Remember sitting here in Texas, watching
the news. Must not have been important,
because 13 years later, I don't recall what
was happening locally, or even nationally. 

That would change, with a breaking story
out of Oklahoma --- tornadoes touching
down, heading directly toward the City,
carried live into our living rooms three

hours south. Felt the panic as I heard
Gary England saying, 'If you want to
survive this thing, you need to be below 
ground.' Twin sis a recent newcomer to

The Alley: how far away? And where is
our basement? All I could do was say
some prayers for our neighbors to the
North and tell her we didn't have one.

© 2012, Karla Dorman (5/3)