fail photo: stairs are hard

fact:
most folks believe it is safer in the basement during a tornado warning. 
i tend to be one of those folks.

additional fact:
it helps to walk down the stairs on the way there, rather than fall down them. 
all of them. 

yep. 
here's my benny. 
he is absolutely fine now, after a few good tears on his part and a minor heart attack on mine. 

though benny remains unimpressed with my handiwork.