The tornado shook their house, and minutes later they emerged to see devastation everywhere.
"I've never seen anything like it," she said Sunday night outside Oneka Elementary School in Hugo, where evacuees were gathering. "It was surreal, like a movie."
— "After the storm, a scene of pandemonium, 'like a movie,'" Star Tribune
I would never wish a tornado on anyone — although some apparently do — but just once I'd like to see the media interview a victim who was a poet.
Reality happens and some witnesses compare it to fiction that imitates reality. Natural forces unfurl, the economy takes a tumble and others can only divine the hand of God.