I was at LSL last night and this storm came fast. I had run six miles earlier that afternoon and other than just gray skies got nothing. So my friend and I made a decision after checking the radar first to go see Scooter thinking it would be ok for the 90 minutes we planned on being there. It looked like there was a system to the north that could maybe at worse clip us but otherwise looked clear.
We had no indication of any warnings and headed for the square. About an hour or so later we got nailed. Four of us huddled under the gazebo overhang and got battered by the wind and rain. Drenched to the core. We had front row to the square destruction right in front of our eyes. We thought we were either witnessing a tornado or a micro burst. We were basically trapped in that position realizing we were on the wrong side of the stage taking the brunt of the storm so after a good 10 minutes or so of this quickly ran to the other side of the gazebo in the pouring rain with thunder and lightening all around us. Being on the stage would have been useless. Even Scooter hightailed it off the stage. No protection up there and everything on the stage was drenched with big puddles on the floor.
I definitely think had this been a tornado we'd be talking loss of lives here. There needs to be some warning system for us up at the squares. Unless you have the net on your phone and are tied to it you'd have no idea. We were dancing the whole time and other than seeing dark clouds heading our way (thinking rain) we had no idea and would have left had we known what was coming.
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