Effingham County? Eff me!

We drove to St. Louis earlier than most, we stayed in Columbus OH Tuesday night, and we saw the terrible news about the tornado which ripped through Joplin MO and a few other places. We were a bit worried driving from Ohio through Indiana, Illinois, to Missouri on Wednesday since severe weather and tornado warnings were predicted. At about an hour away from St. Louis, the radio station we were listening to got interrupted every 5 minutes or so with long warning beeps than a national weather center alert about tornadoes. The tornado warnings said the people in the following counties should seek shelter immediately, followed by a list of counties. We had been driving in pretty nasty storm weather for a while, and we had no map and no idea where we were in relation to these counties... until there was a tornado warning for Effingham County which was literally announced as I glanced and read a sign saying "Welcome to Effingham County!". "Eff me!" I thought :twitch:

We didn't know what to do, but I did look and notice the sky behind us was nearly black, so I figured "eff it" and just hit the gas pedal. We drove through Effingham County pretty effing fast! :sidestep:
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I also didn't mention, when we did make it to the hotel in stormy St. Louis, as soon as we stepped out of the car we hear air raid sirens for tornado alerts!

There were some funnel clouds that could form into tornadoes moving over the area, the picture doesn't really show how scary the sky looked:
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A busload of kids pulled into the hotel parking lot and the kids piled into the hallway for shelter:
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This was my first tornado scare, and I'd be "eff'd" if I didn't get supplies for hunkering down! Thankfully you can buy booze at the gas station right next to the hotel:
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(Mady and Kim were not amused)

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Well, they say, grab the essentials.............
lol Looks like you were all set for a tornando party. When I hear the sirens go off I usually grab my camera and go outside, drives my usband crazy. :twitch:
ha ha awesome post :)
Well, you certainly had an experience you can talk to your friends about. They will ooohhh and ahhhh over your braveness!!!!!!!!

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I was reading this at work and TRYING not to laugh insanely.... :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
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