Somwhere over the rainbow...

Friday afternoon I was zipping along the highway towards home, enjoying some afternoon CBC radio and trying not to tailgate all the slow drivers. All of a sudden, the sky filled with ominous dark clouds, and it began to rain. Then the lady on the radio said that Environment Canada had issued a tornado warning for Moncton and southeast NB - aka my current location.

Tornado.

My mind began to race as I struggled to remember some sort of useful information about tornadoes that would help save my life.

Let's see -

Wizard of Oz - Dorothy gets swept off to Oz. Not helpful.

Where the Heart Is - you know, that one about the Walmart baby with Natalie Portman. There's a tornado in that one, and they all go to the cellar. There are no cellars on the highway.

Twister - A movie that has been in our house for years and years. I have never seen it.

At this point, it was raining really hard, and I was dividing my time between trying to see the road and doing a quick gaze to the left and right for funnel clouds. The only other tidbit about tornadoes I could remember was to stand in a doorway. Also not helpful. In the end, I decided the best thing was to keep driving away from the storm. Eventually, the sky cleared, I was out of danger, and I continued zipping along my way home.

Phew.