Grace Hagin:  

After graduation, I immediately began my career as a dispatcher with the Sumter County Sheriff's office and attended college part-time. I gave up on school in 1981 and focused on a career in the law enforcement field. I married twice never had any kids nor want any. After my divorces, I took up country and western dance but after a while the ratio of men to women made me find a new hobby. After 18 years in the Tallahassee area I felt I needed a change so I moved to Niceville/Fort Walton Beach in 2002 to work in the hospitality field. However, I did move away from Florida for one year to Louisville, KY. During that one year, I was terrified of the many tornados that frequented the area that I had to move back to Florida. Needless to say living two blocks from a tornado siren that went off at least three times a week if not more drove me crazy. The closest I got to being in a tornado was while working a 3-11 shift at the Courtyard by Marriott on the east side of Louisville when a tornado went over the hotel and touched down about a 1/2 mile away. The lobby was nothing but glass and there were several guests inside and out watching when the sky got really dark the guests came to me asking what they should do. In my mind, I'm thinking do you not watch the weather channel and listen to Jim Cantore. So I would tell them to go to a hallwa...Expand for more