The sky was orange (594 hits)
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Submitted by A-Daamage (View user info) at 2004-05-20 06:08:53 EDT
I bought gas today. Just to spite that stupid chain e-mail.
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Holy shit, I drove through the craziest rain I've ever seen today. I was on delivery at work, and while I was on the highway, the tornado sirens went off. I was already listening to the radio, because when I left the parking lot, the tallest storm cell I've ever seen was creeping its way into town from the west at a casual 35 MPH. This thing was titanic. It stretched most of the way across the horizon and was displaying some of that nasty orange-pink hue that is almost a sure sign of tornado birthing. It blotted out the sun as if it were a 40-watt lightbulb, and it rose into the sky FOREVER, like a god surveying his puppets.
So, when the sirens went off, I turned down the radio to listen and watch, because 1.) I love the sound of tornado sirens, always have, and 2.) I wanted to see if I could see any rotation in the gigantic cloud mass. I couldn't see any at the time, but people who have been through nasty storms know that bad things can happen frighteningly quick and without warning.
I arrived at my delivery destination just as the rain started to fall. The sirens were still blaring, so after the customer and I exchanged be-carefuls, I made my way back to the store.
I was coming up to a main road, and almost as soon as I pulled onto it, the deluge let loose. Holy fucking hell. I have NEVER seen it rain so hard. My wipers were on the highest setting and I still could barely see anything. I was going no more than 20 MPH, because within 2 minutes of this torrent, the streets were already flooding and the rain was actually making it hard to see. Seriously, the rain was falling so thick and hard that it was almost like driving through a thick fog.
The radio was blaring that 2 or 3 tornadoes had been spotted around our area within 25 miles. I finally got back to the store after about a half an hour, when usually it takes me ten minutes. And within 15 minutes after that, it was clear blue skies and sunny again. Just like that, the massive cell had passed over us almost as if it had never happened. Aside from the numerous lakes now enguling most of the roads and the colossal wall of purple-orange now silently moving west from town, it just looked like a normal Spring day. Fucking weird. My adrenaline was rushing so much that I was shaking. I want to go through that every day. Driving through that is like someone ramming a power cord directly into your brain. You feel fucking ALIVE.
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Submitted by A-Daamage (user info) at 2004-05-20 17:57:09 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
Look, since this was real, I didn't feel like embellishing it into some long-winded fable. Some extremely cool shit happened with the weather and I felt like writing it down. Not everything needs to be a chapter in Lord of the Rings. I did have a kickass picture of a tornado in South Dakota somewhere, but I couldn't locate it.
Submitted by Ainkara (user info) at 2004-05-20 11:50:08 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
This would have been better had it had more stucture to it.
It was kinda just a description of shit... didn't make me care about it at all. You need to draw the reader in so that you know they'll read to the end.
Submitted by polyamorousaj (user info) at 2004-05-20 11:27:01 EDT (#)
Ranking: -2
Congratulations, you saw a tornado. It rained. It took you awhile to get somewhere.
Here's what I did during all of this... I shook my head. I laughed at how crappy this is. I listened to "London Calling." I gave this post a -2.
Submitted by GodChicken (user info) at 2004-05-20 06:43:33 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
lets just counter hacksaw wiener-dude down there..
I know what you mean, there's some strange shit mother nature will do..
This would have been better if you'd looked for a cool weather picture to add to it.
as it is, this'll be at a 0, which, worth reading it is, if only for the discussion you can create.
Submitted by intellismartness (user info) at 2004-05-20 06:42:35 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Just to piss you off.
Tell the world how I feel this time, even though it might cost me everything.
Submitted by Dufflady (user info) at 2004-05-20 06:41:14 EDT (#)
Ranking: 1
I've been near one small tornado. It was enough to make me move.
Submitted by A-Daamage (user info) at 2004-05-20 06:34:13 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
At least quote a halfway decent song, like Pearl Jam's Alive. POD blows donkey balls. Actually, I'll just stick with TON:
"Just cut your wrist down to the bone.... and die laughing." - song: Don't Be Afraid, band: Type O Negative
Submitted by hacksawfonnix (user info) at 2004-05-20 06:20:22 EDT (#)
Ranking: -2
IIIIIIIIIIIII feel so alive, for the very first time, and I think I can fly.