Jack-town Twister.. and that's not a fancy new martini

First off, me and mine (meaning the Loo and The Cutest Boy in the World) have survived The Storm of 2008 unscathed.

But, Friday, I knew according to the Weather Channel's Local on the 8s that Jackson was expecting some severe isolated thunderstorms. So, I went home at lunch to let the girl out before the rain came. After eating, I sat there studying some whatnot. All of a sudden, like God spilled his Diet Coke on the sun, it got real dark. The power went out and the wind started blowing in sideways. I watched all this from my back living room, feeling overcome with the feeling of "this ain't good." Well, I had to run out to my shed to close the door that I had left unlocked and on the run back I was getting hit by pea-sized hail. "This ain't good at all." In the next 5-10 minutes, I stood frozen, watching with bated breath to see what Mother Nature was about to do. But, almost as suddenly as it began, the spookiness ended and it merely started to rain.

I was expected at clinic at 1, so I collected my effects and headed to the car. The scene that met me was staggering. Trees were uprooted everwhere, or snapped off on top of houses and power lines. My house was actually the first on my street that did not contain a new pine tree fixture in the living room. But, being the dedicated medical student that I am, I drove under downed power lines, around trees and roof debri, and through nonfunctioning traffic lights from my house to clinic. Of course, clinic also was without power and I was told to go home after 40minutes of just sitting around wasting oxygen.

Supposedly, a tornado passed directly over my house. Reports say that the damage was worse than what hit Jackson during Katrina. All I know is that God Himself protected my home that day.