during the storm.

while at work today, our area experienced a tornado. the tornado didn't cause major damage around here - it just hopped around and knocked over some trees and trucks and junk. the sirens went off, and our campus "alertus" system went off - silently, for some reason. a big yellow, blue and red message popped up on our computer screens and wouldn't go away until we pressed the "i acknowledge" button to acknowledge we were aware of the severe weather and tornado watch. we moved all our employees and patients into secure areas.

one lady and i were in my boss's office because it doesn't have windows, and my office does. my boss and mr. t came in and said that office isn't safe, and we should join everyone else in clinic. four of us were sitting in a patient room chatting. after about a minute, i was bored and said i wanted to go outside and play. a co-worker said, "i want to go outside and smoke". so we did.

i also decided i should keep a flask filled with vodka in my desk at work in case we really do all die in a tornado while here. that would make it a little more entertaining...