Monday Meme -- ABCs (The Reply)
Aug. 4th, 2008 07:04 pmLast week, I posted a meme asking people to give me a subject for each letter of the alphabet in exchange for a post where I wrote about those subjects. This is that post. Fortunately for you all, only 6 letters were taken.
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A severe thunderstorm blew in while I was in the middle of writing this entry. I kept typing faster, hoping to finish writing before the flickering power went out. Right around the time I was starting to proofread the entry, the tornado sirens went off. I turned on the TV to see where the tornado was in relation to me, but the National Weather Service had taken over my cable signal and all I had was a black screen that said TORNADO WARNING. I spent some time cuddling with my Maglite while waiting for the worst of it to blow over. The lightning was so constant that it was never dark outside for even a second (ETA: The TV news later confirmed that the storm was generating up to 15 lightning strikes per second). Also, the tornado sirens went off a second time. Fortunately, early reports on the tornado place it well south of me. I'm sure news crews will be out covering the damage as soon as it's safe.
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A severe thunderstorm blew in while I was in the middle of writing this entry. I kept typing faster, hoping to finish writing before the flickering power went out. Right around the time I was starting to proofread the entry, the tornado sirens went off. I turned on the TV to see where the tornado was in relation to me, but the National Weather Service had taken over my cable signal and all I had was a black screen that said TORNADO WARNING. I spent some time cuddling with my Maglite while waiting for the worst of it to blow over. The lightning was so constant that it was never dark outside for even a second (ETA: The TV news later confirmed that the storm was generating up to 15 lightning strikes per second). Also, the tornado sirens went off a second time. Fortunately, early reports on the tornado place it well south of me. I'm sure news crews will be out covering the damage as soon as it's safe.