10 feet from a touchdown

No.. I am not talking about football, I am talking about a tornado people! Last night we had a nasty storm roll through. There was lightning striking everywhere to the point you could hear what it was hitting.

Of course.. I am sitting on the front porch watching. It is what we always do. Is it safe? I don't think so. Is it fun? Hell yeah!

Before I was sitting on the porch, I had just grabbed my dinner and went to sit down. I looked out the window and saw this HUGE black funnel cloud making its way to the ground. I said to my mom who was sitting there, "Holy shit, is that a tornado?!" She quickly turned around.. and then we of course ran outside (the last thing you are suppose to do) I of course yelled to my fiance, who then did not believe me and laughed until I told him I was F-ING serious. I think he got the point from my tone of voice. My mom then told me she knew I was serious from the look on my face (must have been a crazy eyed look)

So... there we all were sitting outside on the porch watching this cloud make its way down to the ground, and then it just stopped, and back up it went. It had to be 10 feet from a touchdown. Scary. Then came the hail... and I really hate hail, because I am so afraid it's going to dent up my nice SUV... hail is bad. I really wish I would have taken a picture, but I guess I was too in the moment of making sure this "tornado" wasn't going to make its way to my house. It was a close call.

I live in a valley that runs for a good bit (mile or two)... and we tend to be a hot spot in southern PA. Every storm seems to make its way to us... and any chance of there being a tornado, it is most likely to be near us. PA does not get too many tornadoes, it's rare. We had one over 10 years ago that was one of the biggest around our area, and of course it came right up the valley I live in. Completely wrecked everything, thankfully my house sits on the top of the hill, and the tornado blew through the middle and did not touch our house besides some siding that had flown off from the winds. Ever hear a tornado? It really sounds like a train running right beside your house. It is loud, screechy, and pretty scary.

There is something about storms that are just fun. Watching them and secretly hoping the electric blows out, I tend to enjoy storms. It's crazy to watch how mother nature works.. it can be interesting. Hmm.. Maybe I should have became a meteorologist?

ehh.. that's OK, I'd rather watch them from the front porch of my house. This weeks weather forecast? Storms for the next couple days.. hopefully there is another good one in there.


amberlee