i'm glad to hear you're okay, but i have to say, growing up in a tornado prone area, i actually loved the weather. i mean, i hate the idea that someone could get hurt or lose their possesions, property etc, but a good storm like that is just electric! i love the dramatic clouds, and wind and rain. and when it's passed by everything is calm and refreshed feeling.

they don't have anything like that here in sf. and earthquakes are downright frightening. you can hide from a tornado, usually. you can't escape the damn earth for a quake. :(