Eye of the Storm

Madison had no idea. In fact, I suspect a lot of the children in Hall and Forsyth Counties probably had no idea, that is, unless they spotted their nervous parents watching the news and doppler radars. Last night, more tornadoes tore through Georgia than Daddy has ever experienced in his lifetime. You could hear it outside, and see the horizon glowing with the steady and constant barrage of lightning streaking across the sky and downward.  We were in the midst of the 2011 Super Outbreak, the largest tornado outbreak ever recorded.

To the north of us, we tracked on the radar as storm after storm devastated the counties above us. To the south, things weren't much better. The storms of April 27, 2011, will be difficult for many to forget.

Yet look at that gap in the radar above. Right in the middle of all the madness, right there without a drop of rain, is us. What are the odds of that? Whatever they are, we are certainly grateful this morning: there are awful pictures from towns such as Ringold, Trenton, Cartersville, and of course Tuscaloosa.

This picture below shows all the tornado warning areas, presently confirmed tornado hits (the orange spots), and where our house is: the white star.

See how it goes completely around us like that? As you can see, we're very grateful this morning. Like I said, Madison had no idea. And that's just the way we'd hope it would be.

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Today was our last day of the music class semester, which Madison has enjoyed quite a bit. We've made new friends, and of course learned some notes on the keyboard and symbols on paper. We've learned rhythm - sort of, and we've had a whole lot of fun. It's been a great class, and we'll be back just in time for the summer camp. Should be really fun.

Another camp we're looking forward to this June is Summer Xtreme. At least, we're looking forward to it for Madison. This is the day camp that our children's church does for the kids - her age group has a lot of different activities, certainly much different than the ones the older kids do. Madison will do gymnastics one day, see a puppet show the next, be a part of a dance studio the next, and do karate another day. All this and more. She'll have a ball, while Daddy desperately tries to keep his sanity as usually (it's his most dreaded week of the year).

Tonight's ballet class went well: Madison has one more before vacation, and after that, it's the big recital! What fun! Daddy's going to bring a video camera or something. What a big moment. I'm probably more excited about it than Madison is!