October 19, 2007

blah…. I’m tired…  I’m feverishly rubbing the sleep out of my eyes…
Well, I have no idea yet as to what happened in the area last night, in respect to the weather–I haven’t looked at any news or reports yet. I had stayed up until roughly a quarter past eleven last night, and then resigned myself to sleep, awaiting to be awakened by news of disastrous weather. I had awoke for a moment, at 5:57a.m. this morning, and thought, “Well, it’s over. We made it.” The thought had two emotions–one of happiness, where I was still tired and wanted to sleep, and a feeling of disappointment, where I get a nice cheap thrill from dangerous weather.
I had prepared my bags and equipment last night, before going to bed, in the event that something happened and that I was called upon to work in the office or in the field with the EMA. My bags still sit quietly, on the floor, undisturbed, in front of the desk.
I had moved the scanner upstairs, and took advantage of the weather alert function during the night. It had gone off three times that I recall, last night; once around 10:30p.m., when the tornado watch was extended to cover this region, and twice more, to alert of severe thunderstorms in nearby counties. It’s been silent since.
Now, I sit, trying to get myself to wake up, trying to get moving. I’m so tired.
I wonder how much more Bailey’s blog grew last night, while I slept. It had been quite fun to read–fun watching the comments grow nearly every minute. I think I’ll check his blog first, then go to the NWS, and finally check my inbox to see what news of last night’s events there is available. I also want to see if the threat of not-as-sever-but-still-severe weather is still around, as predicted last night.