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16 Years Ago Today
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Karla Dorman, The StormSpinner
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
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16 Years Ago Today ... an EF-1 tornado took the roof off of my apartments.
(Image © 2011, Karla Dorman)
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Off and on thunder does not reveal
what evil ... thing ... is lurking in the
clouds.
Get off work, walk to a local fast
food joint, walk back home. Eat,
go
to my best friend's apartment. Sit
down to watch the news. Want to
catch
the weather, but it catches us by
surprise: the power goes out and
the
tornado sirens ramp up. HER SON
IS UPSTAIRS! One of us goes up,
hauls
him out of bed, we run into the tiny
half bath (the only place to hide).
The
only sounds are her prayers and a
'WHUMP' (What was that?!?). It
seems
like forever, but the sirens finally
quit. No damage that we can see.
Thank
God ... but what are all those fire
trucks and ambulances and police
cars
doing on my side of the complex?!?
A NEWS CREW?!??? The roof is
peeled
back like a banana. The rain falling
upstairs floods downstairs; Niagara
Falls
is pouring out of my ceiling light
fixture. THIS can't be good. Out of
my
apartment for over two months until
repairs are done. 16 years ago,
today.
© 2012, Karla Dorman (1/17)
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| Reviewed by Amor Sabor |
4/9/2012 |
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What a horrifying experience to go through, Karla...and the odds are too great to see that again...I certainly hope you do not have to anymore.
Amor |
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| Reviewed by Michelle Kidwell Power In The Pen |
1/23/2012 |
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How scary, well done poem though!!!
In Christs Love
Michelle~ |
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| Reviewed by Kate Clifford |
1/21/2012 |
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| the power of nature brought to us with the power of the pen. Good write! |
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| Reviewed by jude forese |
1/18/2012 |
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| wow, what a drag ... something u never quite get over ... |
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| Reviewed by Jon Willey |
1/18/2012 |
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| a horrifying experience Karla -- may you never again be exposed top such ravenous forces and danger my dear friend -- I bid you joy and peace -- Jon Michael |
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| Reviewed by D. Vaineo |
1/17/2012 |
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Wow, scary indeed!
Always,
Deborah |
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| Reviewed by Karen Lynn Vidra, The Texas Tornado |
1/17/2012 |
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Wow, powerfully imaged poem; I could just hear the winds and see the lightning/devastation! Such a feeling of helplessness you must have endured, but glad that you all made it through! And especially glad that you got your roof fixed and got to return home!! I can see why you hate storms; I would too if THIS happened to ME! Well done, Karla, and the picture is fantastic!
(((HUGS))) and much love, your twin, Karen Lynn. :( |
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| Reviewed by Ronald Hull |
1/17/2012 |
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A lasting memory. My mother remembers a tornado that devastated farms across the road from my grandparents' farm, but spared theirs. She was just a child, but remembers the long trench they dug to bury the horses and cows that died. There were stories of the river losing all of its water and it raining fish. There was one guy who claimed to have flown through the air a great distance, looking down at the river with no water in it.
I hope your nightmares of that day sixteen years ago are soon over.
Ron |
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