Comment from ExperiencingLiphe

Excellent

Thankfully, we don't get many tornadoes around me. Surrounding cities have had them but we've been lucky. I grew up in a little town where when the siren went off you went outside, not in the basement. lol

 Comment Written 24-May-2019

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reply by the author on 25-May-2019

Thank you so very much. I don't get them either here in Spain. It was indeed an eye opener. All best. Ulla:)))

Comment from Gail Denham

Excellent

Oh my I would not like to live in tornado alley. What an awful thing to be in the path of strong storms - over and over. Why? and how? do people have the courage to rebuild in the same place.
Well, we have our earthquakes and tidal waves now and then - but not too often.
A good 75 word story.

 Comment Written 24-May-2019

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reply by the author on 26-May-2019

Thank you so much, Gail. All best. Ulla:)))

Comment from Roxanna Andrews

Excellent

We have tornadoes here in Florida too, but I have never been in one, lots of hurricanes and they spawn tornadoes but I'm very happy not to have had one near me. I've been in lots of earthquakes in Calif. and they are no fun at all. Well done, hope you do well in the contest. Rox

 Comment Written 23-May-2019

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reply by the author on 26-May-2019

Thank you so much, Roxanna. I so appreciate it. All the best. Ulla:)))

Comment from Bill Schott

Excellent

This seventy-five-word story, Tranquil, has the correct word count and acts as a witness to the destructive power of a twisters in Tornado Alley.

 Comment Written 22-May-2019

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reply by the author on 26-May-2019

Thank you so much, Bill.I so appreciate it. All the best. Ulla:)))

Comment from Rikki66

Excellent

Been there done that at a chemical plant Oklahoma. It was a false alarm just lots of rain thunder and wind but now rotation. It was alarming just being trapped in the plant.

 Comment Written 22-May-2019

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reply by the author on 22-May-2019

Thank you so much. Yes. it's frightening alright. I was as well. We don't have tonadoes in Denmark, and here was a cat 4 approching. All best. Ulla:))

reply by Rikki66 on 22-May-2019

Welcome.
Rikki

Comment from barbara.wilkey

Excellent

Yep, and it's happening again this year. I have not heard the final toll from yesterday's tornadoes. I know a lot of them touched down in Oklahoma and surrounding states. I enjoyed reading your contest entry and wish you luck.

 Comment Written 21-May-2019

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reply by the author on 22-May-2019

Thank you so much, Barbara. I'll have to go on the Internet and read about it. I haven't anything from my friends in Missouri, so I hope they're okay. All best. Ulla:)))

Comment from Jeffrey L. Michaux

Excellent

Anticipation. We know that it's coming. The siren and a possible tornado. Where I live at now we do get tornados coming through once in a while. I use to live in Alabama though and we got them quite frequently this time of year. I enjoyed reading this well written work. Well done!

 Comment Written 21-May-2019

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reply by the author on 22-May-2019

Thanks a lot Jeffrey, I've just read the most beautiful classic. Don't Kill
a Mockingbird by Lee Harper, which as you know takes place in Alabama. Sorry, you just reminded me. I went off on a tangent. Kind regards. Ulla:))

Comment from Jannypan (Jan)

Excellent

You did a great job with your contest entry, Ulla. I enjoyed reading it. Your lines flow smoothly with an eerie foreshadowing of the tornado. I have always heard there was that green cast in the sky as you mentioned. Thanks for sharing and best wishes. Jan

Midwest [not Mid West]

 Comment Written 21-May-2019

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reply by the author on 21-May-2019

Thank you so much Jan. I really appreciate it. All best. Ulla:)))

Comment from Lori S.

Excellent

I lived in the mid-west for years and this completely sums up the attitude of so many of the old timers. They are stoic about the frequent storms and the warnings that send them to their basements and shelters. They don't get wound up or nervous. It's been the same their whole lives, and will continue year after year. You hear the siren, you go to ground. Unless there are children to collect and tend, you've got no need to worry and rush. Watch the signs and go when it's time. And finish your beer as it may be the last.... Lovely work! Perfectly captured.

 Comment Written 21-May-2019

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reply by the author on 21-May-2019

Thank you so much, Lori. Yeah, we actually sat on the porch up onto to the last minute. I was visiting my dear friends, and it was an experience for someone who'd grown up in Denmark with not a Tornado in sight! Thanks a lot. All best. Ulla:)))

Comment from Alex Rosel

Excellent

This is a good entry for the 75 word flash fiction contest -- and it's 75 words exactly :)

It's difficult to actually tell a story with so few words, but you've achieved this. The key, I think, is to give the reader space to imagine their own scenario.

I love your last sentence. It's a gentle, sort of twist :)

It was mid[-]May -- spag?

Good luck in the competition.

 Comment Written 21-May-2019

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reply by the author on 21-May-2019

Thank you so much, Alex. I've made corrections. Thanks for pointing it out. All the best.Ulla:))