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From Storm to Rainbow  One Sunday afternoon in 2010 I took a
wild ride into a storm. I didn’t know it at the time I set out,
I just wanted to escape the city. I remember that it had been a
difficult week and I needed some distance. I headed out east,
first on the freeway and then on the back roads. Storm clouds
filled the sky and I found myself driving through pockets of
heavy rain. The storm and rain fit my mood.  I had a dear friend
who had noticed that I was agitated that day so while driving, I
got a phone call from him to see if I was all right. I told him
where I was.  “Turn around, Dezra,” he urged. “There’s a tornado
warning where you are right now.” I didn’t doubt him at all. I
saw the dark sky, the clouds, the potential for funnel clouds.
So I turned around. He kept me on the phone for a bit just to
make sure I was safe. I remember crossing a bridge at the same
time that the wind whipped up and I felt my car shudder. I saw
tree limbs s