That's what they're calling it, anyway---an inland hurricane. Last reports were of winds topping out at 120 mph, and people saw an eye to the storm. No tornados were actually seen touching down, either; it was just wind. From what the news people say, if you were to classify it in the same way as a hurricane it would be a '2'.

So anyway, this is the first I've had power since Friday when it hit. Thankfully my area was the lightest hit. We only had a few trees damaged, a strip of shingles pulled off, and a slight dent in the roof from where something struck it. Still, it was scary.

Nothing, and I mean nothing, will make me forget standing by my window, looking out at the rain, and watching as the wind and the rain suddenly slammed into the glass and shook my whole house.

Your priorities narrow pretty swiftly in moments like those.

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