I was expecting severe weather that day as it was really humid and rather warm. I had a new girl-friend up in Soderville, MN, and I was on my way to pick her up when I heard of large hail out by Lake Minnetonka. I thought perhaps a tornado was imminent. My hope was to pick up my new girl-friend (who loved storms as well) and hightail it back to the cities in time to catch the severe weather. As it turned out the tornado was already on the ground before I arrived at my girl-friend's house. After picking her up, I raced back down towards the cities listening to the storm reports on a make-shift weather radio I had wired up in my car. By the time I finally arrived the tornado had dissipated. However, it's path had covered many personal friend's homes and places of employment. It is the stories they told me of the tornado passing that I'd like to write up someday, as the memories are starting to get fuzzy now.