Last night was... interesting.
I had heard all day that storms were coming through, but during my glances at patients' TVs throughout the afternoon, it seemed that most of it was going to miss us. Yeah, the clouds looked terrible, but they've looked that way for a week now! So I thought nothing of it. Leo & I ate dinner and started to watch the Biggest Loser Finale. And after about 5 minutes, the local weather people took over the TV. Funnel clouds had been spotted west of Fort Worth and were headed this way. But still, it looked to be heading just northeast of us... So we started filling out some paperwork at the kitchen table.
We could hear the little pings of tiny bits of hail hitting our railing outside, but the radar still showed the storms pretty far away. But then suddenly, those pings turned into much more and as we checked the radar again on the TV, we heard the words "funnel cloud" & "Love Field." Then "Lemmon Avenue is the most dangerous place in Dallas right now." (For the record- we live right next to Love Field ON LEMMON AVENUE.) I grabbed the keys and my cell phone, yelled for Leo to get dressed and quickly headed downstairs. As we hit the 2nd floor, we met up with some neighbors who wanted to know where we were going. My response: "No idea-- we're just headed to the first floor." By this point, the baseball sized hail was coming down FAST and Leo was officially freaking about his new car sitting out in the open. I just about had to tackle him to keep him from running out and getting a concussion- all the while telling him this is what insurance is for!
Luckily, one of our apartment managers lives right downstairs, and he came out just in time to offer his place as a refuge. So, along with 2 other neighbors, we headed inside and straight to the closet. It was a tight squeeze- with 6 adults and a dog, but our new hosts were also serving cocktails, so that helped! Definitely the best way to wait out a tornado...
About an hour later, we finally headed back upstairs, and proceeded to listen to the horrible thunderstorms all night long.
This morning, we went out to assess the damage, and were greeted with this:
Both cars have several dents, and the Civic ended up with a severely cracked windshield, but it definitely could've been worse. Only about 10 miles west of here, there's basically no glass left in tact.
And just as a bonus, we finally did get some pictures of the new GTI! It's a little dusty from the weather, but here ya go!
I had heard all day that storms were coming through, but during my glances at patients' TVs throughout the afternoon, it seemed that most of it was going to miss us. Yeah, the clouds looked terrible, but they've looked that way for a week now! So I thought nothing of it. Leo & I ate dinner and started to watch the Biggest Loser Finale. And after about 5 minutes, the local weather people took over the TV. Funnel clouds had been spotted west of Fort Worth and were headed this way. But still, it looked to be heading just northeast of us... So we started filling out some paperwork at the kitchen table.
We could hear the little pings of tiny bits of hail hitting our railing outside, but the radar still showed the storms pretty far away. But then suddenly, those pings turned into much more and as we checked the radar again on the TV, we heard the words "funnel cloud" & "Love Field." Then "Lemmon Avenue is the most dangerous place in Dallas right now." (For the record- we live right next to Love Field ON LEMMON AVENUE.) I grabbed the keys and my cell phone, yelled for Leo to get dressed and quickly headed downstairs. As we hit the 2nd floor, we met up with some neighbors who wanted to know where we were going. My response: "No idea-- we're just headed to the first floor." By this point, the baseball sized hail was coming down FAST and Leo was officially freaking about his new car sitting out in the open. I just about had to tackle him to keep him from running out and getting a concussion- all the while telling him this is what insurance is for!
Luckily, one of our apartment managers lives right downstairs, and he came out just in time to offer his place as a refuge. So, along with 2 other neighbors, we headed inside and straight to the closet. It was a tight squeeze- with 6 adults and a dog, but our new hosts were also serving cocktails, so that helped! Definitely the best way to wait out a tornado...
About an hour later, we finally headed back upstairs, and proceeded to listen to the horrible thunderstorms all night long.
This morning, we went out to assess the damage, and were greeted with this:
Both cars have several dents, and the Civic ended up with a severely cracked windshield, but it definitely could've been worse. Only about 10 miles west of here, there's basically no glass left in tact.
And just as a bonus, we finally did get some pictures of the new GTI! It's a little dusty from the weather, but here ya go!
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OMG I LOVE Leo's shirt!!!
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