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Tornado Strike

2010-03-22T05:31:24Z

Jims0210:

This website and the related materials it contains is copyright free - the files and relevant content are permissible
under Sec 17 USC 107 and are of FAIR USE (section 512 of the DMCA)
as they consist of materials that either are for personal use, and/or they
are not for profit nor cause any market harm to any copyright owners.

== Tornado Strike by James Swider ==

You live in rural Nebraska about five miles north of North Platte. It is July, and Nebraska has been in the middle of the worst heat wave in twenty-five years.

http://www.tpnrd.org/images/kracman.JPG

Today you toiled in the fields, fertilizing your wheat crop. You work hard, but you’re proud to call yourself a farmer, unlike those lazy folks in the cities who don’t even know where their food comes from. Now it’s four P.M. , and you stretch your legs on the sofa with a well deserved iced tea. You’re belly laughing at Red Skelton

http://www.v-r-a.org/ppp/TVGuide/TVGuide_files/Retro_Red_Skelton_51.jpg

when suddenly the television switches to a gray screen and beeps loudly.

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_zpFI5H4L-XI/SPKxZvqObFI/AAAAAAAAACY/Irkf_U6wVtA/s400/TV_TEST_Pattern.jpg

Do you:
*[[Turn off the TV, damn test patterns]]

*[[Continue watching]]

----

[[Tornado Strike]]

GET OUT OF THERE! Go to Mom and Dad in town

2010-03-22T05:29:21Z

Jims0210:

You wipe the sweat on your brow with the back of your hand as you run to the kitchen counter. You snatch the keys to your blue 1983 Ford Ranger.

http://www.texas-wiener.com/PB250016.JPG

As you head out the door, you see the wind chimes fly by in front of your face in a gust of wind. Shaking, you manage to unlock the car door. You jump inside and buckle up because it’s going to be a bumpy ride. You peer through the rear-view. A black finger reaches down from the pea-soup clouds and touches a field about a mile away.

http://lenovoblogs.com/designmatters/files/2009/05/tornado.jpg

You jam your keys into the ignition and step on the gas. The engine whines and dies. You stare at the growing finger in the rear-view. As you curse and bang the steering wheel with your fist, the engine suddenly comes to life. You speed out of the driveway and down the road towards North Platte. You want nothing more than to be with your family right now. The wind rocks your car back and forth. Dust swirls around until you aren’t even sure if you are still on the road.

http://www.kruger-2-kalahari.com/images/Kalahari_Dust_storm.jpg

All of a sudden you get a horrible feeling in your stomach. It feels exactly like the time you rode on the roller coaster at the county fair years ago. The dust clears. You and your car are about thirty feet in the air. As the car begins to plummet you question whether it was a good idea to drive off. Then your head smashes into the ground and window of your truck and everything goes black.

http://weatherblog.abc13.com/images/2009/04/30/tornado_car.jpg

----

[[Tornado Strike]]

Continue watching

2010-03-22T05:28:20Z

Jims0210:

The black screen switches to the news room of KNOP-TV. A bored weatherman announces a Tornado Warning for Central Nebraska and the area immediately surrounding North Platte.

http://i272.photobucket.com/albums/jj179/hotshot008/Storms/WUNIDS_map-1.gif

He casually remarks that while this part of Nebraska doesn’t lie in traditional Tornado Alley, a Tornado Warning should be taken very seriously. He pushes his glasses up and begins to describe ways to stay safe in a tornado emergency when the screen turns to white noise.

http://www.joekitsch.com/show-image/76272/Joe-Kitsch/study-for-White-Noise.jpg

A thud can be heard on your front yard a second later. Dropping your iced tea on the floor, you run to the window to see your TV antennae lying smashed on the ground.

http://i.ehow.com/images/a04/7v/ph/choose-hdtv-antenna-800X800.jpg

The wind chimes hanging on the side of your house clang louder and louder in an unholy symphony. You know that this is no thunderstorm.

http://img.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2008/04_01/tornadoDM3030a_468x312.jpg

[[Stay put and expect the worst]]

[[GET OUT OF THERE! Go to Mom and Dad in town]]

----

[[Tornado Strike]]

Better turn on the TV

2010-03-22T05:26:15Z

Jims0210:

Turn off the TV, damn test patterns

2010-03-22T05:25:06Z

Jims0210:

You angrily get up and switch off your television. You yawn and decide to walk out onto your porch.

http://photos.mris.com/nfs/photos10/1/0/4/1/1/3/10411385137_1_M.jpg

Clutching your iced tea, you step outside. Those clouds to the east sure look dark. They have a green tinge to them too.

http://www.abc.net.au/reslib/200712/r212895_820280.jpg

The clouds look about five miles away, and a cool wind from their direction blows your hair around. You take a nervous sip from your iced tea and head back inside. It’s getting a little too dark for this time in the afternoon.

