Thursday, June 23, 2011

Excitement wasn't on the ballfield

Everytime we try to see Kevin, or Kevin and Brian play softball, the game gets rained out. We thought last night that we'd finally have a rainfree night. Things were going pretty well until the sirens sounded, and everybody looked around like what in the heck are those sirens for. There were some ominous clouds in the distance, but hey, "play ball," okay? Natalie pulled up the weather on facebook and reported there was a tornado warning, called her dad, and he said it was for the westend of Louisville, and the game went on. We watched as the black clouds passed by, and the sirens continued to sound, but the game went on, so we sat and watched, just like the rest of the dummies in the stand. And the dummies on the field continued to play. Until finally lightning ended the game and Bobby & I headed for home. Sure enough, A tornado reported on the ground from U of L, Churchill Downs area, then not necessarily on the ground, but being followed through the Audubon Park area, Newburg Road, Cherokee Road, Bowman Field, area. We could see the funnel cloud on the way home, but not touching the ground and could see we were in the clear, and saw no evidence of damage all the way home. Mostly what we saw were people standing in their yards looking up at the sky. Just what they're supposed to do during a tornado warning, right? Just like we did, sitting at a ballgame, right? But all's well that ended well. Kevin called to make sure we got home okay, and I'm glad his apartment was untouched. There's damage throughout the city, and now I'm going on facebook to see if anyone has anything to report. Maybe we'll get in a ballgame yet this season - an entire ballgame.

2 comments:

Mary Lynn's Blog said...

I forgot to mention the game was in the Hikes Point area at St. Martha's field.

Judith Bowman said...

Oh, well then you got home in good time considering you took the Rocket...enough excitement for one evening, yes?!