Supercell

Exactly one week ago, we spent the whole evening in the basement. Not fun. The part that was definitely not fun fun was Dad saying that there were three hooks on the rader.

A. The tornado could be over at Derby.

B. The tornado could be way east of us.

C. The tornado could be not far south of the South YMCA.

After Mom heard what Dad said, she said that we should stay in the basement. Dad agreed. But I was unusually excited.

" If we went upstairs we could probably see the twister from here!" I said. No one said anything.

Of course. I thought. I had a wild day. When we got home from choir earlier, I noticed the storm clouds. So after we got home and after listening to the weather radio, I grabbed a paper sack a put in it:

1. A bottle of water.

2. A box of Graham crackers.

3. A bright flashlight.

That was our tornado bag. I told Anna to grab the bag and take it with her downstairs when the tornado sirens went off. (I figured th at we would be spending Dinnertime downstairs. )

We were watching a movie when the sirens did go off. At first I thought was my imagination. When I heard it again, I was just about to get Mom and Dad when Mom walked in and acting very calm, she told us to go to the basement. Well, we survivied.