It was my first night in Columbus, Ohio; it was Tuesday night and my good friend Joan, who picked me up at the airport and took me to the hotel I had booked for the both of us. She thought I was crazy for booking a hotel room for us since she has a perfectly good apartment. I told her that I wanted to spend time with her and not with all her other four roommates. Plus, I booked us a luxury hotel and got a great deal, click here, if you’d be interested in finding a great hotel and a great price. We didn’t do anything Tuesday night, except talk and talk and talk.

Joan had to work during the day, so I was left to my own devices during the day. All I did was call room service for breakfast, caught up on some movies, then ordered room service for lunch. When Joan got off work, we met up with a few of her friends and went to a Karaoke bar. We ended up not staying there long, because Joan said it was time to go see Bob Larit play, he always played at K 2U Bar and Grill on Wednesday nights.

I was in Columbus about 4 years ago, that’s when Joan introduced me to Bob Larit at K 2U Bar and Grill. I really enjoyed his music, so much so, I bought his CD, I even friended him on MySpace. So, Joan was right about leaving the Karaoke bar! But, when we left that bar, the weather outside was a bit weird; almost Tornatic. But, we made it to K 2U Bar and Grill in plenty of time to hear him play.

Halfway through the first set and Joan went outside for a smoke, she came back in and said that the Tornado sirens were going off. Bob’s music made it hard for us to hear it. As the word got around the joint, the staff and all the clientele’s mood changed. Everyone’s attention was on the TV at the bar. Local news was covering the progress of the tornado. I looked at Joan and the look on her face was that of fear. The weather map was showing that the tornado was heading our way. That’s when Bob made the announcement about the tornado.

We decided to stay where we were, and hope for the best, many of the clientele ran outside to head for home. The storm was over within minutes, the tornado seemed to have missed us, at least where we were. The next morning, the local news said that the tornado never touched ground.