I knew the bad weather was coming in tonight. Didn't know when, or how much, but decided to try to get in my run after work. As I drove to SHS, I could see distant lightning. Decided to start out and keep going until the lightning was within three miles, as defined by the five-second rule. Didn't take too long; I was on my seventh lap. Went ahead and finished two miles, even though it wasn't raining yet. That didn't take too long either; as I was getting into the car, the rain started. And then the radio blared the announcement of a tornado watch for my area until 4 a.m. I already knew Joplin, Mo., about 140 miles north of here, had been hit by a big tornado this evening, so I didn't take too much convincing. |