[Magdalen] Storm Prayers

[Kristin Rollins]

We got a tornado warning when I was on the way home from the movie
theater (where I saw _Race_ which I enjoyed and which left me with some
food for thought). Given that the description gave it 15 minutes until
the storm reached our neighborhood and I was only about a mile away,  I
pushed for home. And reached it.

But the van had a number of issues on the trip home. The wiper fluid
started spraying for no reason. And then stopped on its own. The power
steering disappeared as I was trying to turn into the driveway at home,
and then resumed several seconds later, after much wrestling to try to
put my car some place other than blocking both lanes of our street.
(Fortunately, there was no traffic that I delayed at that time.)

I got it in the driveway and into the house for the tornado warning to
pass. When I went back out to try to go pick Heather up at work, the
wiper fluid started spraying again. And it didn't stop until it sounded
like it was out of fluid to pump, but still trying. At which point, I
turned off the key.

So Heather may be crossing her fingers and relying on Uber for the first
time to get home.. And my fears and emotions are running wild, and
finding all too many ways to blame myself and to assure myself of all
sorts of horrible things. I am not in a terrible place emotionally right
now, but I am a little worried about whether that will stay that way.

(On the plus side, we do have a tax refund coming to us, so there is
wiggle room that there would not ordinarily be. But I suspect that our
road trip is likely to turn into either a car repair bill or a new-to-us
car down payment.)

And another line of storms due here in 2-3 hours. 

I could use a few prayers, mostly for staying calm than for any of the
physical effects of the storm. My mind is hyper-alert and turning every
sound into something tobe fearful of. I am hoping that some of that will
calm when Heather gets home and I am no longer here alone. (And we are
still until a tornado watch for another four hours or so, but the
warning expired a bit more than an hour ago.)

Kristin

-- 
  Kristin Rollins
  kristin at verumsolum.com
  Portsmouth, VA

On Wed, Feb 24, 2016, at 02:22 PM, Ginga Wilder wrote:
> It is blustery in SC Lowcountry.  Tornado watches in several counties in
> SC, but not locally.  Prayers for all in these storm paths.
> 
> Ginga
> 
> On Wed, Feb 24, 2016 at 10:43 AM, Molly Wolf <lupa at kos.net> wrote:
> 
> > Yes, it is, and has begun with freezing rain.  Our forecast is for lots of
> > mixed precipitation,  depending on the latitude/ temperature.  For around
> > here, flooded basements, si; trailer park demolition, no.
> >
> > Molly
> >
> > The man who carries a cat by the tail learns something he can learn in no
> > other way. -- Mark Twain
> >
> > > On Feb 24, 2016, at 7:46 AM, Jo Craddock <jocraddock at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > The Cajun is heading back to Acadia?
> > >
> > > Peace,
> > > Jo
> > >
> > >> On 02/24/2016 1:49 AM, Molly Wolf wrote:
> > >> Said storm is headed our way tomorrow.  I'm hoping for snow instead of
> > (freezing) rain.
> > >
> >