I was about halfway to my destination when the thunderstorm of all Missouri thunderstorms opened up over the highway. It got so bad, I couldn't see more than 8 feet in front of me (except for the tail lights of the cars creeping ahead of me.) We are talking nearly horizontal rain, hail, wind gusts up to 50 to 60 mph and the radio station keeps blaring tornado watches and warnings every 5 minutes. The girlfriend calls me on the cellphone (fortunately I was pulled over hoping for a little let-up) and she's panicked for me. Finally, I called my boss and told her what was up and she said turn around and go home. After creeping and crawling through torrential rains at a break-neck pace of 30 mph in some places, I pulled into the driveway to home, love and safety.
I'll never drive in stuff like that again ! Ever!!
Updates will commence tomorrow evening, right now I need a hot shower and bed.
G'night.
