The Vent Thread

[kikai_saigono]

The fear is irrational when you don't want to leave your house on the 0.000000001% chance a tornado may strike, or enter a building which you don't think is safe from tornadoes when it's on a clear day. It's not about being afraid of the twister that's bearing down on you this very instant, it's being so afraid of them that you panic as soon as it starts raining.

I feel I am sometimes like this. Brad, Liz, and André are all from places where tornadoes just don't happen. I am from the Southeast where, while not tornado alley, does have it's share of crazy tornadoes and scary storms, like last year for example. If there is ever a scary storm outside and they sky looks kind of a funny color and it's windy, I'm always like "OK, if it gets bad we'll run down to the bottom floor basement!" and start freaking out about how we're going to get a mattress down there.

Then Brad, Liz, and André are pretty much like this:

[Qyot27]

The fear is irrational when you don't want to leave your house on the 0.000000001% chance a tornado may strike, or enter a building which you don't think is safe from tornadoes when it's on a clear day. It's not about being afraid of the twister that's bearing down on you this very instant, it's being so afraid of them that you panic as soon as it starts raining.

I feel I am sometimes like this. Brad, Liz, and André are all from places where tornadoes just don't happen. I am from the Southeast where, while not tornado alley, does have it's share of crazy tornadoes and scary storms, like last year for example. If there is ever a scary storm outside and they sky looks kind of a funny color and it's windy, I'm always like "OK, if it gets bad we'll run down to the bottom floor basement!" and start freaking out about how we're going to get a mattress down there.

I'd tend to think it'd be the other way around: grow up in an area with bad storms, and you get to the point where you're almost completely unfazed by them, although having life-and-death types of danger would rattle anyone. I don't know if I could ever live in the Plains states because of the tornadoes, but yet I've seen people from various areas of the country say they could never live in Florida because of the thunderstorms (which I don't really mind at all from living here for all of my life) and hurricanes (which, unless something freakish like Charley's rapid intensification happens, you have at least a good week of time to prepare for/evacuate from, while realizing that Cat 1's & 2's are just like really really heavy rain storms...3's are more worrying, 4's & 5's are 'get-the-fuck-out' panic level even if you aren't in an evacuation zone).

[Knowname]

Man I wish for Natural disasters every day... too much Sim City and Godzilla growing up.

[Pwolf]

What's a... "tornado"? o.O

[Tearx]

I hate being sick! I use up all the tissues then my nose hurts like no other ;_;

[Niotex]

I hate being sick! I use up all the tissues then my nose hurts like no other ;_;

It's okay I'll get you hot tea and cold medicine in the morning. Plus I always have soft Kleenex at hand

[Knowname]

aah *gag*

[Kitsuner]

What's a... "tornado"? o.O

It's what kartchup is made from.

[CodeZTM]

The fear is irrational when you don't want to leave your house on the 0.000000001% chance a tornado may strike, or enter a building which you don't think is safe from tornadoes when it's on a clear day. It's not about being afraid of the twister that's bearing down on you this very instant, it's being so afraid of them that you panic as soon as it starts raining.

I feel I am sometimes like this. Brad, Liz, and André are all from places where tornadoes just don't happen. I am from the Southeast where, while not tornado alley, does have it's share of crazy tornadoes and scary storms, like last year for example. If there is ever a scary storm outside and they sky looks kind of a funny color and it's windy, I'm always like "OK, if it gets bad we'll run down to the bottom floor basement!" and start freaking out about how we're going to get a mattress down there.

Then Brad, Liz, and André are pretty much like this:
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Gawd I'm so jealous. I wish I could live in places without them. ;_________;

Anyway, my fear is ridiculously irrational as F_S mentioned. It's sunny out today and the weather outlook is FINE for the next week, but there were tornadoes down south of us yesterday (like... hours away from us), and my stomach is still in knots and I want to go home (I'm at work). Hell, I can't even watch television programs about them without wanting to take shelter.

I didn't use to be this way (I live in tornado alley, this stuff happens), but last year there was a 2 week period where there was a tornado EVERY FUCKING DAY, and now I go nuts when there's so much as a severe thunderstorm warning (which, by the way, I used to stand out on the covered porch and do homework in). I think it was having that prolonged exposure to "there's a real chance that I will die today" that sent me over the edge and made such a negative psychological association with weather.

I'm very seriously considering moving to Arizona. I hear the only things to worry about there is dust-storms, fires and the occasional drought.

[Castor Troy]

California FTW