natimage Posted June 2, 2004 Posted June 2, 2004 Last night we had a doozy (I don't think I've ever actually written that word out...) of a storm here in the Dallas/Ft. Worth Texas metroplex. Tornado sirens went off right outside my door and one was spotted maybe 10 miles from us in one direction, and probably 25-30 miles from us in the other direction. Nervous night altogether, but I don't think anyone was seriously hurt! Lost power for a few hours, but we were pretty lucky to have it come back on in the wee hours of the morning. Anyway...thought I'd share a photo that I DID NOT TAKE!!! It is from the WFAA.com website. The Dallas skyline last night, probably right before the storm or right after...definately not during!!! Quote
Head Guru Posted June 2, 2004 Posted June 2, 2004 we have had a record month for rain here in michigan. 8.5 inches in May I am glad to see things turned out ok for you Tracy, that is scary stuff. Bill Quote
GroovyFish Posted June 2, 2004 Posted June 2, 2004 Hey Tracy, the light show was definately something! We are in Addison and it didn't get as extreme as the Arlington/Ft. Worth area but the lightening was pretty amazing. Last I heard was that there were approx. 8000 lightening strikes in the metro area last night. Quote
natimage Posted June 2, 2004 Author Posted June 2, 2004 approx. 8000 lightening strikes in the metro area last night I wouldn't doubt it. I think the storms lost intensity the further they went. They weren't as bad here in Arlington as they were up in Saginaw and N. Richland Hills. It was pretty scary when I was standing at the door peeking out and I kept feeling waves of hot and cool air. Told me just how unstable that system was!!! Glad to hear you weren't hit bad up there! HMMM...I almost had a job in Addison. Didn't work out. I have friends that work at the Fitz and Floyd outlet off Beltline, though. I'll probably be up there working their next big sale!! Small world!! Quote
natimage Posted June 2, 2004 Author Posted June 2, 2004 Thanks for the well wishes Thomas and HG!! Quote
Virtual Imager Posted June 2, 2004 Posted June 2, 2004 We are under a heat advisory right now.... seems that the combo of high temps (108 degrees) and very low humidity (5 - 8%) is a health hazard as it becomes difficult for the body to cool itself. People are being warned to stay indoors if possible. Not as exciting as a tornado, but hey... this is Phoenix. Quote
TCH-Bruce Posted June 2, 2004 Posted June 2, 2004 we have had a record month for rain here in michigan. 8.5 inches in May I'd say we have had almost 10 inches of rain in the last week here in Dayton, Ohio. Well at least at our house anyway, according to the rain gauge. We have had severe thunderstorms everyday for the past week. Strange weather pattern this spring. Glad all is well with you too Tracy. Quote
Deverill Posted June 2, 2004 Posted June 2, 2004 Not as exciting as a tornado, but hey... this is Phoenix. Glad you're safe, Tracy. I hope I don't have any exciting weather news being as how it would most likely be a hurricane. Hurricane season started yesterday and we are the most likely spot in the US to be affected by them. <sigh> I am familiar with the tornado experience. I was a weather spotter for the Civil Emergency Services because I was a Ham radio operator and they knew our equipment was more durable than theirs. Fortunately here there are often tornados but they are in the form of waterspouts. Because of the water they are very unstable and rarely hit land and if they do the lack of water to them usually makes them fall apart immediately. Florida is the lightening capital of the world but we don't get so much here on the island. A couple of storms have been spectacular though. Heat advisory because of low humidity - interesting. It's like swimming here when you walk outside so it's not a problem for us - heat index is 90 at 8:00 am but it has never been over 98 degrees here either so it's a mixed blessing. Everyone stay safe, drink lots of water and be aware of your body's needs. It's easy to get hurt in extreme weather. Especially the heat which is deceptive. Quote
Alan Posted June 2, 2004 Posted June 2, 2004 (edited) Hehe, I live right across from you guys. Mississippi here, not much BAD weather, did however get some rough wind/lightning. Didnt lose any power though, rather glad lol, I was on the computer the entire time, the surge protecter did try to kick me off one or two times. But that is all. Very glad to hear your alright though. bad weather is a nervous thing all together. I hear this tropical storm/tempest season is supposed to be pretty rough aswell. :S Was in reply to nati lol, typing slowly today Edited June 2, 2004 by Alan Quote
