Now we're getting a good feel of what the folks in the plains get with bad-butt weather. Since Friday - there's been about 5 confirmed twisters, multiple more (over a dozen) still being confirmed. They aren't new to us - but in the short span of a couple days ..... OY ! ! !
We were spared, had a couple forming up, but luckily they blew apart. Last one disintegrated over our house - house shook enough to really feel it. Closest was about 10 miles west - it took out 4 houses - damaged a number of other buildings, and took a number of trucks off the highway. And that one was tagged by the environment boys at a F4. No fatalities though, out of any of them. One house that was torn apart was apparently sold Friday nite - flattened Saturday.
I love the severe weather - stand outside and watch it too (video taping it now) .... had a few lightning feelers creep out from me - one off the camera - pretty cool to watch and hear the snap - but when you think of it ........ not so cool if it would have connected with the big one.
Anyhow - wife and kids are now guns shy. Since Thursday we've been hit one way or another. Thursday we had a cold front collapse on us as we were coming home. Shook the van good. That was uglier than a twister - cold grey-white fingers rolling down just saying we're coming .... just prior to that we were watching a fuinnel cloud try to decide if it was coming or going ..... it went ...... so that shook them up.
Topped all off last nite with a huge thunderstorm .... and lost power for a couple hours.
And what's in forecast for tonite ...... yup - more.
Lots of rain lately - high humidity, temps in the 80's .......... and another cold front apparently coming ....... more warnings .......

okokokokok ... enuf already. Bad weather is nuthin new ....... but this is much

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