Tennessee Tornado

We get a decent amount of tornadoes in TN.  Not too much, but enough that we have tornado sirens installed near our house!

I'm not sure if I have ever heard them before but last night I definitely did.  I'm not a light sleeper by any means so I was actually woken up by my wife.  But once I awake I was able to hear what a tornado siren sounds like.  I would compare it to the sounds I imagine used to go off when we were concerned about bombs during world war I and II.  Just like in the movies.

We have a 2 story townhouse and the safest place during a tornado would be in our downstairs bathroom or closet underneath the stairs.  My wife was rightfully concerned (there were sirens going off!) so she spend a couple of hours hunkered down in our bathroom, waiting the storm out.  She told me I could stay in bed if I wanted to, but I'm assuming she probably didn't want me to.  Unfortunately, I was sleeping in my underwear and the thought of getting up, getting dressed, and going downstairs was not appealing to me.  So I stayed right where I was.

Turns out no tornado ripped our house from the ground and threw me across the street in my underwear. For this, I am very thankful.  I'm not too sure if my wife will be mad at me or not.  But for now we are both fine and the house is still standing!