I sat with thoughts mushing together in my head- fear, disbelief, humor even. This all has to be a joke. Yet, it is a live-stream, and it couldn't have been edited, could it? Oh well. There hasn't been a tornado in YEARS. We should be fine. We WILL be fine. Calm down Raena, just calm down. Maybe I should bring the other kids downstairs to watch a movie. Yup, totally going to do that.
"Hey kiddos!!!" I yell, "Come watch a movie with me!" Oh jeez, here comes the stampede. Just kidding. There are only seven of them. I just turn on the TV and go back to my tablet. As the storm chasers I'm watching get closer to Joplin, I start getting really uncomfortable. Still trying to persuade myself that its not true, and failing at it. I look at my phone only 4:15. I thought it was later. Why do these gatherings go till 7:00??? With the things I'm watching, I am genuinely scared now. I look outside. It's storming pretty hard now. I've always loved thunderstorms. But now it was weird. It was all to weird. It all seemed fake. Almost 5:00 now. Good. No more baby-sitting in two hours. But this video doesn't look like we have two hours. It says 35 minutes until we may get hit. Remaining calm is the hardest part. I look at my siblings and cousins. They have no idea what may happen. 5:12. I'm using all my courage to not panic now. I am 100% scared and there is no changing that...
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When the Winds Blew
Historical Fiction***THIS STORY IS ON HOLD*** It was a normal day. Kids were playing, parents were barbecuing, families were getting back from church. We couldn't have asked for a better day. It couldn't have gone bad. Except, that it did.
