How's the weather?

Ok, you know how people ask "how's the weather?" when there is nothing better to talk about? Well, our weather is crazy and I feel it merits a blog entry. In one week I lived through a tornado and snow in Texas in April. It's just weird. It's 34 degrees out on Easter Sunday. What is up with that? We got more snow overnight than we had all winter. Weird.

The day of the tornado it was pitch black and rain was pouring horizontally into the windows. So of course, everyone was going to the weather web pages to see what was going on. Finally we got word from the police department that we needed to head for the basement. It was a surreal experience. I started directing traffic and made sure no one tried to leave to go home. I was a little surprised at how I was able to hold it together and a little overwhelmed by the fact that people actually looked to me for direction. We got everyone in the basement and then just waited. 30 minutes later it had blown over although flash flooding was still a problem. We had no power so they released everyone to go home. I included pictures of a building 300 yards away from ours that got hit by the tornado. Man it was close.

The tornado hit building:

My office from the tornado hit building:

Then we get snow! I was driving home through the snow and it was beautiful. It was crazy to see the bluebonnets covered in snow. Here are pics of the snow.

(Pic courtesy of the Qourzals)

So this year in temperate Texas we have had hurricanes, ice storms, tornados and snow in April? So, who said talking about the weather was boring?