Okay…topped last night…several tornados in Jasper County..no serious injury that has been reported yet, anyway.  At one point, when the weather service determined the path of the tornado was heading this way, I really expected to look up at the camera and see the cars in the parking lot flying around..  My faith in mankind is always restored when so many people get out there and volunteer to help their neighbors without knowing the price they may have to pay.  These Iowa volunteer fireman are heros….they have to leave their families when all about them is chaos for the good of mankind  to protect everyone else.

I actually had one of those overstress moments tonight when I was having trouble with my short term memory…after so many years on the job, most of the time we react to chaos without thinking; we just do it…tonight I was having difficulty a couple of times just trying to think straight and knowing I don’t have time to really think about it. 

I only have to hang on for another 65 minutes before relief arrives…then I have to hang on for 5 years and 9 months and I can retire. 

By the way…Happy 21st Birthday to my “baby girl”.

Until next time……