When I woke up this morning I checked the news, idly curious what was up with the world, and the #1 headline on Google News was about 125 homes damaged or destroyed by a tornado in a village in Michigan.  I clicked the link, because honestly I could only think of two “villages” in Michigan, but of course it wouldn’t be Dexter.  But actually it was.  I called my Dad immediately, and got his voicemail.  He called me back a few minutes later, though, and told me that there were no injuries and everyone was safe, but that he was a little busy at the moment.  Apparently the area hardest hit was a subdivision just outside of town, the same one where we took the boys to meet Alison and play at the park when we were back there last summer.  In fact, when we were at the park we heard them test the tornado sirens.  I’m still completely shocked that so many homes could be damaged or destroyed and yet absolutely no one was hurt.

On the plus side, I think it made my Dad’s decade, since he was interviewed by the Weather Channel not once but twice.   Every time my Dad comes to visit he turns on the Weather Channel when he arrives, and it isn’t turned off until he leaves.  Now we just need to find a way to get a recording of it, and then he’ll have something to show off to every visitor he can trap.

Sorry this isn’t much of a post, I’m just still a little shocked by it.  One more thing to be said for Washington, no tornadoes.