[[Decide to take a nap]]

[[Better turn on the TV]]

----

[[Tornado Strike]]

Tornado Strike

2010-03-22T05:24:37Z

Jims0210:

This website and the related materials it contains is copyright free - the files and relevant content are permissible
under Sec 17 USC 107 and are of FAIR USE (section 512 of the DMCA)
they consist of materials that either are for personal use, and/or they
are not for profit nor cause any market harm to any copyright owners,

== Tornado Strike by James Swider ==

You live in rural Nebraska about five miles north of North Platte. It is July, and Nebraska has been in the middle of the worst heat wave in twenty-five years.

http://www.tpnrd.org/images/kracman.JPG

Today you toiled in the fields, fertilizing your wheat crop. You work hard, but you’re proud to call yourself a farmer, unlike those lazy folks in the cities who don’t even know where their food comes from. Now it’s four P.M. , and you stretch your legs on the sofa with a well deserved iced tea. You’re belly laughing at Red Skelton

http://www.v-r-a.org/ppp/TVGuide/TVGuide_files/Retro_Red_Skelton_51.jpg

when suddenly the television switches to a gray screen and beeps loudly.

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_zpFI5H4L-XI/SPKxZvqObFI/AAAAAAAAACY/Irkf_U6wVtA/s400/TV_TEST_Pattern.jpg

Do you:
*[[Turn off the TV, damn test patterns]]

*[[Continue watching]]

----

[[Tornado Strike]]

Decide to take a nap

2010-03-22T05:20:12Z

Jims0210:

You don’t worry about those clouds in the distance because it’s just another thunderstorm.

http://www.getyourserenity.com/blog/media/blogs/a/thunderstorm.jpg

You don’t even think about tornadoes because tornadoes are more of an Oklahoman thing anyway. Covering yourself in your Dale Earnhardt blanket, you quickly doze off on the sofa with the comforting sound of the wind rushing through the porch.

http://members.shaw.ca/daleforever/shrine/Throw%20Blanket.jpg

You begin to dream that you’re standing on train tracks. A train rushes towards you. You try to run away, but your legs feel like jelly and don’t budge.

http://www.southlandrealestate.com/images/OldTrainApproaching.jpg

The roar from the train pounds in your head, and the smoke is so thick it makes you nauseous. You close your eyes just as the train hits you- BANG! You wake up to a two by four lodged into your abdomen.

http://www.awkwardthought.com/AwkwardThoughtRuinImpaleGuy.gif

You hear the walls of your living room being ripped apart but all you see is a black nothingness. You try to scream but your mouth fills with blood. It tastes like those pennies you used to suck on as a child. You feebly try to pull out the plank of wood from your gut but your arms get weaker by the second. As the world grows silent and your vision fades away, your last conscious thought is that maybe you should have turned on that TV so you could get to safety. But it’s too late for that now.

http://dreamsnightmares.com/images/deathindreams.jpg

----

[[Tornado Strike]]

Stay put and expect the worst

2010-03-21T22:11:21Z

Jims0210:

You remember that the best thing to do in a Tornado Warning is to get to a safe spot.

http://cache.thephoenix.com/secure/uploadedImages/The_Phoenix/Home_Entertainment/TV/TJI_BrightIdea!.jpg

You run to get a canteen of water from the fridge and rush down to your concrete lined basement. You get to a corner away from your farm tools and crouch down with your hands over your head.

http://www.doe.in.gov/safety/images/position.gif

About two minutes later the house starts shaking like a washing machine. Bangs and crashes echo into the basement. You wonder if you really did the right thing. Was it wise to stay in the path of a tornado? Sighing, you prepare for your life to end. But then the shaking stops. You wait for about fifteen minutes and then slowly creep upstairs. Your house is a mess.

http://photos.igougo.com/images/p393239-Kansas-Tornado_Damage.jpg

The refrigerator is in the living room and your couch is in the kitchen. Your bedroom now has three walls instead of four. There are numerous holes in the roof. But you are alive. And later, when you help your Mom and Dad clean up their shop in town, you will thank yourself for remembering the correct procedure for dealing with a twister.

