{"id":1133,"date":"2011-06-03T15:16:22","date_gmt":"2011-06-03T15:16:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/voteforjoe.com\/wheresjoe\/?p=606"},"modified":"2011-06-03T15:16:22","modified_gmt":"2011-06-03T15:16:22","slug":"scary-storm-cell-swirling-wind-patterns-and-no-greater-love","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/?p=1133","title":{"rendered":"scary storm cell, swirling wind patterns, and ‘no greater love’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Catching up… \u00a0 We came out of the Florida Panhandle, heading into Alabama in the early evening one day last week. \u00a0 And we found ourselves caught in the cross hairs of a huge thunder storm system. \u00a0 We turned on the Weather Channel on our radio and it was reporting the cell had wind gusts of up to 50 mph and was at an extremely high ceiling of 50,000 feet — \u00a0and there were some “swirling \u00a0wind patterns.” \u00a0 (While not being a meteorologist. I could still kind of figure out that last part could spell: tornado.) \u00a0 Lightning was flashing all around us, but there was no rain yet. \u00a0 This, needless to say, is not the type of weather you want to be driving high-profile vehicles, like our motor homes, through. \u00a0 We decided to make a dash for a truck stop in nearby Geogiana, where we parked behind some 18-wheelers. \u00a0 And while the storm passed with little incidence, it gave us a small inkling of the trepidation people around the country have been feeling as the threat of potential tornadoes approached them. \u00a0 Needless to say, it’s a scary feeling. \u00a0 Note:<\/strong> \u00a0 Foremost in Liz and my minds that evening was the safety of our kids. \u00a0 That was also on another parent’s mind in Massacussetts yesterday. \u00a0 As the tornado sirens were going off, she placed her young child in a bathtub, then lay down on top of her. \u00a0 The tornado made a direct hit on the house. \u00a0 Everything collapsed. \u00a0 The mother died. \u00a0 The child lived. \u00a0 The Bible says there is no greater love than to lay down your life for another. \u00a0 And such was the case with this mother.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Catching up… \u00a0 We came out of the Florida Panhandle, heading into Alabama in the early evening one day last week. \u00a0 And we found ourselves caught in the cross hairs of a huge thunder storm system. \u00a0 We turned …<\/span> Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1133","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1133","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1133"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1133\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1133"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1133"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1133"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}