I Saw My First Tornado Today

Unfortunately, I don't have pictures (I was too busy driving at 75 mph away from the thing) but I did see the first tornado on the ground I've ever seen, that wasn't in a movie or on TV. This afternoon, west of Hays, the car radio crackling with tornado warnings for counties to our south and somewhere in Gove (or maybe Trego...it's all a blur, now) County we had been watching this big rain cloud and suddenly THERE IT WAS. So yes, it was an adventure. We outran it easily but heard that it crossed the Interstate about 20 minutes behind us, near Wakeeney. (That's where two circus elephants escaped and ran around the town, spooked by the tornado, according to cable TV reports.)

*Update: The tornado we saw actually crossed the Interstate between Quinter and Park, which is where we were when we originally saw it. WaKeeney is further east, and was brushed by a separate storm. No major damage was reported in western Kansas on Thursday despite the plethora of tornado cloud sightings and warnings.

Things are calm here in Colby. We arrived in late afternoon, unpacked, took a nap, went out for an ice cream cone, and then stopped in at both Larry's and Harold's houses for a while. Now we are looking forward to a calm night's sleep.

Hi, there, readers in Rotterdam! Greg, I got your e-mail and will answer it shortly! Garden City and Hutch, thanks for checking us out. We are OK and look forward to seeing you this weekend! Hi to readers back in St. Louie, too. Hope to have something interesting, with pictures, tomorrow!