I gunned it, out of fear mostly, and as I came up abreast of it, right as it touched down for only a second or two, it was clear it was headed away from me.

Many years later I worked with a kid whose Dad and Uncle ran a Trucking Company in Iowa, hauling corn seed, and when he headed home for Christmas one year, I asked him to ask them what to do when a tornado comes down right in front of you. When he got back, he said he had totally forgotten until Christmas Dinner, and when he asked them he said the reaction from everyone else was

priceless. People blew milk out their noses, choked on food, and attempted to stifle laughter, unsuccessfully. Evidently when they were kids, they were hauling a load of seed right by a hog-farm when a tornado touched down right in front of them. Dad chose to stay in the driver's seat, while Uncle elected to take his chances in the culvert under the road. Well, tornado's are usually accompanied by huge amounts of rain, and unfortunately for Uncle, the culvert he chose happened to be downstream of the hog-farm. The tornado crossed the road just in front of the Truck, and while Dad was plenty scared, the plight of his brother being washed out of the culvert in a torrent of pig-shit causes great amusement to almost everyone in the family, even though no one talks about it.

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I've felt more wind from the blowhards that shoot their mouths off at Jalopnik.

I probably shouldn't talk about the staff like that.

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That would be the PERFECT vehicle to scare the shit out of your mother in law with.

"Can we pick you up at 8?"

"Mmm... 7:30 >_>"

*you drive up to her house*

"OH MY GOD FOR THE LOVE OF LANTA THATS NOT A FAMILY CAR!"

"It's okay Ma... you get the bubble on the roof."

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