Another Tornado Warning

Coker, Alabama

Weather: low 57 degrees, high 64 degrees, cloudy, light showers most of the day, then heavy rain after sunset

The clear weather the last two days was too good to last. This morning dawned cloudy with the threat of rain, and it stayed that way all day. Shortly after sunset, the tornado sirens sounded, and the weather radio informed us that a tornado had been sighted about ten miles away, and was headed our direction. We went out to Terri's house to take advantage of the tornado shelter. As soon as we arrived at the house, a hard rain started. We never saw any evidence of a tornado, and the rain stopped after about 20 minutes. The tornado warning was lifted for areas west of us, but we never heard of it being lifted for our area. Finally, we decided to go back home and have supper.

Earlier in the day, we decided to go to a flea market in Bessemer. The market has about 600 spaces, but we estimated only about 100 were being used today. The majority of the spaces were devoted to vendors selling socks, baseball caps, cheap stuff from China, car stereo equipment, costume jewelry, velvet pictures, and bling.
It didn't take us long to get over any interest we might have had, and we headed back home. The trip wasn't a complete waste, as we decided to drive through downtown Bessemer. The town seems to be economically depressed, and on a day like this, it was not a nice place to be.

By the time we returned to the RV, it was time for some meditation.

More later, be safe.

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