Rain, Tornado Warnings, Stormy Weather

It was quite fortunate that the “All Staff work meeting” was held on the same weekend as my birthday. It allowed me to go to our daughter Dawn's home in Hudson on Thursday evening and spend two days and one evening with them.

The drive started off pretty scary on Thursday. The weather was terrible driving down I-35. Started with fog and high winds here in Duluth, then rain, then I was in the middle of a storm making it’s way through the middle of the state. It rained so hard, I considered pulling off the road, but then was afraid to do that, so I just continued to drive, trying to see through the rain, and hands glued to the wheel. As I passed Pine City the radio station weather news said a tornado was spotted heading toward Pine City. I kept driving! Rush City brought the end of the rain, however, heard that it was pushing its way to the metro area, and the closer I got, the more threatening it looked. Just as I turned off the exit to Hudson, the clouds opened and it poured, along with the tornado siren. I stopped at Target, so I could pick something up for the granddaughter, thinking also, I’d rather be inside than on the road if a tornado comes through. I asked the sales cashier what they do when the tornado siren goes off, she said “nothing”. I laughed. Then she said “well, that’s the warning siren, I guess if the siren came that one had been seen, there would be something we would do, I’m just not sure what!” So much for tornado preparedness in Wisconsin! By the time I finished at Target, the sirens had stopped, so I headed to Cove Lane.