I have never in my life seen a tornado, nor have I experienced anything close to even a twister, yet nothing more in this life frightens me more than the sound of the sirens on a gloomy, hot afternoon. Once those screeching sirens go off my body tightens, and I feel as if I need to be in a dark cold basement until it all goes away. If I am in a car, or looking out the window my anxiety hits the roof. Having to be tortured by those dark, deathly looking clouds makes me feel as if the apocalypse is right around the corner.
Some people think I'm crazy, but yet the news feels the need to alarm us every 10 seconds when we are simply trying to watch a good show. There is just nothing more frightening than the thought of a whirly swirly cyclone of debris come at you full at speed. Here is where I would probably give you a bad experience I had with a twister, but in all honestly I haven't even come close to a tornado. When the big one hit in Stoughton ( a neighbor community to my own) I was luckily in California. This is one thing about summer I never cease to miss, the nice humid day at the pool can instantly change into night 4 hours earlier. For those who can tolerate these scary storms, good for you. This is something in my life I don't think will ever really change.
I can definitely sympathize with you over the scariness of tornados. My extreme fear of tornados began with the tornado in Stoughton, since it was so close to my house. It is something that I think is hard to overcome, but we can hope that tornados will stay away for the time being.
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