Hey, yo! There's a new rock star in town--named Eliza. She is a definite trend-setter, seen today sporting a new "I Heart Mom" onesie (very appropriate apparel for Sarah's birthday), a stylin' John Deere hat, and some sweet shades. She posed for a couple of pictures with her agent, Grandma Taylor. Please wait until Eliza is a little more comfortable with the alphabet before requesting autographs.
Switching gears now, the weather in the Midwest has been a little out-of-control lately. Mom and I have been quite shocked to hear about tornadoes hitting all of these places through which we recently traveled--i.e. Kearney, Nebraska; Laramie, Wyoming; Cheyenne, Wyoming. The big Parkersburg, Iowa tornado last week was not very far from where Greg's grandparents live, and today the Springfield, Illinois area got hammered by some nasty storms--including some tornadoes. Luckily Greg, in Athens, was a bit north of where all of the really bad weather was, but I am concerned about my favorite future boss, Linda, who lives south of Springfield--where the worst of the weather was. These photos were taken in New Berlin, Illinois this evening, which is only about seven miles north of the town where Linda and her family live:
There were also reports of a tornado about ten miles south of this area, and tonight I was reading some news reports about a thunderstorm later this evening that was dropping golf ball-sized hail in the same place!
The tornado sirens went off in New Berlin this evening around 5:45 p.m., then in Springfield at 6:00. I was reading that Illinois "lawmakers, lobbyists, reporters, and secretaries" at the state capitol building had to evacuate to some tunnels beneath the building where they stayed for 45 minutes. That was round one of the storm, and then round two blew in a little while later. Storm chasers were tracking a tornado--the one that probably went close to Linda's house--at 7:15. Yikes! I hope that Linda and her family are okay. Greg, do you want to move to Utah--to the safety of the wonderful mountains that generally disrupt the formation of tornadoes?
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One word: Twister. I don't want you to end up like that cow in the movie.
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