Looming Tornado

Not just a great name for a band...

I grew up in Alabama, and the words "tornado warning" truly fill me with fear. My home town got hit when I was in 8th or 9th grade and killed 19 people (Wikipedia says 21), flattening a big swath of the city.

Anyway, it looks like we're in for a day and night of gusty fun down here in the southeast. I live just east of Atlanta proper (in unincorporated Decatur, ITP), and the city's heat island effect usually breaks these up enough that the worst of it gets deflected. I think my nerves have to do with being a new homeowner with a lot of tall trees around my single-story dwelling.

Anyway, I hope everybody keeps it safe and follows the tornado rules in the southeast today.