Yes.
Monday night my town was attacked by a tornado. Not destroying it all. Just a good section of it. Luckily, It didnt get to my house. Though the storm knocked our electricity out for about 2 days. (it just came on about a half hour ago). But im thankful that that was the only thing that happened (to me anways) It could have been worse... trust me. Apparently is was on like every news channel and stuff in the Chicago area. Even the world news! But i missed it all. Because i couldnt watch TV. But ill look it up on the internet. -this story will be long-
About an hour before the storm hit, me and my friend, Jessie, were walking around the area where the tornado was. We went to Dunkin' Donuts to get coffee (which is around the area that got hit) and then we were going to go to Dollar Tree (which im pretty sure got hit) But we decided to go get chinese food instead (which we ordered but didnt pick it up because we didnt feel like it)
So we were just walking around not knowing anything about a storm slowly approaching our town, then my mom calls my cell phone. She asked me where i was at and that a storm was coming and that i needed to get home. We were a block away from home at that time (me and Jessie are neighbors) and Jessie had to pee so we decided we'd just go home.
So, I walk into my house to the smell of nasty pork or something... I dont remember... But it was gross, so i just went downstairs onto the computer just thinking there was nothing to worry about. (im terrified of storms, even when they're not severe)
Jessie IMs me telling me that theres tornadoes in Chicago and headed this way... At that moment I begin to freak out a little. (one of my biggest fears is tornadoes) So I try to think positive.
The lights flickered for about 5 minutes until completely shutting off. I was getting really nervous and I posted a bulletin on Myspace to tell people that they should help make me feel better... literally 5 seconds after i posted the bulletin, I was in complete darkness. My dad was coming down the stairs just as the power shut off to tell me to shut the computer off so it didnt get ruined or anything... Haha, tooooo late.
Just then, (i sound like im writing a novel xD ) I hear tornado sirens going off. Thats when i just completely freaked out... I almost started crying... I was shaking like a... Well, something that shakes alot. I ran downstairs with my dog, Cosmo (just incase there was a tornado) and I just sat on the ground... ha. Then i realized i had matresses downstairs, So i sandwhiched myself between them... hey, its better safe then sorry. hahaha.
My parents were still upstairs. Lighting candles and finding flashlights. And Im downstairs on the floor frozen xD i couldnt move i was so terrified. Then a while after that it seemed like the storm died down... not competely, it didnt really ever completely stop till the next day. It started up 2 more times throughout the night that i can remember.
So at that time it was about 9 PM. Stef called a few times.. ha, she didnt LOSE power... that lucky muffin!
So anyways, yeah. My house was fine, besides the power being out for 2 days. But I've seen some pretty nasty pictures in the newspaper of what part of my town looks like now. And I guess theres no more K Mart... Not that i even shopped there to begin with, but still.
-The next day-
So all the food in the fridge is spoiled... and the only thing in the cabnits that you can eat without cooking is poptarts. Ugh, we had to eat out like 4 times in the past 2 days! it was gross and annoying!
So i wake up Tuesday morning, and theres no food to eat in the house... So eventually we had to go find somewhere to get food. EVERYTHING was closed. Even things in the surrounding towns. The only things that me and my mom could find open was Subway and Burger King. I wasnt really suitable to go in anywhere, i was all greasy and nasty because i couldnt take a shower the night before. So we chose Burger King. Burger King was CROWDED!!!!!!!!! The Drive-Thru line was all the way down the parking lot and almost to the street! It was crazy! every parking spot was filled. In all 15 years of living in Griffith, ive never seen burger king so crowded... It was like the whole town population was there! haha.
So thats my story... Long...
the enddddd =D
