Tornado

Yesterday my mom, Ruby, and I were upstairs unpacking boxes.

Aleks was in the basement setting up the cable.

Maia was napping.

All of a sudden I hear a siren. I look at my mom with big eyes.

"Do you think that's a tornado warning?"

We listen to the siren awhile longer.

It shows no signs of stopping.

Adrenaline starts pumping through my system, and I holler down to Aleks.

We open the backyard door and look at the sky.

There isn't a cloud to be seen, but I don't know how tornadoes work.

Are we in the eye of the storm?

As Aleks comes running up the stairs the sirens stop.

My mom and I look sheepishly at each other.

"It must have just been a fire truck."

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Later that night Aleks and I had dinner with some of his new colleagues. As I'm retelling this story and laughing at my naivety we are informed that every Monday at noon the tornado sirens are tested.

Sure enough, yesterday was Monday.

So I guess if I hear those sirens any other time than noon on Monday, we should head to the basement?

I'd better do some research on this whole tornado thing...