http://www.boardingschool.net/images/hugging-family.jpg

----

[[Tornado Strike]]

GET OUT OF THERE! Go to Mom and Dad in town

2010-03-21T22:10:06Z

Jims0210:

You wipe the sweat on your brow with the back of your hand as you run to the kitchen counter. You snatch the keys to your blue 1983 Ford Ranger.

http://www.texas-wiener.com/PB250016.JPG

As you head out the door, you see the wind chimes fly by in front of your face in a gust of wind. Shaking, you manage to unlock the car door. You jump inside and buckle up because it’s going to be a bumpy ride. You peer through the rear-view. A black finger reaches down from the pea-soup clouds and touches a field about a mile away.

http://lenovoblogs.com/designmatters/files/2009/05/tornado.jpg

You jam your keys into the ignition and step on the gas. The engine whines and dies. You stare at the growing finger in the rear-view. As you curse and bang the steering wheel with your fist, the engine suddenly comes to life. You speed out of the driveway and down the road towards North Platte. You want nothing more than to be with your family right now. The wind rocks your car back and forth. Dust swirls around until you aren’t even sure of you are still on the road.

http://www.kruger-2-kalahari.com/images/Kalahari_Dust_storm.jpg

All of a sudden you get a horrible feeling in your stomach. It feels exactly like the time you rode on the roller coaster at the county fair years ago. The dust clears. You and your car are about thirty feet in the air. As the car begins to plummet you question whether it was a good idea to drive off. Then your head smashes into the ground and window of your truck and everything goes black.

http://weatherblog.abc13.com/images/2009/04/30/tornado_car.jpg

----

[[Tornado Strike]]

Decide to take a nap

2010-03-21T22:09:21Z

Jims0210:

You don’t worry about those clouds in the distance because it’s just another thunderstorm.

http://www.getyourserenity.com/blog/media/blogs/a/thunderstorm.jpg

You don’t even think about tornadoes because tornadoes are more of an Oklahoman thing anyway. Covering yourself in your Dale Earnhardt blanket, you quickly doze off on the sofa with the comforting sound of the wind rushing through the porch.

http://members.shaw.ca/daleforever/shrine/Throw%20Blanket.jpg

You begin to dream that you’re standing on train tracks. A train rushes towards you. You try to run away, but your legs feel like jelly and don’t budge.

http://www.southlandrealestate.com/images/OldTrainApproaching.jpg

The roar from the train pounds in your head, and the smoke is so thick it makes you nauseous. You close your eyes just as the train hits you- BANG! You wake up to a two by four lodged into your abdomen.

http://members.fortunecity.com/bucwheat/julien/impaled.jpg

You hear the walls of your living room being ripped apart but all you see is a black nothingness. You try to scream but your mouth fills with blood. It tastes like those pennies you used to suck on as a child. You feebly try to pull out the plank of wood from your gut but your arms get weaker by the second. As the world grows silent and your vision fades away, your last conscious thought is that maybe you should have turned on that TV so you could get to safety. But it’s too late for that now.

http://dreamsnightmares.com/images/deathindreams.jpg

----

[[Tornado Strike]]

Better turn on the TV

2010-03-21T22:08:24Z

Jims0210:

The black screen switches to the news room of KNOP-TV. A bored weatherman announces a Tornado Warning for Central Nebraska and the area immediately surrounding North Platte.

http://i272.photobucket.com/albums/jj179/hotshot008/Storms/WUNIDS_map-1.gif

He casually remarks that while this part of Nebraska doesn’t lie in traditional Tornado Alley, a Tornado Warning should be taken very seriously. He pushes his glasses up and begins to describe ways to stay safe in a tornado emergency when the screen turns to white noise.

http://www.joekitsch.com/show-image/76272/Joe-Kitsch/study-for-White-Noise.jpg

A thud can be heard on your front yard a second later. Dropping your ice tea on the floor, you run to the window to see your TV antennae lying smashed on the ground.

http://i.ehow.com/images/a04/7v/ph/choose-hdtv-antenna-800X800.jpg

The wind chimes hanging on the side of your house clang louder and louder in an unholy symphony. You know that this is no thunderstorm.

http://img.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2008/04_01/tornadoDM3030a_468x312.jpg

[[Stay put and expect the worst]]

