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The one that's heading straight for the East Coast of the USA? That has already killed a bunch of people in Texas and Kansas because of tornadoes and snow, respectively? Yeah, that one. It's a GIANT storm.

And it's heading straight for NC and Va. And I live in NC, close to the border of VA.

If this were just wind and rain, I wouldn't care. I wouldn't be on NS at almost 3 am scared out of my mind about this thing. Why am I so scared?

The thunderstorms. I, of course, am the town brontophobe. I hate storms-- I've had panic attacks when lightning hits too close or when a storm comes up. As I've said, this thing could be another freaking Hurricane Isabel (like that noreaster around Thanksgiving) without the lightning and I wouldn't care, but it's the lightning I'm afraid of. So now I can't sleep because every newschannel in my area plus the Weather Channel says tomorrow is going to be uber-stormy.


As you can see, I do not deal well with thunderstorm predictions. :(

Now it is like 320 am and I still can't sleep, despite spamming a little bit. :(

I'm living through the storm too, and I'm in the Charlotte area of NC. You are right, it is one hell of a storm. Even Amelia (my Siamese) won't stray away from me, she is cowarding near me lol.

I'm living through the storm too, and I'm in the Charlotte area of NC. You are right, it is one hell of a storm. Even Amelia (my Siamese) won't stray away from me, she is cowarding near me lol.

Are the thunderstorms that bad!? :eek:

Or is it the wind/rain coupled with that? I'd take tropical storm-force over lightning any day.

Are the thunderstorms that bad!? :eek:

Or is it the wind/rain coupled with that? I'd take tropical storm-force over lightning any day.

It's a combination of hail, rain, winds, and lightings that does it. I am really praying that my car doesn't get damaged, if it does, jeez I am going to have a fit.

It's a combination of hail, rain, winds, and lightings that does it. I am really praying that my car doesn't get damaged, if it does, jeez I am going to have a fit.

Hail and lightning?!?!?!? :eek::eek::(

Today is going to be hell. :(

Actually, TWC and the local news says that there are going to be storms, but they didn't say anything about "severe", except in NC-- CRAP! Why did my parents move me here? :(

Aw... Sorry to hear that. Being scared of storms is a major pain. :\

Hopefully your area won't get hit too terribly hard.

*hugs* :fluffle:

Aw... Sorry to hear that. Being scared of storms is a major pain. :\

Hopefully your area won't get hit too terribly hard.

*hugs* :fluffle:

Well I am near the coast so I'll get quite a bit of it, apparently. :(

Unfortunately the local news (which is based in Virginia) says it's going to be worse here than there... which makes my anxiety worse... :(

Big storms? We get those all the time.

Check out the TWC site... this has gone through most of the country... :eek:

Big storms? We get those all the time.

Big storms? We get those all the time.

We got them all the time back in Cincinnati too. As the more or less outermost edge of Tornado Alley, we got some nasty storms every summer. Ahh, can't wait until I move back there...

We got them all the time back in Cincinnati too. As the more or less outermost edge of Tornado Alley, we got some nasty storms every summer. Ahh, can't wait until I move back there...

I love it when it storms here, heavy rain, high winds, sirens blaring, sky darkening...Oh how i wish it would warm up so we can get storms.. its fricking 30 outside, and its the middle of April!

I love it when it storms here, heavy rain, high winds, sirens blaring, sky darkening...Oh how i wish it would warm up so we can get storms.. its fricking 30 outside, and its the middle of April!

It's 36 here. The coldest of the cold front lies in a big swath from Illinois to Ohio, with Indiana getting it the worst. Oh well, it's supposed to warm up next week...

But I liked the storms too. I'd go outside and watch them approach for as long as I could. Arguably the coolest one was seeing a huge storm approach from the top of the Racer at Kings Island, but our old house back in Cincinnati had a great view of incoming storms as well.

The one that's heading straight for the East Coast of the USA? That has already killed a bunch of people in Texas and Kansas because of tornadoes and snow, respectively? Yeah, that one. It's a GIANT storm.

And it's heading straight for NC and Va. And I live in NC, close to the border of VA.

If this were just wind and rain, I wouldn't care. I wouldn't be on NS at almost 3 am scared out of my mind about this thing. Why am I so scared?

The thunderstorms. I, of course, am the town brontophobe. I hate storms-- I've had panic attacks when lightning hits too close or when a storm comes up. As I've said, this thing could be another freaking Hurricane Isabel (like that noreaster around Thanksgiving) without the lightning and I wouldn't care, but it's the lightning I'm afraid of. So now I can't sleep because every newschannel in my area plus the Weather Channel says tomorrow is going to be uber-stormy.


As you can see, I do not deal well with thunderstorm predictions. :(

Now it is like 320 am and I still can't sleep, despite spamming a little bit. :(
You are going to die.

Okay, no, but calm down, Pancake...it's just a huge thunderstorm. They're not that bad, really. I've experienced several back when I lived in Ohio...they were massive, but at most they were fun to watch. Some incredibly loud thunder, though...sounded like freaking dynamite going off. (At least till I'd heard what dynamite explosions actually sound like, then I just considered it to be as loud.)

