May 25th 2011 12:28 pm
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As many of you have heard there has been some awful storms recently, many producing devastating tornadoes like the one in Joplin MO. For most of this year we haven't gotten much of these storms, but I think mother nature may be making up for lost time! My family has gotten several storms recently and today was really scary! When my furless got home she was greeted with blarring sirens, heavy rain & intense news coverage giving out tornado warnings all around KS/MO. Many of which surround were my family lives & our area was under a warning for a while. A few did touch down, but luckily it just missed PV! My peeps (and all 4 pets) did take coverage in the basement for a little bit until getting the all clear. It was extra scary because the youngest was still in school at the time, and she is not a fan of storms at all so hopefully she didn't get to upset.

My peep's work also had a close call, at about the same time. Mom & dad were home for lunch but Christy, Dennis (feral friend) & a few other employees were there but they all huddled in the basement for a bit until it cleared up. Christy did say that as soon as the sirens went off that Dennis was super spooked & took off. He ended up hiding in an old favorite spot of his, behind a file cabinet. They weren't able to get him out & didn't want to freak him out even more so they did leave him there but if the warning was any worse they would have made sure he was down with them. But the peeps have decided that they are going to buy a carrier for him to keep at work, incase something like this happens again.

Speaking of Dennis, he is doing great! Such a fun & friendly boy, well unless it's Monday. He hates Mondays! Every Monday morning when Christy gets there first he will go up to her to say hello & get some attention like he does every morning but instead of headbonking he will bite her! He does the same with mom as well and it is only on Monday mornings. He must be grumpy that he is left alone for most of the weekend, & is trying to get some payback. Sometimes dad will go in on Saturday for a little but he is always by himself on Sundays (he does have food/water dishes that refill automatically though).

Stay safe everyone!