In my last blog entry, I mentioned the Tornado siren warning in my neighborhood and a tornado that knocked down a few telephone poles and blew away some signs.
The next day a big tornado blew through Moore, OK.
This is what I wrote on Facebook on the day.
"I got out of 3 hours of sample processing in an isolated room. Only to find everyone else is gone home, and the news is talking about 2 mile debris ball and tornado a few miles away. Storm season in OK......"
Twenty four people including children died. Many homes were blown away and left a pile of rubble. Some of my friends' friends were affected directly, they were injured or lost their home. Many of my friends have been volunteering for cleaning up/disaster relief work since then.
My family and coworkers were all safe.
Disasters do happen in life. I do not want to encounter one, but I do want to have strength to survive and resilience to recover when I meet one.
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"Dance and showmanship" was something I was thinking during the Robert Royston party last week. I 'd write about it later.
