Personal Narrative Essay About Tornadoes

Have you ever had a dream that you were running from something terrifying and no matter what you did, you couldn't escape it? The dreams I have experienced about tornadoes have left me with the feelings of desperation, because I know that they are a force beyond my control. I could not imagine the immense pain people endure after having their lives destroyed by this vicious catastrophe. In my opinion, tornadoes are the most frightening natural disasters for both their mental and physical destruction.
Tornadoes are known to be vertical, fast-moving winds that spin in a vortex-type style and travel quickly across the ground surface. In the United States, tornadoes occur mostly in a region called "Tornado Alley," which includes states such as
The most impactful of these dreams would be one where I was directly in a tornado. Inside of a large apartment building, I was with my cousin, two of his kids, and a cat. The tornado lifted the room we were inhabiting, and took us high into the sky. When we were thousands of feet above the ground, I could see the land below and the tornado bringing us higher. Then, suddenly, the tornado disappeared. Falling from the sky, we held each other close until the crash. When I regained consciousness after the crash, I was in the hospital with my mother and sister sitting at my bedside. I asked what had happened and where the others were, and they told me the cat and I were the only survivors of the tornado. I remember looking to find the cat laying next to me in my hospital bed, and the overwhelming feeling of panic. I started sobbing and wishing I wasn't the only one to have survived, because I knew I wouldn't be able to handle the memories of the experience I had just gone through. When I actually woke up from my dream, I was still in tears and had quite a hard time calming down. This dream has scarred me, and I will never forget the feeling of despair as I held my family members, falling to our