[[GET OUT OF THERE! Go to Mom and Dad in town]]

----

[[Tornado Strike]]

Turn off the TV, damn test patterns

2010-03-21T22:07:53Z

Jims0210:

You angrily get up and switch off your television. You yawn and decide to walk out onto your porch.

http://photos.mris.com/nfs/photos10/1/0/4/1/1/3/10411385137_1_M.jpg

Clutching your ice tea, you step outside. Those clouds to the east sure look dark. They have a green tinge to them too.

http://www.abc.net.au/reslib/200712/r212895_820280.jpg

The clouds look about five miles away, and a cool wind from their direction blows your hair around. You take a nervous sip from your ice tea and head back inside. It’s getting a little too dark for this time in the afternoon.

[[Decide to take a nap]]

[[Better turn on the TV]]

----

[[Tornado Strike]]

Tornado Strike

2010-03-21T22:07:18Z

Jims0210:

This website and the related materials it contains is copyright free - the files and relevant content are permissible
under Sec 17 USC 107 and are of FAIR USE (section 512 of the DMCA)
they consist of materials that either are for personal use, and/or they
are not for profit nor cause any market harm to any copyright owners,

== Tornado Strike by James Swider ==

You live in rural Nebraska about five miles north of North Platte. It is July, and Nebraska has been in the middle of the worst heat wave in twenty-five years.

http://www.tpnrd.org/images/kracman.JPG

Today you toiled in the fields, fertilizing your wheat crop. You work hard, but you’re proud to call yourself a farmer, unlike those lazy folks in the cities who don’t even know where there food comes from. Now it’s four P.M. , and you stretch your legs on the sofa with a well deserved ice tea. You’re belly laughing at Red Skelton

http://www.v-r-a.org/ppp/TVGuide/TVGuide_files/Retro_Red_Skelton_51.jpg

when suddenly the television switches to a gray screen and beeps loudly.

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_zpFI5H4L-XI/SPKxZvqObFI/AAAAAAAAACY/Irkf_U6wVtA/s400/TV_TEST_Pattern.jpg

Do you:
*[[Turn off the TV, damn test patterns]]

*[[Continue watching]]

----

[[Tornado Strike]]

Continue watching

2010-03-21T22:06:32Z

Jims0210:

The black screen switches to the news room of KNOP-TV. A bored weatherman announces a Tornado Warning for Central Nebraska and the area immediately surrounding North Platte.

http://i272.photobucket.com/albums/jj179/hotshot008/Storms/WUNIDS_map-1.gif

He casually remarks that while this part of Nebraska doesn’t lie in traditional Tornado Alley, a Tornado Warning should be taken very seriously. He pushes his glasses up and begins to describe ways to stay safe in a tornado emergency when the screen turns to white noise.

http://www.joekitsch.com/show-image/76272/Joe-Kitsch/study-for-White-Noise.jpg

A thud can be heard on your front yard a second later. Dropping your ice tea on the floor, you run to the window to see your TV antennae lying smashed on the ground.

http://i.ehow.com/images/a04/7v/ph/choose-hdtv-antenna-800X800.jpg

The wind chimes hanging on the side of your house clang louder and louder in an unholy symphony. You know that this is no thunderstorm.

http://img.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2008/04_01/tornadoDM3030a_468x312.jpg

[[Stay put and expect the worst]]

[[GET OUT OF THERE! Go to Mom and Dad in town]]

----

[[Tornado Strike]]

Stay put and expect the worst

2010-03-21T21:57:50Z

Jims0210:

GET OUT OF THERE! Go to Mom and Dad in town

2010-03-21T21:50:08Z

Jims0210:

You wipe the sweat on your brow with the back of your hand as you run to the kitchen counter. You snatch the keys to your blue 1983 Ford Ranger.

http://www.texas-wiener.com/PB250016.JPG

As you head out the door, you see the wind chimes fly by in front of your face in a gust of wind. Shaking, you manage to unlock the car door. You jump inside and buckle up because it’s going to be a bumpy ride. You peer through the rear-view. A black finger reaches down from the pea-soup clouds and touches a field about a mile away.

http://lenovoblogs.com/designmatters/files/2009/05/tornado.jpg

You jam your keys into the ignition and step on the gas. The engine whines and dies. You stare at the growing finger in the rear-view. As you curse and bang the steering wheel with your fist, the engine suddenly comes to life. You speed out of the driveway and down the road towards North Platte. You want nothing more than to be with your family right now. The wind rocks your car back and forth. Dust swirls around until you aren’t even sure of you are still on the road.

