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Things were completely crazy.
JD scratched the back of his head as they watched the ship come to a stop. Suddenly, something occurred to him and he grinned. Slowly, the grin grew and he started chuckling.
Brian looked over with a frown. “What’s so funny?”
“Weather…” he laughed harder. “I can’t get rid of it!”
“JD,” Laura turned to study him with concern. “We’ll be fine. Okay?”
“I’ve been through everything,” he gasped, falling back against the wall. “Tornadoes, hail, hurricanes, blizzards, avalanches, earthquakes… floods,” he broke off, laughing uproariously.
Brian, Laura and Sam exchanged frowns, but soon they also started smiling.
“I’m sorry,” Laura started giggling. “But I’m not sure I understand.”
The sounds of their laughter started ringing down the hall as JD tried to get a hold of himself.
“Well,” he finally managed, wiping tears from his eyes. “See, all my life, I’ve been in some crazy weather. But what’s been going on…” he shook his head. “This definitely takes the cake.”
“I would imagine,” Brian got the laughter out of his system.
“You should talk to my dad,” Sam slumped down onto the bench he had climbed up on. “He’s a climatologist. I bet he’s got some stories to share, too.”
“How old were you when you first found yourself facing extreme weather for the first time?” Laura wanted to know.
“Uh, let’s see,” JD looked upwards. “I was four when I experienced my first earthquake. I didn’t understand until later, but by that time, I’d already experienced two more and had already gone through a tornado. I was out in Oklahoma,” he lifted a shoulder.
“I was in Hawaii a few summers ago,” Laura offered. “I saw the volcano erupt.”
“Earthquake,” Brian lifted a hand.
“Me and one of Dad’s co-workers, Jason, got caught in a snowstorm last year,” Sam recounted.
The four of them looked back out at the ship before them. All of them had been witness to extreme weather before this.
As they looked out over their surroundings, they had new respect for the awesome power of the planet they called home.