I spent the day as usual preparing for Shabbat, baking challah, cleaning, making dinner (a big salad mostly from the garden, and my own version of chicken taquitos), and some watering, as it was a hot sunny day.

Then we started getting the tornado/t-storm warnings and sirens.  The kids were all hunkered down at their schools.  Avdi rolled his eyes at the “tomato warning”!

For us it just involved some dark, fast-moving clouds and thunder, not much rain, that passed over quickly and headed for the city.  But parts of StL got slammed with damaging winds, at least one actual tornado touchdown that friends witnessed, downed trees and power lines, destroyed buildings, and a death toll.

The reports were coming in as we had our drinks on the patio under huge white clouds moving fast across a blue sky and clearing out.  It was surreal.  These things are so random and unpredictable, as well as more frequent.  It’s one thing (besides evil deranged repubs) that I hate about the MW.

Anyway, we dodged another “tomato”, and Avdi and Joyce got to go out, which they both needed.  I prefer real tomatoes to this BS!  Fortunately, the whole backyard is covered with volunteer tomato seedlings from last year, on top of the many I planted, so there should be no shortage.  I’ll have surplus to throw at the sky (or evil repubs).