Rosary! Rosary! Rosary! Call your pastor, try and get him to hear your confession.
A tornado watch is just letting you know that you need to be on the lookout that the conditions are there for a potential tornado. If it was a warning that would mean that they have sighted one. Just make sure to prepare yourself for the weather. If there is a chance to get to confession, then take that opportunity.
That would be a nice idea, except we don’t have a local Priest. The closest Priest is twenty five miles away. Unfortunate, but true.
I’m in Kansas, so I know they happen all the time, and I was actually hit by the Greensburg tornado on May fourth, 2007 (Look it up. It was almost two miles wide with wind over three hundred miles per hour). But they said to take cover because we are in the prime spot for massive super cells, possibly producing tons of dangerous tornadoes.
Then take the first half of my advice. Rosary, rosary, rosary. Have complete faith in Our Lady’s intercession.
I understand where you are and the severity of the storms there as we live in the midwest and sat in our basement 2 nights ago for 45 mins in a Tornado warning. My local town was hit by a tornado on Good Friday that missed us in the Church by a few miles.
I’m from Tuscaloosa, AL, so I know what can happen on days like today. You are under a “Particularly Dangerous Situation” Tornado Watch, meaning that there’s a 45% chance of a tornado within 50 miles of your area. Stay near several sources of information. Have your cell phone on you at all times. Make sure you have a car charger in case you lose power for days. Get a weather radio with a battery backup. If you lose power, radio, and phone service, texting on your phone can sometimes work. The amount of data in texts is so small that even if a cell tower is damaged, you might be able to get a message out. Streaming video and phone internet was critical for information during our tornado. If you have a basement, storm shelter, or safe room, seek shelter there. If not, seek shelter in an interior room or closet, away from windows, on the lowest floor of your house. Bathtubs work great. If you have one, put on a bike, baseball, or football helmet. Move important documents to your safe area.
Now, with all of that said, there is NO REASON TO PANIC. Most likely things will be just fine. But, you should have a plan EXACTLY in place for what you’ll do if a tornado warning DOES sound. You may not have a lot of time.
An Act of Perfect Contrition is always a good thing to have memorized!
As others mentioned, make sure you go to confession as soon as the danger is over, but take both temporal and spiritual preparation in case of tornado.
Perfect Act of Contrition, Divine Mercy Chaplet and as others have suggested, the Rosary. Also meditate on Jesus’s mercy in the Scriptures. Peace, friend. I’m in the red zone too. Let’s all pray for one another.
Oh no, it was great advice. We actually have a semi-underground shelter in the backyard.
I’m not sure if that’s the case. I’m just in Mortal Sin and I’m worried whether I’ll be forgiven is all. I’m trying to trust in God, but sometimes it’s hard to not think about where you’ll be going when you die.
I can’t help but feel ATeutonicKnight that you fear Gods Justice to the point of doubting His Mercy. When that happens its best to recollect yourself and pray to God to trust in Him.
“I have opened my Heart as a living fountain of mercy. Let all souls draw life from it. Let them approach this sea of mercy with great trust. Sinners will attain justification, and the just will be confirmed in good. Whoever places his trust in My mercy will be filled with My divine peace at the hour of death.” --from Jesus to Saint Faustina