Tornadic Activity

Just the phrase sounds so ominous: "conditions are right for the possibility of tornadic activity; please be prepared to take shelter."

Tornadic activity seems... sinister and unamercian.

I prefer funnel clouds. :)

They sound kind of friendly. Like those things you buy at the State Fair in the same booth where you get the elephant ears. Funnel cakes. Aww.. soft and fluffy!

Well, either way, we drove through them last night and, ai ai ai! I've driven through downpours before but *this* was pretty scary.

We wound up driving from overpass to overpass, and cowering under the bridges while the sky roared around above us. No visible funnels, but you knew conditions were right for "tornadic activity."

After we left the area where we were hiding out from the angry elements, and turned the radio to WTMJ, we heard that "a tornado has just touched down in Haven, Wisconsin, near Whistling Straits."

And we had just passed the exit to Kohler! Yikes! No wonder it was so scary. Later they said that 6 of those fluffy, freindly funnel clouds had been sighted in Sheboygan county (where we were driving from overpass to overpass.)

I don't care what you call it, tornadic activity or funnel clouds... I'm glad we got to Milwaukee, got the blood draw done and made it to the hotel safe and sound.

Now this morning I can see my doctor, poke around Wauwatosa a bit on the way back, see some old familiar sights, and read until the baseball game tonight.

Home tomorrow (by the same route we took to get here - north and around all the closed roads in the middle of the state.)

Texted J2 this morning as he was driving to Chicago for a wedding this weekend (his first as a groomsman - it's that time of his life now where they start to happen rapid fire...)

Asked him if he was underwater yet. :) He said "lol. no - but kinda lost. I just keep heading south and east hoping I'll get there." They're diverting traffic on the interstate, I guess. Gee whiz, boy. Stop and buy a map! ;)

So if you're not wet today... be grateful! And if you are wet or stranded... you're not alone. Hope you're all right, wherever you are.