Storm Watch, Sirens, and a Drill

It started getting dark outside around noon, here in Sauk Centre. About an hour later, we had heard thunder and saw that severe thunderstorms are predicted in a swath that starts somewhere beyond Nebraska, runs square over us, and ends up in Canada.

Then the sirens went off.

Odds were pretty good that this was the monthly test, but my wife pointed out that this would be good practice.

Down to the basement. We saw that there wasn't any severe weather near us: not even heavy rain.

So, back to our usual routines. That was a good drill, though.