We've had some neat ones here in Colorado too a couple years ago...hopefully we'll have some soon again instead of more bloody snow.

This is one of those times when the weather in the UK is nice. It may be cold and dreary, but at least it only very occasionally tries to kill you.

I heard the weather people in USA said this season is going to be really bad for hurricanes - as a bad as the Cyclone Katrina season. Warmer oceans around the area making meek storms turn into nasty ones.

7:30 AM , I'm ripped and the birds are singing. I did however go to Wal-Mart last night when it was raining.

This is one of those times when the weather in the UK is nice. It may be cold and dreary, but at least it only very occasionally tries to kill you.
LOL- that just made me think of Pat Robertson's "God punishes us with tornadoes" tripe. There was actually a thread around here about in my pre-Pancake days... I suppose that if a god does indeed punish mankind with violent storms, then the US must have really pissed it off :(
I heard the weather people in USA said this season is going to be really bad for hurricanes - as a bad as the Cyclone Katrina season. Warmer oceans around the area making meek storms turn into nasty ones.

I <3 hurricanes. They get me out of school for a week and most of the time only do minor damage (that's probably because they're often tropical storms by the time the eyes reach my area, lol).

Hurricanes also very rarely have thunder and lightning, which satisfies the wild-weather mania and appeases the brontophobia. :)

Not sure about other parts of NC. But where I've lived all my life.. the triad.. the worst thing we've had pretty much has been an ice storm or two. Most of the major storms pass by. It's a pretty good area weather wise.

No i did not.

Pancake, you are going to be okay. I know it doesn't really help to hear that, but it's true.

If it helps maybe you can get prepared for the storms better, make yourself a storm box, with a radio, and flashlight, and food and first aide box and an extra battery for your parent's cell phone. Just don't get all OCD about it like I do. ;)


If nothing else helps, just keep telling yourself "it's okay to be afraid, but I am going to be okay"

My mother was telling me about how she couldn't sleep because of the wind being so damn loud. I slept great! It's been one of the only nights where I actually got some good rest.

.. er..

Yeah, well now it's starting to rain and it's quite windy. I'm excited!

No i did not.


Me either. My little weather watch OMG Storm warning thing on my pc hasn't gone off either. I did see a bit of a doppler radar showing a storm from the south heading SE. Could've hit my sister tho, on the outer banks, but they've been through much worse.

Pancake, you are going to be okay. I know it doesn't really help to hear that, but it's true.

If it helps maybe you can get prepared for the storms better, make yourself a storm box, with a radio, and flashlight, and food and first aide box and an extra battery for your parent's cell phone. Just don't get all OCD about it like I do. ;)


If nothing else helps, just keep telling yourself "it's okay to be afraid, but I am going to be okay"

:) :fluffle:

I had to figuatively slap myself in the head and tell myself that the news was just over-playing it and that everything would be fine. That's how I managed to get to sleep at nearly 5 am... but I woke up at 7 because the wind rattled the screens so loudly. bah.

At least the good thing about the storm is that I didn't have to stand at the bus stop in the middle of it, and that I did not haveto wake up to a thunderstorm. :)

Me either. My little weather watch OMG Storm warning thing on my pc hasn't gone off either. I did see a bit of a doppler radar showing a storm from the south heading SE. Could've hit my sister tho, on the outer banks, but they've been through much worse.

I live close to the OBX, and it's hitting me pretty hard, your sister might actually in fact get more lightning than me :eek:

I live close to the OBX, and it's hitting me pretty hard, your sister might actually in fact get more lightning than me :eek:


It would be the least of her troubles probably. She's in Manteo tho, fyi. Also got 4 neices, and aunt, and various cousins spread out down there. I do hope it's not hitting them bad tho. But even if something major was heading that way, I really doubt they'd leave.

Dont you guys have shuters in your windows? They help a lot when the wind and lightning is too loud and you cant sleep.

Around here we must have about 5 thunderstorms each year. Fortunaly they are quite mild and weak compared to the north american ones. We never have ice here, the worst that can happen is 100km winds and hail.

Dont you guys have shuters in your windows? They help a lot when the wind and lightning is too loud and you cant sleep.

Around here we must have about 5 thunderstorms each year. Fortunaly they are quite mild and weak compared to the north american ones. We never have ice here, the worst that can happen is 100km winds and hail.


I have no workable shutters. But you only get 5 thunderstorms? You must be meaning bad storms. But.. I will be sure to have shutters on the house I buy.build. The shutters around here are like screwed onto the house for looks lol. I'd much prefer shutters that actually serve a pupose.

:) :fluffle:

I had to figuatively slap myself in the head and tell myself that the news was just over-playing it and that everything would be fine. That's how I managed to get to sleep at nearly 5 am... but I woke up at 7 because the wind rattled the screens so loudly. bah.

