We have some storms rolling through tomorrow that have the potential to create isolated tornadoes, and I can't stop obsessing over it. Every time I see that we have thunderstorms in the forecast, I religiously check weather radars and reports throughout the day. This isn't something that's always been a fear of mine, I used to love hitting the bong and watching thunderstorms. But after having a close call last year while out delivering, and tornado sirens going off in the middle of the night a few weeks ago, I've developed quite the phobia.
Tornadoes aren't SUPER common where I live, but we had two yesterday and one a few weeks ago. All of them were super weak, and they petered out after a few miles. But the fear of a gargantuan EF-5 tearing down my apartment building is a constant fear of mine when storms are in the forecast.
That's the weird thing, I regularly watch a meteorologist who streams on YouTube covering severe weather across the whole country. He explains what's on the radar, shows live feeds of his stormchaser partners, and gives live updates of dangerous developments. It's exciting and fascinating seeing the severe weather. And there's an odd comfort in knowing that it's something we all deal with.
Shit, hurricanes are way more scary than what I have to deal with. It's cool that you were able to come to terms with the fact that hurricanes are a part of life where you're from, and to learn to live with it. I can do that with tornadoes.
You can.