We asked for it! We got it! Southern California is being deluged with heavy rain and the storm cells are so severe today, that we've been issued a tornado warning here in the Long Beach, CA area. Tornado 'warnings' are different then tornado alerts in that warnings mean a tornado can be on the ground and can be seen versus just an alert that a tornado CAN happen. These are issues we Californians are NOT used to nor are we comfortable in 'finding shelter in a basement'. Um, WE DON'T HAVE BASEMENTS nor are we at the ready to drag our mattresses into the bathroom to take cover in our bathtubs! Heck, we thought we had our share of being the earthquake capital of the world; riding out average 3.0's nearly on a daily basis but NO! NEWS FLASH: CAN SOMEONE PLEASE KEEP THEIR TORNADO'S AND US HERE IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, WILL KEEP THE EARTHQUAKES?
As I said in a Tweet when the tornado warning was issued, 'If this were December 20, 2012, I'd be saying my goodbyes!' Yes, I must admit. When faced with lightning strikes right outside my window so strong it FELT like an earthquake , a national weather alert interrupting my 'regularly scheduled program' with a TORNADO WARNING, the roof being ripped off my patio AND the rain pounding like drumming on my roof, I'd much rather just deal with earthquakes.
Sure makes you put your priorities in order as you're dragging your bed into the bathroom!
Take care So. Californians, we have 3 more severe El Nino storms to come this week!
Chris
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