Storm front coming to Tecumseh

Thursday, I had to photograph a girls soccer game at Tecumseh High School. Tecumseh was playing Ypsilanti Lincoln. During the game I noticed how dark the sky was becoming. I knew the area was supposed to get some rain, but these clouds looked very bad.

During the course of the first half, the wind picked up more and the sky got darker. With 10 minutes to go in the first half with the score tied at 2-2, sirens in town went off. Not being from Tecumseh, I didn't know what they were for. When the players heard the sirens, they all ran off the field, grabbed their bags and headed into a building near the soccer field. I was walking off the field and some people asked what the sirens meant, I said I didn't know. A Tecumseh parent was nearby and said that the sirens meant the area was under a tornado warning.

Leaving Tecumseh High School, I called my husband, the cop, who was working at the time. He said that a tornado touched down near Adrian. That is always a comforting thought when I have to drive back to Adrian. While driving back to Adrian, the rain was pouring down. It was hard to see the road. I'm glad that I had some taillights to follow. By the time I got back into town, the rain had stopped and the tornado warning was downgraded to a thunderstorm warning.

All of that wind and rain stopped the soccer game. I don't think the teams continued playing because no results were called into the sports department. That sucks because I had a kick ass picture and we couldn't use it for the sports pages today because the game wasn't finished.

So disappointing.