Storms bring out the loonies!

We were under a tornado watch for much of today. Weird for Tennessee in January- but it has happened before so it should be taken seriously. The skies were black and lightening crackled overhead. Rain was coming down so hard you could not see across the parking outlot outside the store where I work. I had no plans to trot outside. It seemed silly considering the tornado sirens were wailing from Austin Peay a few blocks away.

And yet, in the middle of the mayhem, I had customers who wanted to bolt outside to get back to work on time. WHY?? She was a government worker at the court house that never cared about being there on time any other day! Yet in a tornado inspired downpour, she bolts outside and tries to manage her packages, car keys and umbrella. Not pretty.

We stayed pretty close to the ladies bathroom that we had determined to be the safest, interior room. Besides, if we were to be trapped somewhere, being near the "facilities" would be a bonus.

Two hours later, the skies cleared a little, the rain slackened and one by one we ventured home. The city street workers discovered why they should have cleaned the leaves out of the storm drains during the pleasant fall days instead of waiting until a river flowed down 3rd Street. Ah! Procrastination. I fought the impulse to point and snicker as they stood in the rain and pulled assorted debree out of the street drains. Sorry guys- that is the price you paid for sitting in Dunkin's drinking Coolattas in Sept instead of cleaning up the streets!