For the Beauty of the Earth

I’m in Rocky Mount, NC teaching three Classes a day for the next three days. Rocky Mount had a tornado last week when Helene blew through. It was a bad one, EF 3-4 and tore up a bunch of commercial buildings. I had a break between my afternoon class and my night class so I left the Club and ran an errand.

When I was done with my errand I came out to my car to a huge black cloud hanging very low. I did not like the look of it. As I was driving back to the club my emergency weather alert went off on my phone and my car. Tornado warning. Not again I thought. I drove back to the parking lot of the club, but the rain was coming down so hard I did not want to get out of my car and run into the building.

I parked in the middle of the parking lot far from any trees or light posts. I kept watching the sky from all the windows of the car. The black was moving and not in a circular motion. I watched the map of the storm on my phone. I was fairly certain the storm was moving away from me.

Eventually it did. I looked out my side window as I was about to get out of my car to run into the club and I saw the most perfect rainbow I have ever seen. It curved from one side of the ground to the other. The colors were so intense and well delineated.

I take this as a sign that all is OK. Thanks for the beauty of the earth. I figure we all need a gorgeous rainbow right now.