Somehow I got roped into joining the track and field team again this year, and despite my whining and sighs I dragged myself out of bed early yesterday morning to join my team at a meet downtown. Despite our towels and umbrellas, our trackies and sweats, we were shivering so hard we felt like we were having seizures. The puddles ruined our cleats when we rain on the track, and the wind exhausted us. It was so intense that all school tents were picked up and blown away, as well as the metal-framed socker nets and all the garbage cans on premisis. It was quite miserable, but nothing in comparison to current weather conditions in southern parts of the U.S.
In the past few days 246 people from six states have been killed due to these tornados and their destruction. Hundreds and hundres of houses and buildings have been demolished into splinters, leaving many to rely on shelters stationed by The American Red Cross and the Salvation Army. Tornados are taking 25 mile paths and are reaching enormous speeds currently. A twister that hit north-east of mississippi was claimed to have winds reaching 205 miles per hour, making this the deadliest twister outbreak since 1925, and something we should keep in mind when we complain about the Canadian rain, and miserable track meets.
-Em
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