http://www.kruger-2-kalahari.com/images/Kalahari_Dust_storm.jpg

All of a sudden you get a horrible feeling in your stomach. It feels exactly like the time you rode on the roller coaster at the county fair years ago. The dust clears. You and your car are about thirty feet in the air. As the car begins to plummet you question whether it was a good idea to drive off. Then your head smashes into the ground and window of your truck and everything goes black.

http://weatherblog.abc13.com/images/2009/04/30/tornado_car.jpg

[[Tornado Strike]]

Tornado Strike

2010-03-21T21:44:58Z

Jims0210:

This website and the related materials it contains is copyright free - the files and relevant content are permissible
under Sec 17 USC 107 and are of FAIR USE (section 512 of the DMCA)
they consist of materials that either are for personal use, and/or they
are not for profit nor cause any market harm to any copyright owners,

== Tornado Strike by James Swider ==

You live in rural Nebraska about five miles north of North Platte. It is July, and Nebraska has been in the middle of the worst heat wave in twenty-five years.

http://www.tpnrd.org/images/kracman.JPG

Today you toiled in the fields, fertilizing your wheat crop. You work hard, but you’re proud to call yourself a farmer, unlike those lazy folks in the cities who don’t even know where there food comes from. Now it’s four P.M. , and you stretch your legs on the sofa with a well deserved ice tea. You’re belly laughing at Red Skelton

http://www.v-r-a.org/ppp/TVGuide/TVGuide_files/Retro_Red_Skelton_51.jpg

when suddenly the television switches to a gray screen and beeps loudly.

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_zpFI5H4L-XI/SPKxZvqObFI/AAAAAAAAACY/Irkf_U6wVtA/s400/TV_TEST_Pattern.jpg

Do you:
*[[Turn off the TV, damn test patterns]]

*[[Continue watching]]

[[Tornado Strike]]

Decide to take a nap

2010-03-21T21:35:55Z

Jims0210:

You don’t worry about those clouds in the distance because it’s just another thunderstorm.

http://www.getyourserenity.com/blog/media/blogs/a/thunderstorm.jpg

You don’t even think about tornadoes because tornadoes are more of an Oklahoman thing anyway. Covering yourself in your Dale Earnhardt blanket, you quickly doze off on the sofa with the comforting sound of the wind rushing through the porch.

http://members.shaw.ca/daleforever/shrine/Throw%20Blanket.jpg

You begin to dream that you’re standing on train tracks. A train rushes towards you. You try to run away, but your legs feel like jelly and don’t budge.

http://www.southlandrealestate.com/images/OldTrainApproaching.jpg

The roar from the train pounds in your head, and the smoke is so thick it makes you nauseous. You close your eyes just as the train hits you- BANG! You wake up to a two by four lodged into your abdomen.

http://members.fortunecity.com/bucwheat/julien/impaled.jpg

You hear the walls of your living room being ripped apart but all you see is a black nothingness. You try to scream but your mouth fills with blood. It tastes like those pennies you used to suck on as a child. You feebly try to pull out the plank of wood from your gut but your arms get weaker by the second. As the world grows silent and your vision fades away, your last conscious thought is that maybe you should have turned on that TV so you could get to safety. But it’s too late for that now.

http://dreamsnightmares.com/images/deathindreams.jpg

[[Tornado Strike]]

Better turn on the TV

2010-03-21T21:24:48Z

Jims0210:

The black screen switches to the news room of KNOP-TV. A bored weatherman announces a Tornado Warning for Central Nebraska and the area immediately surrounding North Platte.

http://i272.photobucket.com/albums/jj179/hotshot008/Storms/WUNIDS_map-1.gif

He casually remarks that while this part of Nebraska doesn’t lie in traditional Tornado Alley, a Tornado Warning should be taken very seriously. He pushes his glasses up and begins to describe ways to stay safe in a tornado emergency when the screen turns to white noise.

http://www.joekitsch.com/show-image/76272/Joe-Kitsch/study-for-White-Noise.jpg

A thud can be heard on your front yard a second later. Dropping your ice tea on the floor, you run to the window to see your TV antennae lying smashed on the ground.

http://i.ehow.com/images/a04/7v/ph/choose-hdtv-antenna-800X800.jpg

The wind chimes hanging on the side of your house clang louder and louder in an unholy symphony. You know that this is no thunderstorm.

