Twister!

What a crazy night we had last night! I hope everyone is safe and has power.
I know this is not unusual weather for this part of the country, but it is rather strange for this time of year.
I was watching some Oprah with my daughter, Ariel, when Channel Five came on with the weather updates. I had to leave a little before five to make it downtown in time to do my radio program. The show must go on even if you hate having to drive in nasty weather. I wasn't too worried, but the sirens started going off just as soon as I got in to my car. Well, I went on because I had to. I called Ariel and told her to stay downstairs and go in to the bathroom if anything happened. And leave the television on!
I was driving down Poplar and I looked in my rear view mirror, it looked really nasty eastward. I then got a text from my sister, Susan. It said, "Where are you?Where is Ariel?" I thought her text sounded a little hysterical. I called her and she said a funnel cloud was spotted out in Bartlett. Susan, I am not out in Bartlett, remember? I checked the weather on my phone and sure enough, there was a warning.
Once I got in to Midtown, it was raining really hard. You know, that white rain where you can not see anything! I got to the station and waited in my car for it to let up. Once it did, I ran to the door and was pressing the buzzer hard. Sometimes, it takes a while for someone to see the light flashing for the back door. I just did not want to spend the next two or three hours drenched!
Brian let me in and then Ariel was calling me. "Mom, she said, " the news said there is a funnel cloud out here and I am scared!" " Why did you leave me?" Did I mention she is nineteen? I told her just stay downstairs and in the bathroom like I told you!
It was pretty calm by the time I left and I drove around a little. I did see some chunks of hail on the side of the road. And some twisted traffic lights and signs. I did not the extent of the damage until I got home and saw the news. It turned out these storms were pretty bad.