Monday, April 03, 2006

Have you ever had to outrun a tornado?

Yesterday, I invited Nicole, a friend of mine from Versailles, to come with me to Henry County for youth group. We had a blast... especially after most everyone left and it was just Aaron, Nicole, Matt, and I. I had this massive party hits CD with me so we kind of had a dance party in the sanctuary just goofing around. Anyway so the four of us goofed off for probably two and half hours ignoring the storms coming in and out.

Well eventually Aaron got called home because of Tornados and so we all packed up and left too. Said our goodbyes and headed back to Lexington. It was really eerie because there was lightening all around but no rain and everything was just still. When we got to Shelbyville, the sirens went off. I thought it was like an ambulance or something... but Nicole being the good Kentuckian knew what they were. So we called my parents and found out that the Tornado/storm was in Simpsonville heading down I-64 at 60mph. Simpsonville was probably 10 miles behind us and we were on 64 just ahead of the storm. So I went 70 all the way home, and my parents updated me as the storm hit all the towns we had just passed. We made it home just as the winds picked up in Versailles.

Kind of crazy eh? I was expecting a cow to fly across my path at any second. I felt like I was in some weather channel movie. I was so grateful when we made it home safe and especially when the storm passed over us.

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