Stormy Weather on the Way

Will we escape yet again?

Stormy Weather is on the Way

 

By Elton Camp

 

The weather service says to be on the alert

A front approaches that could cause hurt

Heavy wind, torrential rain and large hail

So I certainly hope this forecast will fail

 

A tornado, a thunder storm may envelop

We must be aware that such might develop

It begins at midnight, the forecast said

It sounds ominous�"something to dread

 

Right on schedule, rain began to descend

Another uneasy night we will have to spend

Near here there has occurred an EF-Five

And many neighbors are no longer alive

 

Storm forecasts I previously tended to ignore

But I most surely won’t do that way anymore

Lightning begins to flash from the west

That’s the direction storms come the best

 

The weather radio begin to loudly blare

“Radar has spotted a rotation out there.”

I uneasily review my home tornado plan

To protect my family, I’ll do what I can

 

An inside hallway seems our best bet

For I haven’t installed a storm shelter yet

I hope the storm won’t do what’s been told

Yet again, lightning flashed, thunder rolled