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Isaac was shouting to his other children to get up. What the radio didn't mention is the path prediction had a 70% likelihood of passing through his house. | Isaac was shouting to his other children to get up. What the radio didn't mention is the path prediction had a 70% likelihood of passing through his house. | ||
- | Four minutes later, Isaac closed the storm door in his basement and held his daughter | + | Four minutes later, Isaac closed the storm door in his basement and sat with his wife while he held Lily close, singing out loud to calm all of his children. After decades of last second escapes, having eight minutes until touchdown was almost anti-climactic. And he was grateful for that. |
The Eigenweasels updated his app every few seconds, and so he watched live as the storm touched down a quarter mile from his home. He wept for his neighbors as he watched the tornado pass through one home and veer around the next. He rejoiced for his family as the tornado missed them by two hundred feet, taking most of their shingles, but leaving their home intact. | The Eigenweasels updated his app every few seconds, and so he watched live as the storm touched down a quarter mile from his home. He wept for his neighbors as he watched the tornado pass through one home and veer around the next. He rejoiced for his family as the tornado missed them by two hundred feet, taking most of their shingles, but leaving their home intact. | ||
Emerging after the Eigenweasels gave him the all-clear, he sent his wife and children back to bed and climbed in his pickup truck. He had neighbors to check on, and no fear that he'd be taken unawares by another storm that night. | Emerging after the Eigenweasels gave him the all-clear, he sent his wife and children back to bed and climbed in his pickup truck. He had neighbors to check on, and no fear that he'd be taken unawares by another storm that night. |
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