Tornado Warnings....in January? In Northern Illinois?

I ran home after work to let the dogs out before it rained. Yippee!!! I made it. So, having successfully completing one task, I decided to hit the grocery store for a few items. Well, it started to pour out. I made it to the car thinking I may have had to inflate the plastic grocery bags and empty the pop bottles as flotation devices if I would have stayed in the store a moment longer. I started the car and heard a computer generated voice saying there was a tornado headed our way and was now 8 miles southwest of my town. YIKES!!!!!!!!!!! I charged home. Luckily the store isn't far from the house so I made it lickety-split. I put the car in the house because, doggone it, it's only a year old and I didn't want it to get hailed on. IWhen I got out of the car I could hear the emergency sirens screaming. I ran to the house, dropped the groceries on the counter, grabbed the lhasapoo and my laptop, yelled at the dal to follow, then ran for the basement. I hung out down there for awhile. I finally came upstairs and turned on the television. A tornado had touched down a couple of miles from my house, then went back up and headed NE. It hit in a small rural town, destroying at least 5 houses. There were a few injuries and the electricity went out for about 16,000 customers. We even made the Weather Channel! Did I mention that this is January 7th? Did I mention this is Northern Illinois? Absolutely amazing! We are still under a tornado watch, but I think the excitement is over for the night. Well, it's probably over for the next 4 months. For crying out loud, I was shoveling 4 inches of snow 6 days ago. We're supposed to get more snow tomorrow. Can we say, "Global Warming"?