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I was riveted by the weather events of last night.  When the tornado sirens in our area went off, I turned the TV on to get the scoop.  The night before they had gone off (which they do anytime there is a tornado in the COUNTY, which is rather large) and the tornado was not near us, so I was only mildly concerned.  

Channel 8, WFAA, is our go-to news/weather station.  They were one of our clients when I worked for the news consultants and when I worked for the weather researcher/graphic artist, so I'm partial (plus they're better than the others).  I was amazed to see shots of a wall cloud in Seagoville (quite a ways from here but in the metroplex area).  Wall clouds are notorious for spawning funnel clouds and this one was – LIVE! But to see a funnel cloud is one thing, to see it actually form into a tornado that touches down to the ground (on to people, buildings, trees, etc) is quite another. While we watched, we saw 4 or 5 tornadoes touch down and then go back up on live television.  Then the weatherman (Pete Delkus) showed another wall cloud near downtown Dallas and as he was speaking another tornado touched down right before our eyes. Crazy!  This one was right around the downtown area and then up the Tollway…both places where my brother and SIL work and live.  Anne was on the tollway headed home at that moment, which freaked me out a little, I have to admit (and I'm not the freak-out type).  Everything seemed so volatile and unpredictable since these storms were spawned by the Tropical Storm and not front-storms like they usually are.  They would pop up randomly.

Thankfully, my family is ok as are most everyone else from what I can tell.  But it was a surreal and unusual experience.  And one that I have never before witnessed!

This picture was taken last night of the one near downtown Dallas. 

Sidenote: While watching the first set of images, Jacob said "Mom, we need to pray."  So I muted it and we did – prayed for the people in Seagoville and prayed that we would be safe.  And then again, when I said something about Mark and Anne he said "Mom, we need to pray" – so we all knelt in our piano room and each said a prayer for their safety.  I was humbled by his faithful and sweet approach to this intense situation.  This morning he asked if I watched anymore footage last night and I reassured him that it was all over and everything seemed to be ok (despite lots of damaged buildings) and he assuredly said "Yep, I knew Heavenly Father would answer our prayers".  Good for him.