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(My story on how my tornado experience went ( Kinda dull ^^; ))

Thursday, May 22, 08
10:56-
Mom: Hey Josh, you want to go to the school and pick up Jill with me so we can go pick up the flamingos in Greeley?
Josh: Umm... Sure, I was going to walk over there anyways to hang out with Tevis on his last day.
Mom: Well I can drop you off there..?
Josh: Meh, why not.

11:08
Mom: Okay Josh, I'm going, you coming?
Josh: Yea yea, on my way...
Mom: While hurry up.
(Mom and I walk outside)
Mom: Wow, kinda getting windy out here huh?
Josh: Yeah... Wasn't it nice just this morning..?
Mom: Yep.
Josh: Weird.....

11:15
Josh: Mom, I'm gunna just go with you and Jill, it's starting to rain and I don't want to walk home in this...
Mom: If thats what you want to do.
(Pulls into parking lot and Jill gets into car, looking at me with a (wtf are you doing here) look, mom starts to pull away)
Jill: Whats Josh doing here?
Mom: Well, he was going to stay with his friend today for lunch but he decided since it's raining that he will come with us. Oh wow, we're getting low on fuel, I gotta stop at the gas station real fast.
Jill and Josh: Alright...
(Head out and onto the highway towards greeley)

11:26
*about this time, the tornado is formed south of Greeley(Our destination) near Platville and Gilcrest(The tornado is heading north, and we're heading south towards it*

(Mom has her new Tom Petty CD Blasting in the car so we have NO IDEA whats going on XD)
Mom: Wow, this storm is starting to pick up.
Josh: (Playing on PSP) Mhmm....
Jill: (Listens to headphones)
Mom: Wait, is that hail?
Josh: -looks up from Psp and stares at the windsheild for a sec- Yea, damn it's getting annoying o.-;

11:30
*The tornado is no more that 5-6 minutes RIGHT in front of us before we turn east and head to greeley*

(Mom looks in rearview mirror)
Mom: Weird, someone is parked under that overpass...
Josh: (Eyebrow raised) Really..? Weird.
Jill: (Still listening to music)
(White van tries to go around mom who is turning off the highway)
Mom: HEY! That lady tried to cut me off!
Josh: Well that wasn't cool o.-
Mom: (Looks in mirror again) Those clouds are moving pretty fast.

11:45
*Tornado has passed where we were just a few minutes prior, and we don't suspect a thing still ^^;;; We go and pick up the flamingos for Jills class and head back out*

Mom: Wow look at that, the gathering storm~! (Makes a joke)
Josh: (Grins and shakes head)
Jill: (Still listens to music)

(Mom then decides to take a side road out of Greeley to try and avoid the storm.)

11:51
*Tornado is about to hit Windsor and we're 5 min from Windsor. Mom is still making jokes about the storm when Jill pipes off that she'll be late for class*

11:53
*We see a guy pulled over looking at windsor, and huge branches on the ground, mom makes a joke about a strong wind*

11:55
We pass by a few buildings

Mom: Wow, are they demoing those buildings?
Josh: I dunno... (I look further up past the buildings and go wide-eyed at a shattered billboard)
Josh: Mom... Thats not demo.... -Points towards billboard-
Mom: oh my god.... We HAVE TO GET TO THE SCHOOLS AND CHECK ON THE KIDS!!
Jill: I'll call Jess~ -Whips out her cell just to find no service- Mom, can I use yours?
Mom: GO AHEAD -is shaking BADLY and throws her purse at Jill, muttering something about having to get to the schools- As long as the schools are good, the kids are fine.

12:00
*We see trucks and cars flipped as we head down a street into town and hit a left heading towards skyview. The roads are flooded and we see that the school is safe. We then head towards the Highschool and middleschool to see if they are safe, when we get there, they are. Only problems there are the unlucky kids at the Highschool who have their windshields and windows shattered because of the hail.*

That ish my story =) Its kinda a OMG we are stupid. Story =P But oh well, we were minutes between getting hit or not and I am REALLY THANKFUL we didn't. Also, only 1 guy died during it, he was living at the missile silo near greeley and went to save his dog in his motor home when the tornado hit him. The dog survived and the guy didn't =/