The Storm

6-30-15

Storm

So, those of you who even know me a little bit (and, if you don't even know me a little bit, remind me why we are FB friends??) know that I am not a fan of storms. My biggest fear of all is being in the car during a storm. This morning as I was turning my car toward Mt. Brook, I saw what seemed to be a big black wall. The storm I had hoped would stay north of my commute was heading dead at me. As I was trying to figure out a plan B for the ride in to work, Rhiannon calls. She was in the middle of it on 459 and told me to turn around and go home (she knows me well). I told her I didn't think I could get home before being overtaken. I ended up stopping a hotel on Grants Mill, pulled up under the covered part in front and went in just as the worst of it was hitting. I asked the front desk person if it was okay if I hung out there for a bit. She said of course. I was leaning on a counter watching a tv and checking the radar on my phone when I heard what I was sure was the tornado siren. There was a lady eating breakfast on the other end of the counter and I looked down at her as she was looking down at me and I said, "do you hear that?!" She said, "I sure do." I moseyed back over to the front desk and said, "do y'all hear that?" "hear what?" the manager and desk person said.
"The weather siren!" 
"Noooo....I don't hear anything", they said as they looked at me like you look at someone who may be a little confused.
the manager was standing there and he said he had pretty good hearing and didn't hear anything (I guess implying I didn't and whether I do or not is beside the point because I heard THIS). He then went outside which I thought was extreme considering the trees were almost bent double in the wind and came back in saying he still didn't hear anything. I looked back at the woman eating breakfast, pointed, and I said, "well, WE heard it!"
Shortly after that, I figured out it was the juice machine. Did you know a juice machine can sound exactly like a very faint tornado siren? Me either!