Geez, this is friggin Maryland, we NEVER get tornados..anyway at around 5:30pm (quittin time at work) I got notified that a tornado had touched down in College Park, (my college, University of maryland college park) and had killed 2 people already and was headed directly in our path, it would arrive in like 10 minutes.
I went outside and it was BLACK..the funny thing was you could see very clearly where the black ended and see clear sky right after that border. The clouds where movin FAST. I talked to Saffron online and told her to grab the kitty cats and head for a basement. I decided it was safer to leave work and go home than stay at work, since the tornado was headed right for me from the south, and my home is to the north. Stupid weather forcasters on the radio said at first it was just an uncofirmed rumor..turns out it was marylands worst storm in over 75 years
As i leave it starts POURING rain very very hard. I get home like 20 minutes later and Saffron has the kitty cats locked in the bathroom and the phone and my adrress book and food all ready in case we had to wait it out. I told her to crack open windows since the air pressure outside gets very low during a tornado and the difference in the indoor and outdoor pressure causes windows to explode.
I called back work and they said it touched down in the neighborhood directly behind my office..funny thing is directly in front of my office many of the terrorists were staying at a motel there, you can see the motel out the window..we seem to attract bad karma. So Im glad i went home.
The tornado didnt reach apartment but it was a very scary ride home with the wind so loud it sounded like a train.
The two people killed were sisters, they had just left their dad's house. Witnesses say their car was over 75 feet in the air before it was sent slamming into a tree :(
.. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A19660-2001Sep24.html