luvtoto Posted April 6, 2006 Posted April 6, 2006 I work for a newspaper and was notified today by the weather service that we are in for some doozies tonight. The email said "Conditions are grim." Err.. what exactly does that mean?! Are you scared of storms or do you go outside and watch them?
Gorgeous Posted April 6, 2006 Posted April 6, 2006 I love storms, and yeah, I go outside to watch them, but I live in Seattle so there's nothing to worry about. In another case; just the other day I turned on the TV, and the news is talking about how western Tennessee was hit hard by tornados (my parents live there) So that freaked me out. Everything is fine and they're ok, but in a situation like that, I'd be heading for the basement.
hotgurl Posted April 6, 2006 Posted April 6, 2006 I love them. I watch them all the time. When I was younger I lived in tornato alley in Chicago and my grandma used to get all us kids freaked out. She was in a tornado that destroyed the cabin they were in and was so hysterical she had to be sedated so she made us kids scared of thunderstorms. My Grandpa said enough is enough and starting taking us out on the covered porch to watch the storms roll in we counted the ligthening and thunder and eventually we weren't scared anymore. I now watch stroms because it reminds me of my pap and the time I had spent with him growing up. Now in a tornado watch we go to the basement.
Author luvtoto Posted April 6, 2006 Author Posted April 6, 2006 She was in a tornado that destroyed the cabin they were in and was so hysterical she had to be sedated so she made us kids scared of thunderstorms. Wow, HG. That had to be scary for her! My Grandpa said enough is enough and starting taking us out on the covered porch to watch the storms roll in we counted the ligthening and thunder and eventually we weren't scared anymore I bet you grandma wasn't any where near the porch!
hotgurl Posted April 6, 2006 Posted April 6, 2006 Wow, HG. That had to be scary for her! I bet you grandma wasn't any where near the porch! No she stayed in the house and watch us from the door and when she started to get anxoius he'd tell her to calm down or got sit down. Eventually she did start coming outside but it took years and years and she never stayed long.
Author luvtoto Posted April 6, 2006 Author Posted April 6, 2006 I love storms, and yeah, I go outside to watch them, but I live in Seattle so there's nothing to worry about. In another case; just the other day I turned on the TV, and the news is talking about how western Tennessee was hit hard by tornados (my parents live there) So that freaked me out. Everything is fine and they're ok, but in a situation like that, I'd be heading for the basement. G, glad to hear your family was ok! That just happened?
Author luvtoto Posted April 6, 2006 Author Posted April 6, 2006 The dark clouds are coming!! :eek: My son just moved the icecream down to the freezer downstairs. Haha. We'll be fine..now. whew!
Author luvtoto Posted April 6, 2006 Author Posted April 6, 2006 ...pizza rolls ...corndogs He's freakin' out!
Tim'sAngel Posted April 6, 2006 Posted April 6, 2006 I love storms too!! We lived in east Tx. when Rita (was it Rita after Katrina?) came thru so we were like right in her path. My mom and gramma were omg freaking out, I was having a blast. I couldn't watch it cuz we were staying away from winders, but I loved hearing the wind howl and the rain pounding against the house. Thankfully we didn't get too much damage, altho it did shatter the glass on our back screen door and snapped our swing stand that had a grapevine growing on it in half. OH, and knocked our electricity out for a day, now THAT part sucked!! Thank goodness it brought a cold front with it or we would have been burning up!!
Author luvtoto Posted April 7, 2006 Author Posted April 7, 2006 Thankfully we didn't get too much damage' date=' altho it did shatter the glass on our back screen door and snapped our swing stand that had a grapevine growing on it in half.[/quote'] Hey TA, isn't it scary how things just *snap* apart in storms. Scary! By the way, we didn't get the brundt of the storm here. It was scary for a while though. My son was just beside himself the whole time. Needless to say, he collapsed in bed around 9:00. He just pooped out.
