21 June 2007 ~ 13 Comments

Apparently I slept through a tornado

So I received an e-mail from my dear friend Erin. She actually sent it many hours ago while I was in one of my little allergy medicine induced comas. Her brother was watching the Weather reports and heard there was a tornado heading in the general direction of my little town, so she wanted to warn me. Waking up several hours later and finding out you possibly slept through a tornado is interesting. The first thing I did was look outside to make sure my apartment complex was still located where it’s supposed to be. It seemed to be and everything looked intact, so I guess the storm must’ve just brushed by this area.

This wouldn’t be the first time I’ve slept through a tornado though. When I just a wee lad a pretty decent sized tornado rolled through the tiny town I lived in which is located an hour or so north of here. That one however didn’t just brush by the area. It was a direct hit and pretty much obliterated a lot of homes and businesses, all while I was sleeping. I guess you can add sleeping through violent weather to my list of talents.

Anyone else have a talent for sleeping through severe weather?

13 Responses to “Apparently I slept through a tornado”

  1. Bobby Revell 21 June 2007 at 11:22 pm Permalink

    No, I can’t say I did that. I did once sleep through my final exams in my first year in college!LOL We don’t get many tornadoes here on the Mississippi gulf coast. I did get to experience hurricane Katrina at point blank range though. That was a storm that would wake up the dead:)

  2. Mike 21 June 2007 at 11:31 pm Permalink

    I have family down there in Mississippi that experienced it as well. I’m sure I could find a way to sleep through it ;P

    We don’t usually get many tornadoes here at all. Once every now and then and they’re not often very large. That one years ago was definitely rare for this area. It left quite a mess behind.

  3. Brown Baron 21 June 2007 at 11:36 pm Permalink

    I’ve managed to sleep through 2 earthquakes haha.

  4. Bush Mackel 21 June 2007 at 11:39 pm Permalink

    Never had the opportunity to sleep through tornadoes, but if it starts storming and lightning, better believe I’m gonna get to bed because I’m gonna get a GREAT sleep. Glad your apartment complex wasn’t destroyed with you in it Mike.

  5. Mike 21 June 2007 at 11:44 pm Permalink

    @Baron: Lol…nice. How strong were the earthquakes?

    @Bush: Me too…lol. Chances are that *might* have woken me up :lol:

  6. Brown Baron 22 June 2007 at 1:12 am Permalink

    they were both 6 haha

  7. Bucky 22 June 2007 at 6:06 am Permalink

    A good strong thunderstorm will put me to sleep quicker than a double dose of nyquil.

  8. Christy 22 June 2007 at 8:24 am Permalink

    First of all, can I have some of your allergy medicine? lol.

    I hear everything going on, no way I could sleep through a storm, last night I got woken up by my cat fighting in the backyard and had to go break it up….which was no easy task….lol. I wish I had the talent to block out noise!

    I’m really glad you didn’t blow away Mike, that really would have sucked! :)

  9. Mike 22 June 2007 at 8:57 am Permalink

    Haha…sure! However sending any medicine across the border into Canada to you could possibly get me into a heap of trouble…lol :P

    I’m glad I didn’t blow away either ;D

  10. Christy 22 June 2007 at 9:14 am Permalink

    You mean you wouldn’t go to prison for me? “Sniff” What’s ten years in the joint?

    LoL

  11. Mike 22 June 2007 at 9:24 am Permalink

    It’s ten years without blogging, that’s what it is. I’d go insane :lol:

  12. Jenny 22 June 2007 at 12:57 pm Permalink

    That is NUTS!! I wonder if it ever hit…

  13. Mike 22 June 2007 at 1:23 pm Permalink

    I couldn’t tell ya. I was too busy sleeping :P