When Jana and I came out of Target the sky looked weird tonight . Going west clouds were so low and very dark. It looked like a bunch of buildings all grouped together. That was kind of spooky. The more west you drove the further away they looked so they were not so close after all. The wind was blowing hard too. I just wanted to get home where I would be safe. Once you been in a tornado in your car it ruins you for life.
That reminded me of another time when it was Jana and I in the car. Jana was about 13 at the time. We had went to the Sonic and heard sirens while we were there. Found out it was tornado warnings. We went down to 6th Avenue and we were right in the middle of a tornado. Talk about scared. I seen dumpsters flying thru the air and signs and all kinds of debris. I pulled as close as I could to a building. We left our seatbelts on. My window blew out. Shattered glass went all over us. Nothing to protect us now. Winds 120 miles an hour(I found out later) blowing against your face where you can't even get a deep breath is very scary. After awhile it got quiet. We were alive!
We drove home. Shakily we got out and went inside. Heard later that tornado went down 6th Avenue to downtown Fort Worth where three people were killed. We were very lucky that night. The next morning we looked in the back where all the glass was shattered. A huge sign with a sharp edge was in the back. I shudder to think what would have happened if that had went thru one of us. I was glad we had a big green Dodge Ram because if it hadn't of been big we would have been going thru the air like those dumpsters.
After that every time the wind blew hard and I was out in it I made a beeline for home. I never want to be out in a storm again and go thru what we did. Tonight it reminded me so much of that long ago night. Jana told me on the way home she loved storms. But she didn't like being out in them in the car. No that is not fun.
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