We have some storms rolling through tomorrow that have the potential to create isolated tornadoes, and I can't stop obsessing over it. Every time I see that we have thunderstorms in the forecast, I religiously check weather radars and reports throughout the day. This isn't something that's always been a fear of mine, I used to love hitting the bong and watching thunderstorms. But after having a close call last year while out delivering, and tornado sirens going off in the middle of the night a few weeks ago, I've developed quite the phobia.
Tornadoes aren't SUPER common where I live, but we had two yesterday and one a few weeks ago. All of them were super weak, and they petered out after a few miles. But the fear of a gargantuan EF-5 tearing down my apartment building is a constant fear of mine when storms are in the forecast.
Storms are indeed spooky. Honestly, you should get into storm chasers and watch extreme weather guys. I started this way and it has turned into a complete fascination. Where I live hurricanes are an issue, I even had all my shit ruined by one a few years ago in North Carolina, and even if it was pretty traumatic the storms themselves are fucking amazing. Also trump showed up and made a dumb joke about the boats being everywhere and hit someone with a paper towel roll.
They're the closest real life thing to something like a dragon. truly powerful and chaotic. Respect them, fear them a bit, but don't live in fear and keep yourself as in the know as you can about potentially scary weather in your area so you can be prepared and know how to find safety.
that's my advice I guess. They're horrifying, but that also makes them amazing.
That's the weird thing, I regularly watch a meteorologist who streams on YouTube covering severe weather across the whole country. He explains what's on the radar, shows live feeds of his stormchaser partners, and gives live updates of dangerous developments. It's exciting and fascinating seeing the severe weather. And there's an odd comfort in knowing that it's something we all deal with.
Shit, hurricanes are way more scary than what I have to deal with. It's cool that you were able to come to terms with the fact that hurricanes are a part of life where you're from, and to learn to live with it. I can do that with tornadoes.
You can.