http://img.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2008/04_01/tornadoDM3030a_468x312.jpg

[[Stay put and expect the worst]]

[[GET OUT OF THERE! Go to Mom and Dad in town]]

[[Tornado Strike]]

Turn off the TV, damn test patterns

2010-03-21T21:21:14Z

Jims0210:

You angrily get up and switch off your television. You yawn and decide to walk out onto your porch.

http://photos.mris.com/nfs/photos10/1/0/4/1/1/3/10411385137_1_M.jpg

Clutching your ice tea, you step outside. Those clouds to the east sure look dark. They have a green tinge to them too.

http://www.abc.net.au/reslib/200712/r212895_820280.jpg

The clouds look about five miles away, and a cool wind from their direction blows your hair around. You take a nervous sip from your ice tea and head back inside. It’s getting a little too dark for this time in the afternoon.

[[Decide to take a nap]]

[[Better turn on the TV]]

[[Tornado Strike]]

Continue watching

2010-03-21T21:16:46Z

Jims0210:

The black screen switches to the news room of KNOP-TV. A bored weatherman announces a Tornado Warning for Central Nebraska and the area immediately surrounding North Platte.

http://i272.photobucket.com/albums/jj179/hotshot008/Storms/WUNIDS_map-1.gif

He casually remarks that while this part of Nebraska doesn’t lie in traditional Tornado Alley, a Tornado Warning should be taken very seriously. He pushes his glasses up and begins to describe ways to stay safe in a tornado emergency when the screen turns to white noise.

http://www.joekitsch.com/show-image/76272/Joe-Kitsch/study-for-White-Noise.jpg

A thud can be heard on your front yard a second later. Dropping your ice tea on the floor, you run to the window to see your TV antennae lying smashed on the ground.

http://i.ehow.com/images/a04/7v/ph/choose-hdtv-antenna-800X800.jpg

The wind chimes hanging on the side of your house clang louder and louder in an unholy symphony. You know that this is no thunderstorm.

http://img.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2008/04_01/tornadoDM3030a_468x312.jpg

[[Stay put and expect the worst]]

[[GET OUT OF THERE! Go to Mom and Dad in town]]

[[Tornado Strike]]

Tornado Strike

2010-03-21T21:05:58Z

Jims0210:

== Tornado Strike by James Swider ==

You live in rural Nebraska about five miles north of North Platte. It is July, and Nebraska has been in the middle of the worst heat wave in twenty-five years.

http://www.tpnrd.org/images/kracman.JPG

Today you toiled in the fields, fertilizing your wheat crop. You work hard, but you’re proud to call yourself a farmer, unlike those lazy folks in the cities who don’t even know where there food comes from. Now it’s four P.M. , and you stretch your legs on the sofa with a well deserved ice tea. You’re belly laughing at Red Skelton

http://www.v-r-a.org/ppp/TVGuide/TVGuide_files/Retro_Red_Skelton_51.jpg

when suddenly the television switches to a gray screen and beeps loudly.

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_zpFI5H4L-XI/SPKxZvqObFI/AAAAAAAAACY/Irkf_U6wVtA/s400/TV_TEST_Pattern.jpg

Do you:
*[[Turn off the TV, damn test patterns]]

*[[Continue watching]]

[[Tornado Strike]]

GET OUT OF THERE! Go to Mom and Dad in town

2010-03-21T20:44:55Z

Jims0210: Created page with 'You wipe the sweat on your brow with the back of your hand as you run to the kitchen counter. You snatch the keys to your blue 1983 Ford Ranger. As you head out the door, you see…'

You wipe the sweat on your brow with the back of your hand as you run to the kitchen counter. You snatch the keys to your blue 1983 Ford Ranger. As you head out the door, you see the wind chimes fly by in front of your face in a gust of wind. Shaking, you manage to unlock the car door. You jump inside and buckle up because it’s going to be a bumpy ride. You peer through the rear-view. A black finger reaches down from the pea-soup clouds and touches a field about a mile away. You jam your keys into the ignition and step on the gas. The engine whines and dies. You stare at the growing finger in the rear-view. As you curse and bang the steering wheel with your fist, the engine suddenly comes to life. You speed out of the driveway and down the road towards North Platte. You want nothing more than to be with your family right now. The wind rocks your car back and forth. Dust swirls around until you aren’t even sure of you are still on the road. All of a sudden you get a horrible feeling in your stomach. It feels exactly like the time you rode on the roller coaster at the county fair years ago. The dust clears. You and your car are about thirty feet in the air. As the car begins to plummet you question whether it was a good idea to drive off. Then your head smashes into the ground and window of your truck and everything goes black.

