Look Ma! Water be comin' from that there sky!

I've discovered a great new distraction at work. The weather! Okay, so this definitely isn't a new distraction. Rather, it's something that most people in offices seem to focus on. This is somewhat ironic since we spend our entire day locked in a climate-controlled, recirculted-air environment.

Anyway, this afternoon around 2 the skies got dark, the wind began to blow, and then the rain moved in. Our first indication that something might be up came when our power flickered more than once. Everyone immediately jumped on their weather radar of choice to see what was up. I myself trust Kare 11, so I tuned into their radar. Sure enough, it was raining. As though we couldn't see that outside.

When I worked outside inclement weather meant we might have to move things inside, tie things down, or herd people to safety. Here it means very little. In fact, our tornado shelter is 3/4 windows. I kid you not. If I actually think a tornado might come I'm definitely trampling some old lady coworkers to reach the shelter area actually NOT by the windows.

Anyway, the weather provided everyone with a great 10 minutes to run from window to window, yelling such astute comments as "Whoa! Look at that rain!" and "The wind is blowing!". Welcome to Minnesota summers, my friends.

Wait, did I mention I was stationed at the window and running over to the next row of cubes to report the tornado warning in the area? I'm not above the comments, just merely able to see my own ridiculousness.