My first Tornado!

By my Tuesday night class yesterday all my tests were over! My History of Recording Industry and Mass Media tests both went really well but my math test made me break out into a cold sweat! I'm not even kidding. So Tera and I decided we would go downtown to celebrate the end of our nasty test schedule after my evening Audio of Media class. I heard the news about thunderstorms but they were supposed to pass by before I was out of class. So I got ready and put my "going out" boots on and got all decked out so I could leave right from class. About half way through us learning the difference between Analog and Digital recording, the emergency siren sounds. The voice said that we should take cover immediately. Out teacher canceled class and told us to seek a safer shelter. Well I was not about to get in my car and drive home, I was afraid I'd drive right into the damn thing. So I went to a dorm with a girl in my class. She is the girl I did my Reba presentation with and I have learned since that project that she is not the kind of person I would like to be stuck with for any length of time. Well for two hours we huddled in the base of a stairway with about 10 other residence. It was HELL! When her RA finally said that MTSU was clear of danger I ran out of there. It wasn't raining when I left her dorm but about 100 yards from the door, it starting pouring from the right, then left. My umbrella flipped inside-out three times and I was completely soaked by the time I made it to my car.
The tornado never touched down in my town but did do a lot of damage to surrounding counties. I learned last night that Rutherford county (my county) is number five on the list of top counties effected by tornados! They don't put that in the brochure!