Sassy Posted April 7, 2006 Posted April 7, 2006 Very scared of storms hate them and look for them to pass us by!! Hate hurricane and tornado season .
Tim'sAngel Posted April 7, 2006 Posted April 7, 2006 Hey TA, isn't it scary how things just *snap* apart in storms. Scary! By the way, we didn't get the brundt of the storm here. It was scary for a while though. My son was just beside himself the whole time. Needless to say, he collapsed in bed around 9:00. He just pooped out. It's scary but strangely exciting. I felt like I was in another Twister's movie. My son was only like 6 months or so and couldn't sleep cuz every time he'd drift off something woudl crash or there would be a really loud thunder and it would jar him awake, so needless to say, I didn't get much sleep that night. If it wasn't for that, I'd have slept just fine. The scary thing was there was a tree in my bf's yard that was completely uprooted!! And countless strees in our neighborhood that were the same. Now that is some strong a$$ wind!!
Author luvtoto Posted April 7, 2006 Author Posted April 7, 2006 Very scared of storms hate them and look for them to pass us by!! Hate hurricane and tornado season . Sassy, you have *both* seasons? I can barely handle just one. I would think that hurrican season would be the scariest!
Art_Critic Posted April 7, 2006 Posted April 7, 2006 I like em this time of year.. they get rid of the pollen...
Author luvtoto Posted April 7, 2006 Author Posted April 7, 2006 The scary thing was there was a tree in my bf's yard that was completely uprooted!! And countless strees in our neighborhood that were the same. Now that is some strong a$$ wind!! Yea TA, we get alot of uprooted trees around these parts, too. Haven't had on uprooted in my backyard though! I do have a small forest of really tall trees right by my house!
Author luvtoto Posted April 7, 2006 Author Posted April 7, 2006 I like em this time of year.. they get rid of the pollen... A_C, I had a customer come in my work the other day.. he looked a mess! His allergies were getting the best of him, and he refuses to take any meds. He said the medication side-affects were worse than having the allergies. As far as storms getting rid of pollen, I would think that they would stir it all up & make things worse. Huh.. interesting.
Art_Critic Posted April 7, 2006 Posted April 7, 2006 As far as storms getting rid of pollen, I would think that they would stir it all up & make things worse. Huh.. interesting. The rain washes it out of the trees and down the storm drains.. Without rain the pollen storms would go on forever
Author luvtoto Posted April 7, 2006 Author Posted April 7, 2006 The rain washes it out of the trees and down the storm drains.. Without rain the pollen storms would go on forever I am assuming you have allergies, AC?
Art_Critic Posted April 7, 2006 Posted April 7, 2006 I am assuming you have allergies, AC? tons of them..i'm drugged up right now
Author luvtoto Posted April 7, 2006 Author Posted April 7, 2006 tons of them.. Aawww...hope you get to feeling better. i'm drugged up right now I'm jealous.
Touche Posted April 7, 2006 Posted April 7, 2006 tons of them..i'm drugged up right now Ah...this explains so much!
Tim'sAngel Posted April 7, 2006 Posted April 7, 2006 The rain washes it out of the trees and down the storm drains.. Without rain the pollen storms would go on forever Yea but then with rain comes mold spores... ugh... I have chronic allergies. Sometimes it's worse than other times. And I hate takin meds cuz none of them seem to work and they make u feel all foggy. Allegra seems to work the best. It just gets $$$
Author luvtoto Posted April 7, 2006 Author Posted April 7, 2006 It just gets $$$ I agree! Have you priced Claritin lately? Unbelievable. It's like, $10 for 5 pills.
Tim'sAngel Posted April 7, 2006 Posted April 7, 2006 I agree! Have you priced Claritin lately? Unbelievable. It's like, $10 for 5 pills. Allegra is like 2 bucks a pill or something crazy like that. So i just get my persciption filled and take it only when i need to. I got diapers to buy s***, I can't be buying $2 pills week after week!!
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