SW Missouri storms...

[UmAnOnion]

When I hear things like this, it always gets me to really respect the forces of nature. My heart goes out to everyone.

I have lived thru my fair share of hurricanes so have learned to respect mother nature. She can be one mean old (rhymes with witch) when she wants to be so is to be attended to in no uncertain terms.
Nothing beats the sight of the old fashioned 12' diameter satallite dishes flying across the sky like frisbees.... makes you very thankful for houses made of cement block construction & old school workmanship.

[bubba]

Some years ago I was a volunteer spotter for the National Weather Service. Yeah, one of those crazies that goes out when everyone else is running for shelter. I've had the wipers ripped off my truck and nearly been blown off the road. Weather warnings have to be taken seriously because if you don't you can be seriously injured or killed.

[Colin]

Click your Ghille Brouges together and repeat " there is nothing like traditional, there is nothing like traditional"! The kilt gods will protect you

[davedove]

Glad to hear you're okay Todd. I know what you mean by pucker factor. A couple of years ago, the remnants of a hurricane passed through the area here and spawned over 50 tornados one night. A couple of them skimmed past Frederick and I was watching their path on TV, because if one of them had taken a slightly different path, it would have gone right over me.

[macwilkin]

Glad to hear you're okay Todd. I know what you mean by pucker factor. A couple of years ago, the remnants of a hurricane passed through the area here and spawned over 50 tornados one night. A couple of them skimmed past Frederick and I was watching their path on TV, because if one of them had taken a slightly different path, it would have gone right over me.

Last night was nothing compared to my wife's experience of going through Hurricane Andrew in Ft. Lauderdale back in 1992, though, so your point about hurricanes is well-taken.

For those interested, here is the web site of our local "fishwrap":

http://news-leader.com/apps/pbcs.dll/frontpage

T.

[auld argonian]

I seriously symapathize with you all in the path of this kind of weather. I've been in stuff that's nowhere near that bad and it has scared the living bejeezis out of me.

This is when I'm grateful that Chicago is in just the right place that the weather tends to moderate by the time it gets here. The little Oregon Scientific weather radio went off last night at about two a.m. and gave the incredibly precise, area specific information that it's supposed to give. They ran off the time that the weather was going to hit suburb by suburb until it got to my section of the city and lo and behold it happened exactly in the time frame that they quoted. If you don't have one of these radios that let's you program in your exact area, you should definitely look into one...

...the weather has just gone crazy lately...

Best

AA

[bubba]

...the weather has just gone crazy lately...

Best

AA

Yeah, global weather patterns are all screwed up lately and it's likely to get worse before it gets better. I agree a weather alert radio is a good investment. I wouldn't be without one.