Tornado!

We are currently hiding out in the basement.  The tornado sirens are blaring.  I thought that the "cloud rotation" was over Dublin, so we sat and ate dinner while they rang on and on.  After dinner we turned on the TV and discovered that we are at the epicenter.  So, to the basement we tromped.  It's cold and boring down here.  Luckily, we haven't lost power so Wm is watching SpongeBob on the iPad and I am blogging.  Steve, meanwhile, is dashing around like madmad screaming things about gutters, "lakes" in our backyard, and basement leaks.  So...typical evening.  

It was actually gorgeous all day!  And, big news, Wm actually asked to go out and play by himself! I have photographic evidence of Wm's first voluntary solo outdoor play. (He caught me taking pictures of him shortly thereafter and was all, "hey - wanna play with me?" So it was short-lived.)

We also went and got Wm sidewalk chalk - which he used to make all sorts of masterpieces including, but not limited to: Mars, a skeleton, a ninja map, and his name many, many times.  But, it has likely all been washed away.  A blank canvass for tomorrow!

UPDATE: We emerged from the basement to find a river running through our backyard!  It has NEVER done this!  Our neighbors are out shoveling water away from their house.  AL GORE....WE NEED YOU!!!!!!!

UDPATE 2: After stopping for a bit, it has started again.  And now, hail is falling! The novelty has worn off and there are Wm tears.