Tornado at work
Tornado at work I got to work that day just like any other day. I had to get up at 5am in the chilly summer morning to be able to make it to work on time. I worked at a drop forging plant that was filthy on a good day. The plant used graphite as a lubricant for the 2 story tall presses, that when in operation each time a stroke came down on the press it shook the whole building and was so loud you had to wear ear protection all the time. I was running a little late so when I walked into the plant it was already making parts, loudly banging away producing a wheel hub for a quad runner that we had no idea who would end up with these parts we were making. I was a machinist, so I did not work on the line as we would call it. The machine shop was in the back of the building so it was quiet compared to the main floor where the 3 towering forged presses are located. The building we were in was 3 stories tall and all steel construction where even the roll-up shop doors could accept a semi...