'That could mean it's coming toward us,' my father remarked to my grandfather.
I took this to mean that wee would all now get in our cars and drive like hell in a contrary direction. That was the option I planned to vote for if anyone asked fora show of hands.
But my grandfather mearely said,'yup. could be,' and looked completly undisturbed.
'Ever seen a tornado up close, Billy?' my father said to me, smiling wierdly.
I stared at him in amazement. Of course not and I didn't want to."
--The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid by Bill Bryson