It’s very windy today. Almost like tornado weather. Well, nobody
likes a tornado warning. When we hear that siren we turn on our TV’s. People sometimes turn to the Weather Channel.
But the Weather Channel does worldwide weather and I don’t really care about
the weather in places where I don’t live.
(“Honey, it’s gonna be hot in El Paso today.” “Oh really?”) No, when there’s a tornado warning,
I tune to the local station. By my
observations, I think there are at least 3 levels of tornado warnings on TV:
First, when the warning is in effect but they’re still running commercials. I'm not too worried at that point. The
second level is when there’s a warning and they run a scroll during the
commercials. At that point I may get out of my chair. The third level is when
they eliminate the commercials altogether.
That’s when I grab a sandwich and a piece of cake and head to the basement
for a couple days.
Please notice I take my own food to the basement. There was
a case not too long ago of a guy who ordered a pizza to be delivered to his
house during a tornado warning. He put a
note on his front door that read “Knock loud, we’re in the basement.” No, that
guy was not me.
