The Wind Almost Blew Me Away: FUNNY STORY

Good afternoon to the JWT Crew. Every morning we bring you a story about some random act of kindness, something meant to inspire you, or something like that. This isn't one of those stories. This is supposed to be funny.

It's okay if you laugh at me LOL.

So I'm the superintendent at a small school in central Missouri. I'm in my office this morning when somebody comes in and says, "there is metal blowing off of the roof and hitting cars in the parking lot." Immediately, I run for the door. Here was my thought process....

1) I hope nobody's car is tore up, because that will cost the school money.

2) I hope the roof isn't tore up, because that will cost the school money.

So I get outside, and what had been a strong breeze earlier that morning has turned into full blown hurricane force winds. It had to be AT LEAST 80 mph. At one point, I saw a lady flying on a broom.

Okay, I made that whole thing up, but the wind was blowing really hard!!!

So this sheet metal has blown out into the parking lot and hit a truck. Another piece is on the ground. These sheets of metal are tin (lightweight), and probably 3 feet by 12 feet long. A piece of metal that thin and light, and with that much surface area, is going to be nearly impossible to hold onto in that type of windstorm.

So with the help of my trusted assistant Tracy, we got both pieces of metal back over to where they were supposed to be. We laid a table and a concrete block on top of them. We turned to head back to the school, having a laugh at how difficult (nearly impossible) this task had been.

That's when I heard a crash behind me. It sounded like the table had just flipped over. It also sounded like that metal was flying towards my head. Either that, or I was being chased by a Decepticon.

I turned to look, and about 5 pieces of this metal were flying at us. I shielded Tracy and braced for the worst. The metal hit me in the leg, but no real damage. We stood on top of it to try to keep it from blowing further away.

Long story short, while a group of us (help had arrived) were standing on the metal, a parent drove by. Josh Pitts saw us standing out there. He stopped and offered to help. Josh and I got the metal to the other side of the building, one piece at a time, where the wind wouldn't blow it away. It nearly blew Josh and I away trying to get it all moved.

This random act of kindness didn't go unnoticed. It's what we are all about here at JUST WIN TODAY. So if you see this guy, tell him how great he is. He sure saved the day today!