Thursday, June 11, 2009

Storm Chasing in Texas

We drove in last night dodging tornadoes ... in and out of green skies and massive winds - anyone from north Texas knows what a green sky means.

We bolted in my parents garage like we'd been shot out of a cannon, and made it in not a moment too late. Everyone was shaky, but safe. No one thought for a moment to call and make sure my grandparents were safe because of course, they weren't sitting in their car at the local grocery store. No wait a minute ...

Turn outs, my grandparents skipped church last night. If you know them, then you know they are The First in the door when it's unlocked. Last night though, under the pretense of "we have lots of guests coming in town for my granddad's 90th birthday party" they opted to go get my Grandad a pedicure and swing by HEB (grocery store) instead of going to church.

Post pedicure-grocery-shopping-trip, they were paying at HEB when the clerk remarks about the tornado spotted in Waxahachie. Trying to speed things along, grandmother tells granddad that he'll have to count the change in the car because they need to get home now! So off they "scurry".

My granddad can't really see, so when they are safe inside the car, she starts handing him coins and telling him the amount so he can make sure the change is correct and she drops a dime ...

IN the gear shift jamming it so they can't put it in drive!

Before you panic too much about this sad lot of senior citizens who have barricaded themselves in the car, remember that they were skipping church so granddad could get a pedicure. :) Of course they got home, we heard the story the next morning. Grandmother muscled up a hearty tug and got them home safely. Why they were worried about counting coins amidst an oncoming tornado ....

1 comment:

Ashley Beth said...

whew! so glad you and the grands are safe - have a great time!