out of the fire and into... a tornado? or tornado sandwich

Well, not quite an actual tornado, but tornado country with a tornado alert. CMJ 07 is over and done with, for us at least, and we've left the city for a final stop in Chicago before heading home. (more on cmj later) We were forewarned as we were leaving and kept and eye out for the menacing things. We ended up staying outside Toledo, which according to the 24hr weather reports would be the jelly in the tornado alert sandwich, with a bulk of the weather touching down in Michigan and then Florida later this morning. (i think that was a run on sentence) Coming from California we do not really encounter these types of alerts. I guess you could we get it in the form over earthquakes, which in this scenario I truly do not know what we would prefer. Although, by typing that last sentence I cannot help but think of the Dave Cross bit about being "an earthquake nestled in a box of tornadoes". Or was that tsunamis?

Moving on... apparently the tornado alarm went off in the hotel for a moment, buuuuut I missed it altogether due to my having headphones on for a solid 2 hrs. Lee told me this morning that while being uncertain as to what to do he quickly google'd and found youtube footage of people carrying on about their daily business while these things rung on. I mean, you don't see this very often...




Alas, we have not been tornado'd...yet. But we will be sure to put on our anti-tornado spray as we press on to Chicago. Home of deep-dish pizza, Schubas and Cousin Larry Appleton.

And now, the dance of joy.
-ian/lilonez

p.s. - we mean no disrespect to those who encounter these acts of nature on a daily basis. our hearts go out all the victims in the last few days.