Day Four

(I'm very sorry for the delay)
Day Four was more like Tornado Day :/

Woke up today at around 7am because the sirens were going off, I knew we were supposed to get some bad weather but I didn't think it would wake me up, first thing I did was check my alarm clock, there was no power so I thought I'll check what time it is on the phone, yet again no power...so according to the directions I had been given just a couple of days ago by my aunt which were turn the tv on and you'll know what to do :/  what did I do went to the kitchen with the dogs and just sat there waiting 'cause I had no clue what to do.

Thankfully within 20-30 minutes the power came back and it was time to watch ABC 33/40 and from then on it was the waiting game for what was gonna be round 2 in the afternoon, I went outside to check if everything was ok as well as Miss Daisy (see photo) had survived the first storm of the day, needless to say it was gorgeous outside (storms make everything look way better afterwards) so I took a couple of pictures and went inside to get ready for my beautiful (cute,amazing, most handsome, smartest) nephew who came over at noon and it was my turn to babysit, he was in a great mood for a three month old he is quite a talker, back to my day sorry for my rambling so we kept checking on each other in the family throughout the day.

Miss Daisy after the morning storm

Growing up in Central America means you know what to do in case of a tropical storm, hurricane and the unpredictable eartquakes, you learn the vocabulary related to them, what's good, what's bad and of course you have years to learn this is where I live and the cities around me that way you know when something is coming your way.

It's needless to say I had a crash course in geography and tornados last Wednesday, James Spann the weather guy for ABC was my teacher for the day, bad thing was he said himself he hadn't seen anything this bad in 25 years (just my luck, right?).

I can say it's weird (scary/ frustrating, I can come up with many other words :S) to know when something this bad is gonna hit close to someone you know yet in someway knowledge is power in this kind of situation, you have time to calm yourself, get ready and seek shelter which is pretty much impossible in an earthquake so for that I'm grateful especially because all tornado warnings were accurate and it was a rather  surprising that not all weathermans are useless like back in ES, of course for the most part in the afternoon I was wishing they were wrong.

Around 4pm maybe, round two started and it was headed towards Tuscaloosa, all I could think was: "Sh#t just got real" (my cousin lives there) and I couldn't help but to feel so powerless just sitting there watching how eveything was happening, I still don't know how my aunt kept it together thankfully my cousin is ok, however the same cannot be said for Tuscaloosa.

A couple of hours later, we had no electricity and the sirens were going off again (the baby was still here, sleeping through it all) we had a tornado warning from around 6-7pm until 9pm, we were able to get a battery operated radio working so it was sitting, hoping, wishing, waiting time for us that all of this would come close to us, long story short, we are ok electricity came back around 11pm and James Spann was still going on ABC 33/40 I have no clue how he did it he was on TV almost 24 hrs.

Going to bed that day was quite a challenge, I felt like I was in a movie for the entire day, but I was thankful we were all safe.

My heart goes out to everyone who lost their homes and loved ones. I pray for all victims, especially those left with nothing but their memories and unbelievable grief. As well a BIG thank you to all responders, medical personnel, and volunteers helping in recovery, may God also keep them safe and provide them strength as they work to make a difference.   

(I'll try and post both day five and six today as well, and I refuse to post sad photos on my blog)