I finished my last blog entry mentioning that I had to go hide in the bathroom by order of the hotel staff.  Apparently this freak storm came through Omaha with golfball sized hail, 80-mile an hour winds and torrential rain.  I was the only person on my team to stay at the hotel this afternoon; half were at the pool, the other half just landed at the airport. Rather than going to the tornado shelter with the other hotel guests, I chose to sit in my bathroom with my computer and watched an episode of “South Park.”  I figured that would be less stressful than sitting with a bunch of strangers who were panicking from the weather and their imaginations.  Fortunately everyone is safe and sound.  The local news is reporting the damage across town, and there are even photos of full-grown trees completely uprooted!

Unfortunately the Qwest Center was damaged to the point of some water leaking through the roof and flooding in a couple of the hallways.  (This is according to some other swimmers that were at the pool... I haven't seen this myself.) The news mentioned that the open house scheduled for tomorrow morning is cancelled, but the open house in the afternoon is still scheduled as planned.  It’s pretty crazy right now, but I’m sure the Trials will go on as originally planned. I already checked the weather reports for the rest of the meet and it looks okay. 

Keep this mantra in mind: Go with the flow…