Tornado!

We had another tornado! It doesn't look like much from this photo, (the top pic was from the news) but it made the news, and MSN too! (you can barely see the lt brown column going up in the middle) One was a mile wide, and not too far from us. We're used to getting tornado watches, but not many warnings. I was at the club working out when this one hit. We were all ordered into the locker rooms. Of course no one wanted to go to the lockers, instead we all gathered at the large plate glass windows to try to see funnels, to the dismay of the highly trained "in the event of a tornado" staff. Several members ran outside to stand on the hill to watch the funnel that kept peeping out of the clouds above the gym. Again, to the dismay of the now close to panicked staff. The locker rooms were no fun. (they eventually herded us that way) They were full of crying kids from the daycare trying to find dad, in the womens locker area. After 20 minutes they said they would no longer hold us hostage, we are free to go. The warning was still in effect, so leave at your own risk, or stay in the safest place possible, the locker rooms. Of course everyone left. Driving home I saw streets lined with people taking pictures standing on top of cars, and sitting on fences. You can tell we all panicked at the sight of a tornado!