Weather ...

We have had some crazy weather in Virginia over the past few years

we have been experiencing tropical storms....

and Hurricane Isabel

lots and lots of flooding

last year a 5.8 earthquake just a few miles from where I work

and lately, tornado's!!

On Monday severe thunderstorms were in our forecast

this is nothing out of the ordinary

we always have some big thunderstorms when the temps

get up high and we have high humidity

At work we saw the clouds rolling in around 2:30

the wind kicked up

dust from the construction site on campus kicked up so

much we could no longer see the big cranes

and then the rain hit....coming in sideways!!

could not believe how powerful the winds were..

it really looked like when we had the hurricane

Our power went off and then we all started getting emergency

emails on our work laptops to take cover....and to go to the

interior safe rooms of our floor as there was a tornado warning

in effect. But we were fascinated by the storm outside

and stayed by the windows. In hindsight, we realize that was

a pretty dumb thing to do.

Today is was confirmed by the National Weather Service that we had a F0 tornado that was just

around the corner from our office building. We weren't in the path but as everyone knows, it could have taken a turn.

this pic was taken by Rick Kidd of Rick Kidd Photography from the office building next to mine.....you can see how close it came!!

I think next time they give us a warning, I'll listen. These

things are just getting a little too close for comfort!

later.....