A few weeks ago in our pool area a very minor cyclone passed through a small area. I was sitting poolside drying off after having a wonderful splish spash in the pool.
There were about 4 people in the pool and Jane Horowitz standing by a table with an umbrella. The umbrella just snapped as the wind spun.
The wind was not blowing anywhere else.. Actually it was very balmy and pleasant...and then, all of a sudden, I heard a whirling sound and I saw the table roll over, the umbrella and a chair landed in the pool, and Jane was being pushed backwards by this force and staggering to get her balance..
No, it wasn't Star Wars...but it was something that I had never witnessed in my life.
So in a very minor way, I relate to what happened in Oklahoma a few days ago.
We were lucky here but when I watch on TV all the chilling devastation and loss of lives I can understand the whirling, spinning movement of this gigantic tornado. I don't know how the people start to rebuild.....things can be replaced....loved ones can't.
I wonder if this has anything to do with 'global warning' ! It's just a terrible tragedy.
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