So the weather went from bad to absurd. From what I hear, no one was hurt, but trees are down and some property was destroyed. I was out driving in the "tornado-like" weather. I love how meterological folk talk about these things. Here is the Tribune article or here for the Sun Times and finally Topix.net. Our church sits on the border of Wilmette and Kennilworth. I was in my car returing to the church from the Kennilworth train station with our organist when the tornado hit. That was fun. We drove through it. The article says that there was a lot of bark but little bite. Okay. Then I really don't like barking. Gee, an actual funnel cloud.
That was my very first tornado. Yay.
But the concert went on as planned. This is a stalwart crowd and 8-hand piano concertos wait for no storm. Let it be written. Let it be done.
The golf outting has been scrubbed. The course is unplayable. Oh, the humanity! I know. But that is serious business around these parts. Pray for the owners...and the requisite insurance companies.
People are still without power. Obviously ours is up and running...but was out until after midnight. You can smell the chainsaws in town. Trees are down everywhere.
The potluck will go on tonight. The basement, however, is flooded. This always happens. So, we'll eat upstairs in the lounge in stead. I am roasting Indiana venison.
Tomorrow I preach. We sing. We meet God where God invites us to do so.
Maybe we'll go see Trish's dramaturgical debut again.
Posted by tripp at September 23, 2006 11:35 AMI'm glad to hear everyone is safe!
Posted by: Megan at September 23, 2006 12:07 PMI too am glad everyone is safe today its bad down here.
Posted by: revabi at September 23, 2006 08:42 PM