today was our third of four field hydrology labs in geomorphology

today we should not have had our third of four field hydrology labs in geomorphology

• going into the field today (a restored floodplain and stream) was already up in the air due to severe thunderstorms in our area
• after a delayed start our professor decides we’re going anyway
• as we get into the van, everyones cell phone gets a severe flood warning 
• professor says this is a grand opportunity and off we go
• haul several thousand dollars of equipment to stream, hopping electric fences to set up
• stubbornly marking down data when professor suddenly gets phone call saying a tornado has been spotted barely an hour west
• fucking run 
• back to the van, throw all the expensive shit in the trunk and pile inside
• vroom vroom splorch oh fuck no we’re stuck in the mud
• torrential rainfall hits with crazy ass lightning
• stare owlishly out van window
• floodplain starts doing its job
• flood hits
• vans tilting back on an incline by the slippery overflowing bank
• get out of the van
• tornado supposedly coming
• no back-up plan
• random truck comes by to check us out
• also gets stuck in the mud
• tragic
• sky is as evil and twisted as satan’s asshole
• school rescue van finally arrives an hour later 
• sky is green
• almost drives right into the mud but everyone screams NO
• shove the rescue van onto the street
• ollie the fuck out of there