Oklahoma Tornadoes!

There has been a lot of devastation in our State tonight...Mother Nature tends to have her way with us here in Oklahoma, in the springtime.

Several lives have been lost and many homes destroyed in Central Oklahoma tonight. Literally thousands are without power tonight. But this is nothing new to those of us who live in "Tornado Alley."

I am 52 years old and have lived in Tornado Alley all of my life. My Dad used to tell us about the awful tornado that hit Howe, Oklahoma when we were babies. He was one of the volunteers that helped in the aftermath of that storm and he never forgot the horror of pulling dead bodies out of the destruction.

Naturally, I have a great respect and life long caution of these storms that sweep over our area. At my age, I am on a first name basis with the concept of death...but I don't want to meet my Maker in the vortex of a tornado! Frankly, having my ass blown away in a storm just doesn't excite me at all! Call me crazy, but that simply doesn't appeal to me!

So hubby and I went to the storm cellar that my Dad built for us years ago. We ran from these tornadoes tonight and found a safe haven in the home of my youth.

It was so comforting because my Mom was there, my brother, my cousin and all of their family members, in the storm cellar with us. We laughed and talked as the storm raged outside. We told stories of days long past, while the lanterns' light flickered off the concrete walls. We were safe inside our shelter...no harm could come to us there.

We were spared the devastation that so many in our State have suffered tonight.

Please God, be with those who have lost so much tonight in these terrible storms. And thank you, Lord, for keeping so many of us safe!