THE IRONY OF THE TORNADO INSIDE YOUR HOUSE.

As I watch her burn
In anger
I know she is past the point of no return.
I cease to pace
Trying to avoid the insults and prying nails
I wonder…what is my blunder?
When did it ever get this bad?
Hi awesome people! Allow me to indulge you in one of my favorite obsessions: meteorology. Especially that of wild weather like the tornado. I love to see how scientists spend hours studying twisters, risking their lives driving close to spiraling winds of over300miles per hour and hail whose diameter can soar to that of a golf ball to get every tiny detail about these monsters.
A tornado is a rapidly rotating column or funnel of high winds that spiral around regions of low pressure.
The ominous approach of a rotating wall cloud is the sign that a tornado may develop at any moment.  They are known to strike at around 1500-2100hrs and wreck damage in excess of one to fifty miles. Most people who have experienced tornadoes attest to a period of intense calm before the sound of a freight train as the spiral monster strikes. All these amazing information about twisters would not be in my hands if it were not for the storm chasers. To chase a tornado and return home in one piece requires excellent knowledge of geography and thunderstorms. They approach them from the southwest quadrat to avoid its path. The north and east exposes them to a lot of severe rain and hail, a region they call the ‘bear’s cage’. 
The last bit: due to their brief existence and violent nature, they are hard to understand.
Enough of the tornado jargon.
However, did you know that there may be a tornado super cell in your home? Let’s see how.
A bird’s view of most relationships and households reveals a lot of tension. A cold war, sort of. No one likes the other very much anymore. There has been a quarrel and no one is about to say sorry. This is how the tornado theory comes in…
Someone has bottled in so much energy, and they are calm. They ain’t talking. Ask them a question and they’ll eye you daggers. Now that is a tornado super cell, and remember, it is always calm before the storm.  All of a sudden, they get up and begin to pace, or head to the kitchen or garage. Can someone hear the sound of a freight train? Then all hail breaks loose; pans, cups, kitchen sinks and spanners start to fly. Enough tears to be classified as a downpour. Insults are hurled, respect and common sense are lost in the wind…then it ends. However, the damage is done. The house looks like there has just been an apocalyptic event, and someone has broken bones. Not to mention, the regret. Unfortunately, that’s how it goes down nowadays.
A tornado is formed through various stages that are favored by various conditions in the atmosphere and on the ground. These monsters form over quite some time, with one step intricately leading to the next until winds start to swirl at greater than 300 miles per hour; leading to death of innocent people  and a lot of millions in worth of destruction. Those I shall not expound on.  Similarly, the tornadoes in our homes form under various circumstances; leading to heartbreak, domestic violence, broken homes, ruined marriages and careers. Not to mention the hurt inflicted on the younger family members, who cannot understand the reason for all the fighting and harshness. How many more times shall we hear of tragic love stories in which a husband has killed his family, or a jilted lover ruining his former girlfriend’s life by posting her nude pictures on some social media? Huh? It breaks my heart to see these things happening. Indeed, these tornadoes have one thing in common. They wreck destruction and leave death in their wake. However, there is one striking difference! Unlike the real twister, the one in our households can be avoided.
The main circumstance under which today’s household tornadoes form is a breakdown in communication. I can attest from my past relationships that zero communication can cause tension in a family or among friends. I ain’t a qualified counselor to talk about these things, but can we please open up the communication lines? Speak to each other! Yell, write, whisper, but somehow, please communicate before picking up the weapon or spanner or kitchen sink! In so doing, we correct misunderstandings caused by wrong cognitive processes, malicious friends or our own mistakes. As we correct our mistakes, we find it deep in our hearts, out of the strong love we feel for one another, to forgive one another and move on. However, if a mistake is too hurting, or we don’t love one another anymore, let us end it amicably, with our dignity and bodies still intact. It makes zero sense to hurt someone we claim to have loved once. In so doing, more lives will be saved, and the family, which is the most basic unit of society, will be left united in love…just as it should always be.