What A Group of Thunderstorms! I'm Still Here!

April 11. 2013.

From Texas and The Gulf of Mexico, northeast through The Great Lakes into Canada, that long group of thunderstorms from Wednesday into Thursday was quite wicked. There are still some bad storms activating their idea of roughness in the northwestern tip of Mississippi and western Tennessee, AND the northern tip of lower MIchigan into Canada. 

It is quite interesting to look at the computer graphic to see the massive storm which reaches across most of the north-south extent of this continent. It is one long tremulous ribbon from south to north, traveling in an unbreakable chain. 

Where are those gentle days of Spring? 

Since I had such a fractured night, I decided to sleep late. Eight o'clock saw me get out of bed rather groggily. 

The front sidewalk is full; rainwater is flowing down the street and the public sidewalk; my window panes are all full of raindrops. Back yard is very squuushy, but I didn't have to go out in it to see how squishy it is. 

Birds are still aloft, they fly so fast through the two cul de sacs between our house and the two neighbors'. They sometimes startle me, when they suddenly appear in their flight which finishes in the tree across the street. I think they are competing in this rain with one another to see whose flight is the fastest.  

I've been up for an hour already, nibbling on breakfast, and will get to work quite soon. There are many things to do today. 


I'll see you at the Corner Post ...

This Evening At Church; Uh-Oh, Tornado Watch!

April 10, 2013.

My son and his wife picked me up for Church early this evening. It was quite warm outdoors. 82 degrees today, and tomorrow it will be in the high 50s and maybe 60 degrees.

After the Liturgy there was a delicious meal of small cubes of potato with seasonings; whole string beans baked with a tasty sauce of tomato sauce, tomatoes, dill, garlic, and onion; and plenty of lovely shrimp with seasonings. Bread, too, of course. Lots of good conversation, too; it was quite pleasant. 

We saw some lightning on our way home to my house, and my son made sure that I came in all right, about 9 p.m. They left for home then.

Several minutes later I turned on the radio to get some weather news, but I didn't like the news at all. Tornado watch for western TN and northern Mississippi! 

I got the laundry room ready for me to spend some time there, in case a tornado watch turned into a warning and I would hear the tornado siren. I also have a flashlight in my pocket, and the bigger flashlight is where I know I can find it easily. Such a naughty turn of events after such a great evening at Church! 

I have been watching the WREG TV channel on the computer, for an hour already, and I think I'll lie down for a little while. It's time to sleep. Uh, oh, I just heard a loud bang of thunder which means the thunderstorms are coming close to my neighborhood. 

Showers and storms are beginning to show us all their naughty ways. 

I'll see you at the Corner Post ...