Scary!!!

Yesterday evening around 7 pm our weather radio alarm went off. We'd been having rain off and on all day so when Adam went to check the alert, he quickly told us to get our shoes on and head for the car. The national weather service had issued a tornado warning for our county! We knew that getting in the car wasn't the best idea, but we live close to our city's tornado shelter. We got in Adam's car (none of us were buckled up and Bethany's car seat was not in the car so I held her). We frantically went looking for the city's tornado shelter. I guess we needed to be better prepared because it took us a little while to find it. Once we got there, we ran out in the pouring rain and realized the doors were locked!!!!! By this time we were praying that God would keep us safe. The sky was dark and it was raining HARD. We got back in our car and decided to try to make it to my mom and dad's house because they have a basement. On the radio we heard that we were heading directly into the storm. There was a possible tornado near and around where we were. Adam hit the brakes and turned around. We were so frazzled that we couldn't think of where to go. Finally Adam thought of a plan and we went for it. Luckily we did find shelter at one of our universities. We found company with a college English class. We waited there until the storm let up. Shelby, of course was bouncing off the walls because she sensed our panic. Bethany was as calm as a cucumber. We all looked like drowned rats by the time it was over. We all returned safely home and got dried off. Thank you Lord for watching over us!