A Sigh of Relief
Jan
20
Mood » 
Happy but tired
Music » “Skeletons” by Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Novel » Dracula by Bram Stoker
In the morning, I awoke to a very dismal sky & anticipated rain as the day approached. Not knowing how badly the weather would change, I headed out to pick up Pearl to go eat brunch with a few friends. Pearl told me that her mom demanded her to come home immediately as a storm was going to hit very soon. 
We rushed to get into my car & low & behold, the right lane of the street was flooded! 
I probably had visibility of 10 feet because it was just pouring. 
Her mom called again & warned us to stay indoors as a tornado warning was issued. I don’t live in the mid-west; I live in Southern California & tornadoes are just uncommon as bright pink Mercedes. 
Naturally, both of us were freaked out especially because the tornado was supposed to hit my city & other neighboring cities. We stopped by an El Polo Loco for shelter but the ceiling was dripping! We would probably die if the tornado hit that El Polo Loco so we drove to the hospital across the street. Oddly enough, it stopped raining so we thought we would be okay if we just drove home. Although they do say that it clears up before a tornado hits…but luckily for us, it just stopped raining. 
When I got home, I turned on the news to get updated & some cities were just flooded beyond belief. There were people in kayaks paddling (click for pictures!) their way around the streets. Strangely enough, the tornado completely missed Huntington Beach (the city where I reside, please don’t stalk me) & news teams had announced that the tornado warning for my area had been cancelled as it would hit south of me & more inland. Phew! My house didn’t get swept up into the sky & land in the land of Oz.
Although my fortune is another man’s misfortune as the tornado did a lot of damage elsewhere. It just made me feel extremely thankful & lucky. No one I know got hurt & my house didn’t suffer any damage. As happy as I was, I felt terrible for those whom have lost their homes. There were boats & cars flipped over in my area but I’m pretty sure the inland empire just got a beating. Despite the devastation inland, everyone high above sea level (aka the mountains) is rejoicing for the plentiful amount of snow they’ll receive. 
I was told that the storm would be worse today. Eek! 
I may have dodged a bullet yesterday, so let’s hope I’m twice as lucky! 
Here’s a picture my friend showed me of the pier that’s like 2.5 miles away from my house. Click to view.
Speaking of natural disasters, Haiti’s earthquake was so catastrophic! 
It’s so heartbreaking to hear about so many deaths. The pictures I saw of the mass graves, violence, & the ruthless looting were just incredibly appalling. Make sure that if any of you donate–you send your money to a trusted organization that won’t just pocket the donations.
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21 Comments on “A Sigh of Relief”
Woah. I would have been very scared I have never witnessed a tornado before, because even though tornadoes are kinda common in Minnesota, it always seems to skip over my city too. What’s going on in Haiti is sad. Did you donate yet? My family donated to the Clinton Foundation.
haha actually i remember telling you that SCIENCE was my weakest subject 
but idunno, math is pretty important and im starting to lose it also… D; school. sigh.
Wow…I’m so glad everything turned out well for you! I live in the bay area, and we had a tornado warning, too! Luckily, there wasn’t one, but it still rained cats and dogs along with everyone being really, really scared…
OMG TIFF. Just wanted to say how frigging gorgeous this layout is. I LOVE the colours. They remind me of the layout you had before your previous one. I love how you have moved to the dark side! *hi5*
I have so many things to do on my site too! I probably won’t end up finishing it :S.
Love the new layout! Especially the header . The CSS is great too! And speaking of CSS, at the website awards I see you’re coming first. I voted for you of course! Hope you win!
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Lauren
January 25th
10:46 pm
That’s a pretty cool story
I live in NH so tornadoes are uncommon around here too, but I wouldn’t mind experiencing one…or maybe just seeing it from afar.
haha.
Oh and I just noticed the bottom of my blog looks a but like yours. tehe.