Is that a Hurricane or a Tornado??

So last Friday I survived my first Mississippi tornado. it started off as a quiet afternoon. Three of us we hanging out with Mike Warner i our common room about to go to volleyball when all of a sudden we hear a piercing noise throughout campus. We sat there, curious and a little scared for about 10 minutes as the sirens continued to sound...then we looked outside. 

The sky looked it does in a film when they create a fake storm with special effects or when they show the passing of time by showing the clouds moving through the sky really fast as if days have passed. The only differences were that this was real-life and I thought that the apocalypse was about to happen. But, being the savvy Amherst student that I am, I went straight to the door which had emergency guidelines on it.  Now in Boston, we have hurricanes, so that's what I initially thought the storm was; however, when I took out the emergency guide and did not see hurricane but instead saw TORNADO...i knew what was up. 

I've lived through one other tornado before. Last year in Chicago my friend and I were driving when a Tornado touched down in the Chicago area. That experience was somewhat scarier then this one. I mean, when you see waves of water sloshing against your car and then realize that your friend is no longer driving but the car is actually floating down the road, you get a little scared to say the least. Especially when you're crossing a bridge and you can't dial out on your cellphone to say goodbye to your mother. That was scary.

This tornado was scary too, but i had the comfort of being inside my apartment with a bunch of people to pass the time. The only disconcerting thing was that no one seemed as concerned as I did with the fact that a tornado was upon us. As I rushed around the apartment turning off lights, closing doors, and instructing people to sit in the hallway, everyone just kinda laughed at me and said i was over reacting. Mike wanted to go out and get pizza!  In my opinion, better safe than sorry, but Mike wanted to go out and get a pizza! Anyway, everything turned out fine...except for Mike's car which had a tree fall on it. There was also an emotional tornado which occurred at the same time, but no need to go there. I'll just say that in the end, I survived more than one storm that day...