So, I meant to blog about this yesterday but I got busy and didn't have time. One year ago yesterday 55 tornadoes hit my state, Alabama. I remember it like it just happened. No one really wanted to believe it was happening. I remember when we heard about how badly Tuscaloosa was being hit. Nearly everyone in my family was trying to call my brother, who was at UA at the time. Then we got our TV signal back at my grandmother's house, where we were staying after the storms had died down a bit. My brother was okay, but I still think we all panicked a little as we watched a video someone had sent in of a huge tornado heading straight for the football stadium. I remember my mom saying later that it was a good thing she hadn't seen the video when it was shown live (before we got the signal back), because it would have given her a heart attack. I remember when my grandmother found a Tuscaloosa deposit slip in her yard. We live nearly a hundred miles away. I remember seeing the pictures of Tuscaloosa, with entire neighborhoods just gone. I remember my brother coming home and leaving most of his stuff in Tuscaloosa for us to go back for later. I remember reading the story of the Alabama football player whose girlfriend died. I remember hearing that the hometown of one of my school's coaches was destroyed. I remember looking at pictures of Guntersville State Park and almost crying. I remember being scared of every storm that came in the next few weeks. I remember the devastation tornadoes can cause, and sometimes I really, really hate nature. We watched Twister yesterday in math class while my teacher was gone to a tennis tournament in Mobile. I don't know if it was a coincidence or not. I don't know whether it was an appropriate movie to watch, or really, really inappropriate. I just don't know.
RIP all the people who died in my state and others.
~Explosive Sunlight
