I spent my Saturday morning at a car show at central Hillcrest Baptist Church in south OKC. Myself and another REACT member actually entered our storm spotting/chasing vehicles in the show. We were just there to show off our trucks and to pass out our brochures…..we were not there to win any prize. We were there from 8:30 am until around 1 pm. We had a great time and I got all kinds of pictures of old cars and trucks. The rest of the day was spent relaxing at home and doing a little work outside. That evening, at around 8:00 pm, I went over to our music minister’s house and watched the OKC Thunder play basketball. Unfortunately, they lost the game.
Sunday morning, during the worship service, the church recognized all of the graduating seniors. All the seniors wore their cap and gown and were recognized during the service. After the service, the church treated the seniors and their parents to lunch at the Golden Corral. Also during the service, the men’s quartet (which I am a part of) had the opportunity to sing. We had so much fun, we decided to go ahead and sing again during the evening service.
After our lunch at Golden Corral, I headed back to the church for a 2:00 pm REACT team meeting. Since our fellowship hall is quite big and everybody knew where the church was located, we decided to have our team meeting there. We had a good meeting and got lots accomplished. After the meeting was quartet rehearsal and then church again.
Yesterday was a good day (except when I got the call that Karla had passed out at work and they took her to the hospital. Thankfully, she was ok and I picked her up from the hospital after I got off work). The weather was a big topic yesterday afternoon. Our area was in a slight risk area for severe weather, so I kept a good eye on it during the day. At around 2 pm, storms started developing and became severe rather quickly. After Karla and I had dinner at Perry’s, I met one of our other REACT members at OCCC and we headed out to do storm spotting.
Fortunately, he had a cell phone that was capable of pulling up the radar and he had his laptop with him so we could watch the radar on it as well. When you are out storm spotting, having access to radar information is mandatory. Nobody should ever go out storm spotting unless they have a way to see the radar. Since my partner had the laptop with radar on it, he was my navigator. He told me where to drive, where to turn and where to park for the best storm watching visibility. We ended up at NW Expressway and the Kilpatrick Turnpike, in Canadian County. We spotted for three hours and finally called it a night when the severe weather threat had diminished for the metro (around 9 pm).
Myself, Marika Lorraine (reporter for Channel 4), John Linley (REACT member)
Today, it is suppose to be much worse with a severe threat of tornadoes. I will be out spotting again, but I will be very careful and I will keeping tabs on my family.
www.okcentralreact.org
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