[[Tornado Strike]]

Continue watching

2010-03-21T20:44:13Z

Jims0210: Created page with 'The black screen switches to the news room of KNOP-TV. A bored weatherman announces a Tornado Warning for Central Nebraska and the area immediately surrounding North Platte. He c…'

The black screen switches to the news room of KNOP-TV. A bored weatherman announces a Tornado Warning for Central Nebraska and the area immediately surrounding North Platte. He casually remarks that while this part of Nebraska doesn’t lie in traditional Tornado Alley, a Tornado Warning should be taken very seriously. He pushes his glasses up and begins to describe ways to stay safe in a tornado emergency when the screen turns to white noise. A thud can be heard on your front yard a second later. Dropping your ice tea on the floor, you run to the window to see your TV antennae lying smashed on the ground. The wind chimes hanging on the side of your house clang louder and louder in an unholy symphony. You know that this is no thunderstorm.

[[Stay put and expect the worst]]

[[GET OUT OF THERE! Go to Mom and Dad in town]]

[[Tornado Strike]]

Stay put and expect the worst

2010-03-21T20:42:39Z

Jims0210: Created page with 'You remember that the best thing to do in a Tornado Warning is to get to a safe spot. You run to get a canteen of water from the fridge and rush down to your concrete lined basem…'

You remember that the best thing to do in a Tornado Warning is to get to a safe spot. You run to get a canteen of water from the fridge and rush down to your concrete lined basement. You get to a corner away from your farm tools and crouch down with your hands over your head. About two minutes later the house starts shaking like a washing machine. Bangs and crashes echo into the basement. You wonder if you really did the right thing. Was it wise to stay in the path of a tornado. Sighing, you prepare for your life to end. The shaking stops. You wait for about fifteen minutes and then slowly creep upstairs. Your house is a mess. The refrigerator is in the living room and your couch is in the kitchen. Your bedroom now has three walls instead of four. There are numerous holes in the roof. But you are alive. And later, when you help your Mom and Dad clean up their shop in town, you will thank yourself for remembering the correct procedure for dealing with a twister.

[[Tornado Strike]]

Better turn on the TV

2010-03-21T20:41:56Z

Turn off the TV, damn test patterns

2010-03-21T20:40:29Z

Jims0210:

You angrily get up and switch off your television. You yawn and decide to walk out onto your porch. Clutching your ice tea, you step outside. Those clouds to the east sure look dark. They have a green tinge to them too. The clouds look about five miles away, and a cool wind from their direction blows your hair around. You take a nervous sip from your ice tea and head back inside. It’s getting a little too dark for this time in the afternoon.

[[Decide to take a nap]]

[[Better turn on the TV]]

[[Tornado Strike]]

Decide to take a nap

2010-03-21T20:39:30Z

Jims0210: Created page with 'You don’t worry about those clouds in the distance because it’s just another thunderstorm. You don’t even think about tornados because tornados are more of an Oklahoman thi…'

You don’t worry about those clouds in the distance because it’s just another thunderstorm. You don’t even think about tornados because tornados are more of an Oklahoman thing anyway. Covering yourself in your Dale Earnhardt blanket, you quickly doze off on the sofa with the comforting sound of the wind rushing through the porch. You begin to dream that you’re standing on train tracks. A train rushes towards you. You try to run away, but your legs feel like jelly and don’t budge. The roar from the train pounds in your head, and the smoke is so thick it makes you nauseous. You close your eyes just as the train hits you- BANG! You wake up to a two by four lodged into your abdomen. You hear the walls of your living room being ripped apart but all you see is a black nothingness. You try to scream but your mouth fills with blood. It tastes like those pennies you used to suck on as a child. You feebly try to pull out the plank of wood from your gut but your arms get weaker by the second. As the world grows silent and your vision fades away, your last conscious thought is that maybe you should have turned on that TV so you could get to safety. But it’s too late for that now.

