Well, I have seen some bizarre weather in So Cal, Folks, but yesterday topped them all.... it was rainy-ish and chilly and stormy for the morning, then a break, just long enough to buy hay/ feed and get it home dry.... around 5 pm in the afternoon, we had the Civil Defense EBS signal come on the TV... A TORNADO WARNING for our area. HUH?????????? I told Ken, "There's one on the ground!!"' Yup about 5 miles north of us, moving south, right at us...two of the damn things. Ok, rushing now,trying to remain calm,, while I am runnng like hell, locking all dogs in crates, listening, watching, and wondering since we have no basement, or storm cellar, where to go? Ok, the big cement pipe in the culvert that goes under the driveway, large enough to hold us all about 3 ft in diameter, 30 feet long and buried under the driveway......oh boy. The dog crates were also looking pretty good, but could we fit Ken into a 500 with one of the dogs? Lightening, hail, wind, rain, .....the twisters, pulled up and went west at the last possible second....reappearing nine miles west of us . Hunter had every stuffed animal he could carry, and was relieved his fish were ok, lolol Ken and I finished the adventure with a glass of wine or two.... California....always full of surprises, lol Kathy http://www.victorygermanshepherds.com Ch. Elvaston's Nations Cup TC, 26 BOBs Ch. Victory's Leviathan Garter's E-Male of Fran-Jo Anne Isle UPDATED SITE May 1, 2008 ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2007. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - www.showgsd.org ============================================================================