global warming = crazy weather

Deadly Tornadoes Slam Colo., Wyo.

(Charlie Riedel/AP Photo)

Yesterday, Colorado and Wyoming experienced some crazy weather.

The sky was black all day and anyone could has mistaken the time of day to be late evening. Around 1, it began raining very hard, and the tornado warnings were popping up on weather.com. Not long after that, the tornado sirens began sounding, and I called Jason to run to where I work since our apartment is on the 2nd floor of a house and has no basement access. He came, soaking wet upon arrival. Just minutes after he arrived, the wind really began howling and hail the size of golf balls began falling so thick that it felt as though you were staring at a solid wall.

I suppose that is when the tornado touched down in Laramie and wreaked most of its havoc, hitting East Laramie hardest. It tore of roofs, trees, fences, and damaged houses, schools, WalMart and some businesses. Power was out to about half the town, too.

Johnny called me from his school to tell me that their parking lot had flooded and the water was about to reach the doors to his car. He was able to move his car to higher ground, although some of his classmates with lowered cars weren't so lucky and the floors of their cars were filled with water. He said they stayed in their building with the power off for quite some time and that the hail pounding the steel roof of the building was pretty deafening.

After the worst of it passed, we stayed in the building I work in through a few more tornado warnings and finally went home at 3:30 (the University of Wyoming, where I work, was cancelled for the day at that point but open for shelter) when the warnings were reduced to tornado watch. After that, it rained and stormed some more (Harley really does not like thunder but kitty could care less) and it even snowed last night!

that was our crazy day! Today it's sunny with blue sky and puffy white clouds, although I hear that we're in for some more severe thunderstorms this afternoon and tonight.

You can read an article about the storms and see some pictures HERE and HERE. Also, CNN.com has some crazy footage of the massive tornado that touched down in Colorado.

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In better news, this long weekend Johnny and I are going on a road trip! Our primary goal is to go to Mt. Rushmore, but we're making several stops along the way, some of them being: Carhenge in Nebraska, The Mammoth Site, Wind Caves, Mt. Rushmore, Crazy Horse Memorial, Bear Country USA, Big Thunder Gold Mine, Jewel Cave, and the Oregon Trail (we haven't yet decided where to stop).

stay tuned for a wrap-up of our trip!