As many of you know I live in Northern Colorado……
During a lunch appointment yesterday, the weather turns south pretty quick. It gets so loud in the restaurant from the hail, that we can’t have a conversation. The weather eventually blows over and we make our way back to work. My office is on the second floor of a large manufacturing building. I hop on the computer and start hearing stories about tornadoes that have touched down, and fairly close to where we are. My first thoughts are for my family….call my wife to check on our youngest at her in-home day care…and I call my older daughters day care center and they are practicing tornado drills with the kids, but have a basement and are aware of the situation. My next thought, I better get my boot on! I’m OK in a shoe, but if running for cover is on the agenda, the boot is the preferred mode of transportation. Plus, I forgot to tell you, that at any given time, the manufacturing building I am in is loaded with 30K empty and full bottles of beer…or in the case of a tornado, pieces of shrapnel. Cell service is fading in and out, and it’s difficult to keep up with the news….some tense moments for about 30 minutes.
The tornado passed by our location about 3-4 miles to the east. A couple of the guys I work with were towing a camping trailer back to the brewery and ran right into the sucker. The trailer was ripped from the back of the truck and they sat it out in the pickup. Reports on the radio were for more touchdowns, so they were able to 4 wheel it out of the ditch they landed in and make it back safely.
Phew…glad that is over! Back to recovery…but with just a hint of perspective.
Happy Heelin’
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