You turn on the T.V.
And it starts beeping
And black out
You stare out the window
At the ominous black clouds
A warning comes across
The battery operated radio
"Tornado is coming
Go into the basement
For protection"
You stare out the window again
And the light wind becomes a gale
The rain starts falling horizontally
Then the rain turns to hail
As you start running for your basement
You see a spiral shape coming
Out of the sky
It is about 1/2 mile away
Your scared your gonna die
As soon as your in the basement
The tornado hits your house
You hear the roof being ripped apart
And your house being sucked
Off its very foundation
Then all of a sudden
The wind dies down
You come up out of the basement
Into a heavy rain
Where your house used to be
Thankful to God
Your still alive
Author notes
I watch "Storm Stories" on "The Weather Channel" enough to get a clear picture of what damage a tornado causes.
User Name: TravelinFool (a.k.a. Julie)
A contest entry
- Midst of the Storm-Contest by JeannieD Hunter.
600 points, ended July 14, 2007, 11 entries
Honorable mention
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never been in a tornado but have seen the damage one can do.
very simple and clear write
thanks for entering and good luck
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I live in Tennessee and a few weeks ago we were hit with an awful storm. In one night my county alone had about fifteen tornados. MY COUNTY ALONE!!!!!!!! That was one of the scariest things I've ever experienced. We were fine, and none of the tornados were near us, but it sure gave us a scare. This poem is amazing. Deffinately DEFFINATELY can relate to it lol.
Megan -
wow, very intense & horrifying. great write, I hope I'll never see one of those in life. good luck to you
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Wow. So you got all this just by watching Storm Stories? Great job. I wonder how much greater it would be if you had actually gone through this. I live in Oklahoma, so tornadoes are not uncommon for me. In fact, they are quite mesmerizing to me and I want to be a storm chaser. But anyway, I really like this poem and the fact that you wrote about this subject. Anyway, I'm babbling, so I'll just go. Keep up the great writes.
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This sounds so real and shows the fear and destruction during and after a storm. Very well done. Thank you for entering and good luck.
Jeannie -
Hey this is so wonderfully explained as a story i appreciate the simplicity about it and u surely have explained it quite well and i loved the charming flow, and i was like "whats next, whats next" lol nice write, i really like it! great write, keep writing such stuff, u r no doubt good at it!
take a look at mine too, u might like it..
God bless, love
Mansoor
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OMG! I'm not the only "loser" who watches Storm Stories! Tornadoes are scray...I was down in Florida when Hurricane Andrew struck in '92 and I saw a couple tornadoes...water spouts mainly...which is just another beautiful disaster of Mother Nature.
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Impressive. Never seen a tornado. Hope not to.
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