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We were at Target Apr 18

M and I didn’t really have much planned for the weekend.  We had planned to run some errands on Saturday and pick up a few more things we will need for the wedding and our trip.  First we headed to the mall but didn’t really find what we were looking for.  As we were getting ready to leave the lights in Macy’s flickered a few times.  When we got outside the sky was cloudy but it didn’t really look bad.  We then headed over to Old Navy.  The wind picked up, A LOT, but still no rain.

A few minutes later we decided to run to North Hills and hit REI.  By the time we parked in the underground garage at Target the rain was coming down.  We decided to run in Target grab a few things and wait for the rain to pass before heading up to REI.  We walked around for a little while grabbed the stuff we needed.  I finally told M we might want to check out before the power went out.

After check out I grabbed some popcorn and a drink and we walked back to the car.  By this point the sky was black and the rain was pouring down.  We put our bags in the car and walked back to Target.  About this time the power went out.  We ended up standing in front of Target (note this Target is in an underground parking garage) watching the rain eating popcorn.  Popcorn was a great idea considering we had no idea what was about to go on.

We stood with a large group of people from Target outside for probably a good half hour.  The store employees made everyone leave the store when they lost power.  M and I started to check the weather and FB on our phones.  This is when we realized a tornado had just hit downtown Raleigh.  Crazy huh!  Once the rain died down to a drizzle we headed back to the car to go home.

As we left North Hills all the street lights were out and there was debris everywhere.   We ended up over by the mall only to discover Glenwood had flooded in places so we took the back roads.  As we drove we noticed more and more insulation around.  We have no idea where it all came from.

When we got home we turned on the TV and learned just how bad the day had been.  There had been multiple tornadoes around the area leaving destruction in it’s path.  A Lowe’s hardware store had been hit and was wrecked.  Multiple houses and neighborhoods destroyed.  Thankfully our house and neighborhood were fine.  But there are still people without power and some without homes.

It’s weird because as M and I were driving home, clueless to the happenings of the day, we were talking about the last time either of us had taken a weather warning seriously enough to sit in a closet or bathroom.  I guess we will both pay a little more attention next time the weather guys forecast “severe” weather.

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