Late yesterday afternoon, the sunny hot weather we had since the morning suddenly turned for the worse. Winds picked up alarmingly, the sky darkened and lightning flashed nearly every minute. While I stood in my office wondering what to do (the power had just gone out as usual), I noticed a commotion going out just in front of our office building. Several people were gathering and screaming while pointing excitedly at what was apparently a terrifying sight above the building. Having not much to do anyway I ran out to see what it was all about. A student quickly told me, "Ma'am, may ipo-ipo!" And sure enough in the sky above I caught sight of a funnel cloud that quickly dissipated a few seconds later. Then we all ran back inside the building as it started to rain.
2 days ago
