MORE TORNADOES

While my route took me through Arkansas, yesterday, my attention was on Oklahoma. It amazed me how rapidly the violent thunderstorms arose from nothingness. My satellite radio remained tuned to news stations for much of the afternoon. Whenever I stopped the truck, I gave a look to my phone's radar and social media. My parents and other family live in the vicinity of Oklahoma City. I listened to the news, in horror, hearing about multiple tornadoes descending upon Friday evening traffic. For a while, it seemed that this storm would be remembered as the most destructive in United States history. My family reported taking shelter, along with scores of others in the neighborhood. I was truly worried. My dad was very levelheaded during the emergency. In the end, while there were tragedies that occurred, Central Oklahoma didn't get as devastated as what we were expecting. We stop just short of calling it a "miracle".  

Portions of eastern Missouri were hard-hit, however. Thoughts go out to the harmed people there.