[silver_pilate]

Fox Body,

You oughta come spend a spring with me here in West Texas. We'll go chace a few twisters. It has really become second nature to watch the sky around here, although the last couple of years have been fairly quiet. I've had tornados jump my house, and I actually watched one touch down in the field behind my house. That was the most sinister sight I have ever seen in my life. The wall cloud came in from the west and pretty much stopped above us. You could look right into the heart of it...spinning and churning like a cauldron. Dirt devels were kicking up all around the house. You could look out any window of the house and see 2-3 of 'em. Give me shivers thinking about it. A few years later, we were driving to town, and noticed a bunch of traffic coming out of town and going down towards my neighbor's house. We looked over, and the house was all but gone. That tornado came within 2 miles of our house, and we didn't even know it. No warnings or anything. Anyway, it keeps the adrenaline going.

PKRWUD,

Glad it wasn't a big one. I know exactly how you feel, though. Getting pumped up and the adrenaline flowing. Severe weather does the same to me. Take care and God bless.

--nathan