[[Tornado Strike]]

Turn off the TV, damn test patterns

2010-03-21T20:37:51Z

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Tornado Strike

2010-03-21T20:36:14Z

Jims0210:

== Tornado Strike by James Swider ==

You live in rural Nebraska about five miles north of North Platte. It is July, and Nebraska has been in the middle of the worst heat wave in twenty-five years. Today you toiled in the fields, fertilizing your wheat crop. You work hard, but you’re proud to call yourself a farmer, unlike those lazy folks in the cities who don’t even know where there food comes from. Now it’s four P.M. , and you stretch your legs on the sofa with a well deserved ice tea. You’re belly laughing at Red Skelton when suddenly the television switches to a black screen and beeps loudly.

Do you:
*[[Turn off the TV, damn test patterns]]

*[[Continue watching]]

[[Tornado Strike]]

Tornado Strike

2010-03-21T20:33:43Z

Jims0210:

== Tornado Strike by James Swider ==

You live in rural Nebraska about five miles north of North Platte. It is July, and Nebraska has been in the middle of the worst heat wave in twenty-five years. Today you toiled in the fields, fertilizing your wheat crop. You work hard, but you’re proud to call yourself a farmer, unlike those lazy folks in the cities who don’t even know where there food comes from. Now it’s four P.M. , and you stretch your legs on the sofa with a well deserved ice tea. You’re belly laughing at Red Skelton when suddenly the television switches to a black screen and beeps loudly.

Do you:
*[[Turn off the TV, damn test patterns.]]

*[[Continue watching]]

[[Tornado Strike]]

Tornado Strike

2010-03-21T20:33:22Z

Jims0210:

== Tornado Strike by James Swider ==

You live in rural Nebraska about five miles north of North Platte. It is July, and Nebraska has been in the middle of the worst heat wave in twenty-five years. Today you toiled in the fields, fertilizing your wheat crop. You work hard, but you’re proud to call yourself a farmer, unlike those lazy folks in the cities who don’t even know where there food comes from. Now it’s four P.M. , and you stretch your legs on the sofa with a well deserved ice tea. You’re belly laughing at Red Skelton when suddenly the television switches to a black screen and beeps loudly.

Do you:
*[[Turn off the TV, damn test patterns.]]

*[[Continue watching]]

[[Tornado Strike Main Page/ Start Over]]

Tornado Strike

2010-03-21T20:16:57Z

Jims0210:

== Tornado Strike by James Swider ==

You live in rural Nebraska about five miles north of North Platte. It is July, and Nebraska has been in the middle of the worst heat wave in twenty-five years. Today you toiled in the fields, fertilizing your wheat crop. You work hard, but you’re proud to call yourself a farmer, unlike those lazy folks in the cities who don’t even know where there food comes from. Now it’s four P.M. , and you stretch your legs on the sofa with a well deserved ice tea. You’re belly laughing at Red Skelton when suddenly the television switches to a black screen and beeps loudly.

Do you:
*[[Turn off the TV, damn test patterns.]]

*[[Continue watching]]

Tornado Strike

2010-03-21T20:13:51Z

Jims0210:

== Tornado Strike by James Swider ==

You live in rural Nebraska about five miles north of North Platte. It is July, and Nebraska has been in the middle of the worst heat wave in twenty-five years. Today you toiled in the fields, fertilizing your wheat crop. You work hard, but you’re proud to call yourself a farmer, unlike those lazy folks in the cities who don’t even know where there food comes from. Now it’s four P.M. , and you stretch your legs on the sofa with a well deserved ice tea. You’re belly laughing at Red Skelton when suddenly the television switches to a black screen and beeps loudly.

Do you:
*[Turn off the TV, damn test patterns.]

*[Continue watching]

Tornado Strike

2010-03-21T20:13:20Z

Jims0210: Created page with ' == Tornado Strike by James Swider == You live in rural Nebraska about five miles north of North Platte. It is July, and Nebraska has been in the middle of the worst heat wave …'

== Tornado Strike by James Swider ==

You live in rural Nebraska about five miles north of North Platte. It is July, and Nebraska has been in the middle of the worst heat wave in twenty-five years. Today you toiled in the fields, fertilizing your wheat crop. You work hard, but you’re proud to call yourself a farmer, unlike those lazy folks in the cities who don’t even know where there food comes from. Now it’s four P.M. , and you stretch your legs on the sofa with a well deserved ice tea. You’re belly laughing at Red Skelton when suddenly the television switches to a black screen and beeps loudly.

Do you:
*[Turn off the TV, damn test patterns.]
*[Continue watching]

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