Tornadoes Suck

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Just in case anyone would like to hear what it's like to be in one.

You know CathyLynn, you are right. I am so wrong and so out of my place to even suggest that what those people here and near here went through is anywhere near as unnerving as what the OP went through. I would like to go on record as apologizing and saying that I was completely in the wrong and that I have absolutely no reason to bring up what may or may not have happened here on a windy day.

The OP's experience completely overshadows the experience of any of the people I know. I am so, so, SO very sorry for every even suggesting that the people in this local tornado had it anywhere near as bad, or even worse, than the OP. I should never have said that. The OP's situation is the most problematic Moreso than even those still homeless from that slightly windy day.

So OP, do you think that you could possibly get your insurance to pay for the hotel? Is there a lawyer you could talk to so you could sue them for punative damages? Also the power company.

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I agree with cathylynn here, and I don't think being sarcastic will help your case.

You know worse, yes. If you can't empathize with suffering minor inconveniences because of a tornado it is fine, there is nothing wrong with that. But you really seem to be making a huge show out of this. I can bring an example of my own, too; I believe someone here in WP was robbed recently, and apparently lost some money and got a minor scare. It's ok, I've been robbed too and felt scared for some minutes and I sure wouldn't wish that on anybody. But when I first read that one last Tuesday I was in the hospital, being able to use a computer for the first time three days after being stabbed in an artery and a lung because of another robbery, where I lost my computer and uni notes and four liters of blood and which will leave 3 big scars and 4 smaller ones and where I almost died and even now I am still having a sh***y time because of healing wounds and such, and I must admit that when I read that my first thought was "pfft, big deal! That is NOTHING". But... what use is that? It is indeed nothing more than one-upping, I am certain that he felt distressed too, and he doesn't need to know how much worse it could have been. I'm sure the OP's problems look banal, and I even believe you have the right to be angry about it, nobody can control their own feelings anyway, but being all aggressive and temperamental about it is just unnecessary and uncalled for. You can't choose how to feel, but you can choose how to act on it, and in this case you can choose to simply keep quiet.

You are all right. I am so, so, so, sorry. I mean it. I'm not being sarcastic. I was wrong. I should never have mentioned or shown the death and destruction here, nor ever contrasted it to a bad hotel room. I am seriously apologizing. You can accept it or not. Either way I will be feeling very bad for posting anything about what happened in my area.

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I'm gonna put this all in perspective... (I hope)

I could tell you horror stories about weather... I'm from New Orleans... My producer is from LaPlace (if you don't know, last year's Hurricane Isaac flooded several parishes displacing several hundred thousand, including one of my best friends...

But we're alive... Every one of you... is breathing. We have an Autistic Spectrum Disorder... so any of these events are terribly upsetting... but any day you walk away from is a pretty damn good one...

Don't get me wrong; I have been through far worse. I grew up in Puerto Rico where tropical storms come one or twice a year. We lost our house when I was six, lived with relatives for two years until we could get a new one. Lost another one when I was in highschool and we spent an entire year with no electricity or running water. Washing clothes in the river, cooking by open fire, etc.

The tornado did nothing to our home this week, We lost electricity for two days, we had running water. We had to stay in a hotel. Still, my fear and paranoia was rather high, plus I had just recently come home from the hospital with an upper respiratory infection again, bronchitis etc.

It could have been worse. I mean I have seen people fly out of their homes to their deaths, its not like I do not comprehend tragedy versus inconvenience. that is obvious.

I am not belittling you or anyone here... It seemed, perhaps that we should all take a moment and be thankful...

I only cited new orleans to give perspective... not remove it... We've all had tragedy... we've all suffered loss...

I wasn't belittling inconvenience wither... *wink* had I meant to do that... I would have pointed out at Isaac left us without power for 9 days...

Just trying to show that we all have reasons to be relieved and happy to be alive...

I feel you on the disorientation and distress caused by a natural disaster...

It's really hard on kids,I had tornado nightmares for years afterward.
I can even remember what I was watching on tv,there was a Tarzan marathon on since it was Easter.The tv went went black,so did the sky and as fast as it happened it was over.I remember thinking how weird it was to see the heavy yard furniture fly across the yard.We were lucky it didn't hit our house,but it got the one next door and the rest of the street.About seven years later one hit that neighbor hood again.This time it threw a tree on my old house.
Nothing is fun about any natural disaster,I went with out power for two weeks because of a major ice storm,the damage looked like what a tornado does.We even lost phone service and cell towers fell over.I'm kind of use to power outages,if you are prepared you can deal.
I advise everyone to get a Petzel headlamp,like spelunkers wear.They are LED,burn forever and your hands are free.Great to read by.Once you have one you'll never be without.During the ice storm there were no batteries to be found in the whole county,or coal oil.Be prepared for a run on stuff like that.It's best to have it ready because you may not be able to even get out.

on a side note...

You know what we say about weather in new orleans?

"you don't like the weather here? Well, just wait five minutes...Then go back to where ever the hell you came from"

and Oklahoma caught the butt end of the tornado gun