I swear, the world is such a funny place. Last night, as storms were barrelling through the area, Dan Henry on Fox 4 News fielded a viewer question wondering if the storm coverage was going to pre-empt American Idol. It reminded me of last week, when the same person, I’m sure, called WFAA to ask them if they were going to show the results for Dancing With The Stars.

I’ve been here in Dallas for nine years now, and last night’s storms were without a doubt, the worst I’ve ever experienced here. Considering our house has about 40 windows, the rattling from the wind was really weird…so much so we wound up in the Tornado Room…the guest bathroom…for about 45 minutes.

Now that it’s light, I can go out and assess our roof and the stability of our fence. I swear, one of these days we’ll luck out and the fence will topple. Hey, I’d rather pay the deductible and have insurance pick up the remaining cost of a new fence (which we really need) than foot the cost of a new one all on our own. The trees are still standing, although a disturbing amount of leaves were lost around our neighborhood.

I talked to one of my co-workers this morning, and they lost a big branch off his pear tree, and a neighbor of his lost an entire tree. I think our “significant” damage is limited to our rose bushes getting beaten up pretty well. They’re hardy though…they’ll bounce back.

Unfortunately, CU is out of town and missed all the fun. He missed watching Cookie do laps around the living room for fifteen minutes before the brunt of the storm hit…which was really creepy.

Oh…and Fox 4 did kick over to American Idol at 8. I can’t believe Phil Stacey went home. Truth be told, at this point of the com-pe-ti-tion, I would have rather seen LaKisha leave.