A breath of air escapes the lungs and flits upwards into the sky. After a long day from work, you’re exhausted. It feels good to be lying down instead of sitting at a computer for eight hours straight. The brushing of the grass blades causes your skin to tickle but it feels serene. The temperature has been hot all day and the weather forecast says that there may be storms coming. Right now, you don’t care. All you want to do is lie under the tree in the yard and relax. The mosquitoes start buzzing around you with the word that something is on its way – rain. Very few cars fly by on the road, a lot less than all the cars that you had to deal with to get home. It’s peaceful.
The air rumbles ominously as the clouds darken. It has been a while since the weather has changed so suddenly. Last time that it happened, there was a series of tornadoes throughout the state. Luckily for you, it had passed away from your home, leaving you snug in the basement bathroom. This time, however, is different. From your position on the ground, you can see the clouds building into a storm. Time to go inside, you decide as you sit upright. You feel light headed for a second before you push yourself off of the ground. You slip on your shoes and shuffle towards the house. A bolt of lightning glares in the eastern sky and a booming thunder clap rolls over your head, sounding like a semi-truck passing by on an overhead freeway pass.
Droplets of water collapse to the earth from the clouds, grateful to escape. They land softly at first then start to pick up in intensity. They become sharp and prick your skin like needles, drenching you and making your skin want to retract from the invasion. You start to run for the house but by the time that you get to the door, you are completely soaked, your clothes clinging to you as if asking for rescue from the rain. You get in your house and close the door, turning to watch the deluge upon the earth. The rain is so heavy that the visibility is cut to a mere ten feet, your resting spot under the tree hidden from your view. Turning on the weather station, you hear that the storm will be quickly passing and that there haven’t been any tornadoes spotted yet. “Yet” is the key word today…
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