We had more crazy weather yesterday. Severe thunderstorms, quarter-size hail and tornado warnings -- again! Actually, my town didn't get the warning, but my friend two towns over (only 8 miles away!) was in her basement for an hour because of the tornado warnings. I guess this is the new normal. It's so odd, as tornados are rare in my area. We seem to get one about every 20 years, but this year, the weather has been really extreme. The news showed photos people took of low-hanging clouds that looked like they formed part of tornado, though the Weather Service hasn't confirmed that any touched down. There was one neighborhood in the next town over that lost all of its trees, so it could have been a tornado or maybe a microburst. No houses were damaged, which was a miracle. Today is beautiful. Nice dry late-summer day.