Unfulfilled Anticipation

So, I survived the great (and rare) western Oregon tornado, golf ball sized hail, near hurricane force winds, thunder and lightning, torrential rain outbreak that was predicted for yesterday afternoon into the evening.

My survival aided by the fact that all we got was a super normal, generic spring rainfall.

Though I did find myself driving home, eyeing the sky in multiple directions and wondering if every cloud was the beginnings of a funnel cloud.

In the 24-48 hours prior, they had made it sound almost like the end of life as we knew it was arriving soon.

Some friends reported a tad bit of thunder and lightning.

But there was barely a whimper in my part of town.

Today I listened to the stories of fellow survivors, most feeling a little let down at the lack of expected and almost anticipated excitement as this event had been predicted and hyped for a few days.