Last night we experienced our first High Wind/Tornado Warning. All day it had been windy and warm-up to 75 degrees. The air felt a little off-that's the best way I can describe it. And Lucy mentioned the wind was "softer" compared to the wind we experienced in Wyoming. It would gust and then die down and then gust again. My good friend from college lives in Des Moines and she called me and said we should maybe be prepared to lose power. So I checked all our flashlights and made sure they had batteries.
At about 5:00pm all our phones went off with a high pitched sound that said to get away from doors and windows until 6:15pm because of high wind. None of us were too worried and slowly made our way to the basement (which is Eric and Peter's room). I popped some popcorn and we watched videos on our phones for an hour. We didn't receive any damage, although our neighbor lost a small tree. Parts of the city north of us lost power for a time. Thankfully no damage that we could see here in Liberty.
This is very odd weather for December, it's usually a Spring thing. I've had some very good advice, however, to be the most prepared as possible. For example, wear shoes, or take them with you, to the basement. If your house did get damaged walking around in bare feet would be no fun.
Besides that exciting day, Brian, Eric, and I tried some Kansas City famous barbecue. We drove into the city and ate at Arthur Bryant's. There are many opinions about the best KC bbq and Arthur Bryant's will always be up there. It's the original store in the industrial part of town. There are photos on the wall of all the famous people who have eaten there from Barrack Obama to Harrison Ford to Sally Field. I had a burnt ends sandwich with an onion ring on it and it lived up to the hype! So delicious!
