This is not a Drill!

The last two weeks are not the weeks to live in Oklahoma!  We have had so many tornado's, I can't even tell you, for sure, how many we have actually had. 

Is TOO DAMN MANY close enough?

But it isn't the same as hearing the weatherman say "There is a mile wide storm with a multiple vortex tornado coming straight for you!"

.... which it was. 

Both sides of neighbors come over with their dogs and our neighbors from across the street.  We all watch the weather while we still have time before we have to go in the fraidy hole.  Of course our electricity goes out! It goes out when the sky is blue, and the birds are singing, and there is no wind.
I think if someone in the neighborhood  farts.... the electricity goes out!

Anyway... the last thing we heard on the TV was; "We have a tornado on the ground ONE mile south of I40 heading toward Yukon.

DUDE!  We LIVE 1 mile south of I40!  So this tornado was not just heading toward our town... but our street.... Without power and us having the weatherman to depend on... We start going down into the cellar. 

We have a 15 man cellar and we had 11 people and 7 dogs in before the night was up.  

You learn things when you go in the basement for real.  You know.... when you actually have to close the door because a truck might slam into your face if you don't? 

I learned  IT IS HOT in there! We need CIRCULATION!!!

I learned we need benches instead of chairs.  Chairs are bad.  They are big and take up too much room!  

We need a weather radio cause the life gets SUCKED out of your phone while you have iheart radio streaming... listening to the weather!

I also will take a ice chest down there and put some water in it!

 I was not prepared this storm... except with a place to go and lights!  I had two lanterns and 4 push on lights.  WHY for one small area I have NO IDEA.. but we were good in the light department!!!

After the tornado threat was over... we needed an ark!  It rained 10 inches and flooded lots of places in the city and surrounding towns. 

I am ready for this storm season to be over with.