That's no good! We have had constant rain all March with some windy days. We are expecting another rain storm for the next 3 days.

Hopefully your storm passes with no damage. Best to you and yours. Batten down the hatches.

Coming my way late tomorrow. I'm hoping for no major damage - don't need that at anytime, but especially with a pet/house sitter coming for a week.

We were supposed to be slammed with it Sunday but thank God the worst of it missed us. Stay safe! Hunker down.

Where are you?

Glenda I hope you will be OK!

Hoping all will blow over for you as easy as my storm clouds were yesterday.

Stay safe and hunker down.

I googled Alabama weather....tornado watch?

Be safe! The weather reports look pretty bad for the south and mid eastern part of the US.

Glenda, I don't know which part of Alabama you are in, but everything here in north Bama is shut down, except work offices of course. I'm going home early afternoon if it the bad stuff starts moving in. I have a 25-30-minute commute on a good day. Worse if there is lots of traffic or bad weather. Stay safe everyone in our region!

Saying a prayer that you and yours will be safe. Keep us posted. Hugs!

Glenda, maybe they're still thinking about the devastating tornadoes that occurred five years ago in April. You live about 50 miles northeast of me, and it's scary that an hour ago we were in the middle of a severe storm, and now the sun is out. Yes, possible tornadoes later today.

Update: the worst has passed, as tv weather says. We are in a "lull" between storms, and will start up again in the afternoon, but the severeness for my area seems to be over. Still under tornado threat for rest of day.

Thanks ya'll!

Oh I'm glad the worst is over. Well, hopefully. Everyone else in the line of fire, be safe.

April fools you (and me).

We expect winds gusting to 50 MPH, turning cold overnight with rain/sleet/even snow. This is to come from the East, not our normal Westerly wind pattern. We're just west of Lake Michigan and could get a lot of moisture. We already have a third more precipitation than is normal so far this year. The ground is soaked. I hope our century-old American Elm won't be damaged.

After this passes, it's supposed to warm immediately, with sun predicted over the weekend. DH and I moved appointments with our dermatologist from tomorrow to a week later.

Glenda, that was just the first wave of storms. More to come at least for my county. They even cancelled my dog grooming appt.

Everyone be safe. I'm picking up my son right now, instead of meeting near the bus depot at our later time. What a kickoff to spring this has been.

Yep, spring has sprung. 92 degrees today in west central Florid. Low this morning was 73. Way too warm.

Glad to hear the worst has past!

Thankfully we just got a little bit of rain.

Not done yet! heavy rain and thunder again, but those to the east are getting golf size hail and under tornado warning.

Strong winds headed for tonight and tomorrow with a cold front.

glenda, I kind of like thunder and rain but not wind. The old trees outside whip around and this old house groans and creaks.

A thunderstorm is suppose to come in around 8pm. I think. I have Ruffles potato chips and dip to keep me calm. :)

Thunderstorm is here. Rain coming down hard and pelting the windows.

The wind is horrific right now. Neighbors chairs above me getting whipped around. on his porch. Really scary!

Hope the storm has passed Ms. Muffin please stay safe...

Well, HELLO, Michael!!!!! So great to see you!

Love you!

Hi Glenda

How's the weather now?

Temps dropping, winds 21 mph and scary, but no warnings, thankfully. Going to bed. It's 57 now.

If you look at the "I'll show you mine" thread, you'll see my wind damage. My neighbor and I finally got to really talk since a lot of her siding was in my yard, and we picked it up together. But we made it through! How has everyone fared?

Just sopping wet here this morning. No damage. Dark clouds are rolling in again though.

Much ado about nothing, but south of here they really had significant hail damage and the usual wind damage to trailers.

I'm having a hard time figuring out why schools and government offices are closing in advance for these storms. I would understand it if they were associated with hurricanes (there are extensive rains over time then.)

I also understand taking cover when they are near, but to shut down that far in advance? Will they be doing this for every storm passing through this summer?

Looks like we changed our doctor appointments for nothing -- well nothing in our immediate area, anyway. Downtown Chicago had some damage from glass falling from buildings.

I'm starting to think that weather patterns of the past are no longer useful in predicting the weather now. I *think* I've been noticing this for about two years, with increasing frequency.

I think the storms in the South are what arrived here in the Washington DC area today. I rained heavy all day. Mid afternoon the skies grew dark, the wind picked up, and a tornado warning came up. We sheltered in place in the interior of the school building. Thankfully, all is well. I hope everyone is safe.