Well, it’s over now. But on Thursday near to Oklahoma City it was a different matter. We were in the city visiting a museum and the National Memorial. On our way back to the Harvest Host, an old horse farm, we got a weather alert on our phone, Tornado Watch. We got back, opened the trailer a bit to cool down, it was not raining yet. Then our host, Colette, came to the trailer. We needed to take this seriously and she offered to see if her neighbor who has a shelter would allow us to come to it. They did and we did. It looked like an old fashioned cellar door, the slanty kind. It hinged open as we gathered. Colette, two other RVers, the husband and wife who owned the home, their granddaughter, son and daughter-in-law. Plus dog! It was a tight fit The calm demeanor of all the “experienced” people and the baby and the dog put us at ease. They watched weather, patterns, reported positions of spotted and potential tornados and some did touch down pretty close. Maybe not for Oklahoma folks but for Raleigh people a mile or two scores in horseshoes.
I never felt threatened or anxious it was a surreal event. The sky was alternately dark and foreboding then an eerie kind of green tint. The sun as it set was a hazy yellow tennis ball in the sky, barely alit. Lightning flashed across the sky and we waited about 2.5 hours then we were given the all clear and returned to our unharmed trailer. And, against all odds slept well.
We met several folks in Oklahoma City who went our of their way for us. None more so than our hosts, for the night and for the shelter. So kind of them and how generous with their time and effort. Everyone went well past the expected assistance and we are very appreciative of their hospitality.
Cindy got into conversations about Disney so even underground in unsettled weather there is Disney.
As the storm arrives
