August 8, 2009
More weather. Our decision to come back to the motel today is looking better and better. We knew there were severe thunderstorm warnings for the area and a heat advisory. As I type, Bill is looking out the window at the lightning. They were saying flash floods and hail were possible. Then this afternoon while Bill was happily watching the Red Sox-Yankee game on TV, we saw the scroll at the bottom of the Tv screen that there were now tornado watches in effect for many places around the state and Wisconsin, including the county we are in. It seems that now that has been changed to a warning in counties north of here as a tornado has been spotted. The sky is pretty interesting out there. Fortunately, we are still under the watch—it goes until 10 o'clock central time. I have not been paying attention to tornado watches/warnings in a few decades! When we went out to the truck to get some stuff out for dinner, I walked out of the building and my glasses fogged up from the humidity. Some guy is talking on the TV from St Paul. He and his family have taken cover under a structure because the tornado sirens have been going off for 10 minutes. Even though we are not in the path of this tornado—it is moving away from us--I am glad we are not in our tents! And even without the tornado and thunderstorms, we would have been miserable outside with the heat and humidity. I have been exceedingly grateful for the air conditioning today!