TCH-Thomas Posted June 2, 2004 Posted June 2, 2004 Hurricane season started yesterday... You can tell by date? Quote
Virtual Imager Posted June 2, 2004 Posted June 2, 2004 Everyone stay safe, drink lots of water and be aware of your body's needs. It's easy to get hurt in extreme weather. Especially the heat which is deceptive. Thanks, Jim. This is interesting: The official weather service advisory for Phoenix now says to drink plenty of "water or other non-alcoholic beverages." Seems that science is finally recognizing that other liquids provide the same hydrating effects as water. Makes sense since they are made up mostly of water anyway. All those guilt trips about not drinking enough water... are they about to stop? Quote
Alan Posted June 2, 2004 Posted June 2, 2004 lol thomas, Was in the news. I personally do not keep up with the weather, unless it is closer to me, than halfway across the ocean building up. :S Quote
bellringr Posted June 2, 2004 Posted June 2, 2004 We also have had several storms and lots of rain over the past two weeks here in Illinois. We've had to go to the basement twice in the past week from tornado warnings. It has made for some truly spectacular sunsets though! Quote
MikeJ Posted June 2, 2004 Posted June 2, 2004 (edited) Seems that science is finally recognizing that other liquids provide the same hydrating effects as water. Makes sense since they are made up mostly of water anyway. All those guilt trips about not drinking enough water... are they about to stop? Well, to be technically accurate, that's not entirely a true statement. Caffiene, for example, is a diuretic. So while a caffienated beverage will still hydrate you, you have to drink a lot more of it to get the same effect. Water and sports type drinks are still your best methods of hydrating yourself. (I'm a road cyclist, so these things are important. ) Edited June 2, 2004 by TCH-MikeJ Quote
natimage Posted June 2, 2004 Author Posted June 2, 2004 As much as I hate water, Mike...I have to agree. Even though I don't want to... Quote
TCH-Thomas Posted June 2, 2004 Posted June 2, 2004 lol thomas, Was in the news. I personally do not keep up with the weather, unless it is closer to me, than halfway across the ocean building up. :S Hey, Im in sweden, hurricanes are very rare here. Quote
Alan Posted June 2, 2004 Posted June 2, 2004 Here in Mississippi, it is rare aswell, like 2 hurricanes have hit us that I know of. :S Quote
stevevan Posted June 2, 2004 Posted June 2, 2004 Had to chime in my $.02 worth here. Travelling extensively as I do for work, I get to experience pretty much the full gammit of weather. For example, I was in Ft. Lauderdale for two months last July putting together a communications facility. (We had a vacant lot to start with and didn't have a building or power for 6 weeks!) Now temporarily working in the Dayton/Columbus area, I also have had to dodge other extremes...rain, storms, tornadoes, etc. The best, though, was chasing tornadoes a couple weeks ago in Illinois. Even caught a short-lived one. Exciting! I am a little concerned with the hurricane forcast for this year. I live about a mile off of the Gulf Coast in the Florida panhandle, so we'll have to see what happens. BTW... nothing here in the states beats the cyclones (hurricanes), earthquakes, and volcano eruptions I dealt with while stationed in the Philippines! Quote
danceswithscissors Posted June 3, 2004 Posted June 3, 2004 Virtual Imager, I'm just a couple of miles north of you and it's still miserably hot out there. Summer is here! Time to crank up the computer and stay inside for a few months. LOL Quote
Ninepatch Posted June 3, 2004 Posted June 3, 2004 I'm at the other end of Ohio from Bruce and Bunni, up on Lake Erie. We had twice the normal amount of rain in May and some really violent storms during the last 2 weeks. Every river and stream has overflowed their banks and we've had non-stop flood warnings. Several tornadoes touched down and left a lot of damage in their wake. Fortunately the heavy damage totally by-passed Berea - just a lot of small debris from trees to clean up. We did have an 18 hour power outage during one of the worst storms, I can deal with that. Some folks lost their entire house. On the plus side, there's been no need for AC yet, but I'm sure that will change soon. June is starting out wet but there's a rumor we're getting dry weather this week. In the meantime, my roses are happy with the constant watering and putting on quite a show! Quote
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