news watch

it's a very strange thing to spend my friday night in front of the television in my extended stay hotel room watching as oklahoma and st louis, missouri get ravaged by tornados. it's even stranger to not only wonder if I will be deployed out there sometime soon, but to know that a few of my fellow FEMA corps members who were deployed last week to moore, oklahoma, are currently seeking shelter from the tornados and some are even staying the night in the joint field office they've been working in because it's too dangerous to head back to their housing. as of now, they are all okay and out of harm's way, thank goodness. never have I ever been more on top of the nation's weather forecasts, let alone knowing people in the midst of those dangerous storms. such is the nature of working with FEMA, I guess. 

my thoughts and prayers are with the people in oklahoma, missouri, and any other areas that may be affected by these storms throughout the night and this next week.