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LindaC -- Tornadoes??

15 years ago

Just checking in to see if you are okay. I see that tornadoes were in your area today.

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lindac
15 years ago
I was doing a church funeral lunch....no tornadeos.....just lots and lots of rain and water in the basement....
But we were under a tornado watch ( that means there is a high probablity one could develop) Sunday evening....but no warning where I live ( a warning means they have spotted a tornado and are watching it's course.
I have christmas garland on my "tornado chair" in the basement...I guess I better clean it off and get my radio set up and my flashlight handy.
Last spring my son called from Chicago, hew as watching the radar on line and saw the hook right over my town, zoomed in and saw it pass about a mile north and west of me ( My house is near a highway intersection). He called and said where are you?..."Basement" I said!
Thanks for asking....hope this storm season is milder than the last...I have memories of groping my way through the very black night, guided only by the occasional lightning, trying to find a lighter to light a candle, and trying to make coffee with a senseo coffee pod on my gas stove....but it worked!
Linda C
mustangs81
Original Author
15 years ago
Thanks for posting. I'm glad to hear you dodged the tornado. Now if we can make sure Lowspark/May isn't floating in Houston.

We are so dry here; we have had more than 1500 fires throughout Florida this year.
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lowspark
15 years ago
Glad you're ok Linda!

Cathy, you are a sweetheart to think of me! We definitely had some torrential rains last night - it poured and thundered, waking me up around 4 am. We've had some really heavy rains in the Houston area over the last two weeks and lots of flooding.

In my immediate vicinity, there was lots of high water on the roads, especially on the freeway feeders. The bayou near my house was about 5-6 feet from cresting as I passed by it on the way to work at 7 am. And my side of town is not the worst of it. West of us the flooding is even worse.

Fortunately I only drove through one spot of probably 6" of water on the way to work this morning. There was lots of traffic as high water blocked many routes but aside from that my drive to work was without incident.

My biggest concerns are driving IN the rain when it's coming down in sheets as it was in the wee hours, and driving through high water, which I will never (again!) do. Luckily neither of these things happened today.

We're supposed to get more rain this afternoon. I'm hoping that by that time much of the water will have receeded. I'm due to get a pedicure right after work and I need groceries... so I hope I don't have to swim to those two errands!! LOL
sally2_gw
15 years ago
Lowspark, I saw a report that there was a tornado warning in Houston, and I thought of you. I'm glad you're okay. I'm glad you're okay, too, Linda. Too bad about your basement, though. We don't have to worry about that in Texas, because basements are rare here. I don't know why, but they are.

Sally
jessyf
15 years ago
Glad to hear you are both safe and sound.

I think someone is trying to rattle the Trailblazer's cage, LOL.

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