just south of us in Greemfield and about, some west in Lebanon and surrounds, and some just north around Kokomo. This has been the weather pattern all summer, rain goes south and north of us, and just skips Anderson. Today we received the rain, but thank God, skipped the storm damage.
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