At least the good thing about the storm is that I didn't have to stand at the bus stop in the middle of it, and that I did not haveto wake up to a thunderstorm. :)

if it helps I lived through 3 direct tornado hits, twice my house was gone, like not even the carpet was left once....the tornado sucked it right off the floor.

the chances of you actually dying are pretty low, unless you are out doing something stupid. In fact the only time I did get hurt even during a tornado I was out chasing it and got hit in the head with some debris.

;)

if it helps I lived through 3 direct tornado hits, twice my house was gone, like not even the carpet was left once....the tornado sucked it right off the floor.

the chances of you actually dying are pretty low, unless you are out doing something stupid. In fact the only time I did get hurt even during a tornado I was out chasing it and got hit in the head with some debris.

;)

Did you have one of those underground safety things? If I lived in tornado country I'd have to have one. And you getting hit in the head with debris is not funny, but the image of you chasing a tornado is. Were you like running after it on foot with a camera?

Well, in Merrie England (or it would be if I wasn't hung over with vomit on my favourite shirt) it's as glorious a day as you could want. 25 degrees, not a cloud in the sky, birds are singing and I'm indoors doing Chemistry coursework.

It would be the least of her troubles probably. She's in Manteo tho, fyi. Also got 4 neices, and aunt, and various cousins spread out down there. I do hope it's not hitting them bad tho. But even if something major was heading that way, I really doubt they'd leave.

LOL, yeah, it would take a catastrophic event to drive us North Carolinians out. My family hasn't fled a hurricane since 1999 :p We stayed through Isabel. Hurricanes are fun, and the Cat-1's are WAY over-dramatized. I play in the rain during tropical storms and once went school shopping in Hurricane Charley (though once I got home it was a tropical storm :p)

But now my area is under a tornado watch, and the tornado warnings keep coming further and further north :(

Though there's no storm warnings or anything for us yet... :)


Also, I was watching the local news and they were talking about the storm, and then I remembered Pat Robertson's "tornadoes are God's punishment" crap from probably a year ago-- I just realized that his show is shot and broadcast from Va. Beach, which is right in the path of a lot of this crap. Wonder what he would think of this? :D

Did you have one of those underground safety things? If I lived in tornado country I'd have to have one.
I had one when the carpet was sucked off the floor, but I don't have one currently I am still living in a rent house waiting for my house to be built. I did move into a house after that tornado, but it got blown away too.



And you getting hit in the head with debris is not funny, but the image of you chasing a tornado is. Were you like running after it on foot with a camera?
no, with my co-workers in a weather truck.....(which is just a truck with weather stuff in it). they pay around here for video, so I did that for a while, it's like a part time seasonal job.

I was 14 weeks pregnant when I got hit in the head, hubby said "no more chasing" so, no more chasing. :(

I have no workable shutters. But you only get 5 thunderstorms? You must be meaning bad storms. But.. I will be sure to have shutters on the house I buy.build. The shutters around here are like screwed onto the house for looks lol. I'd much prefer shutters that actually serve a pupose. Same here at my house... and every other house in VA and NC. :(

if it helps I lived through 3 direct tornado hits, twice my house was gone, like not even the carpet was left once....the tornado sucked it right off the floor.

the chances of you actually dying are pretty low, unless you are out doing something stupid. In fact the only time I did get hurt even during a tornado I was out chasing it and got hit in the head with some debris.

;) I've never been hurt during a storm-- hurricane, tropical storm, thunderstorm, anything-- but I'm not one to go out in lightning or in 90-mph winds. I do have limits, you know ;)

Well, in Merrie England (or it would be if I wasn't hung over with vomit on my favourite shirt) it's as glorious a day as you could want. 25 degrees, not a cloud in the sky, birds are singing and I'm indoors doing Chemistry coursework. 25 celsius... that's about 77 correct? or is it 67 fahrenheit? Anyway, it's going to be a little cooler here because of all this ick.

LOL, yeah, it would take a catastrophic event to drive us North Carolinians out. My family hasn't fled a hurricane since 1999 :p We stayed through Isabel. Hurricanes are fun, and the Cat-1's are WAY over-dramatized. I play in the rain during tropical storms and once went school shopping in Hurricane Charley (though once I got home it was a tropical storm :p)

But now my area is under a tornado watch, and the tornado warnings keep coming further and further north :(

Though there's no storm warnings or anything for us yet... :)


Also, I was watching the local news and they were talking about the storm, and then I remembered Pat Robertson's "tornadoes are God's punishment" crap from probably a year ago-- I just realized that his show is shot and broadcast from Va. Beach, which is right in the path of a lot of this crap. Wonder what he would think of this? :D

My sister use to have some of his audio tapes.. I listened to one she had once when I was staying a bit, and went walking. Nothing like this was on there. But I don't doubt he said it for one bit.

I had one when the carpet was sucked off the floor, but I don't have one currently I am still living in a rent house waiting for my house to be built. I did move into a house after that tornado, but it got blown away too.




no, with my co-workers in a weather truck.....(which is just a truck with weather stuff in it). they pay around here for video, so I did that for a while, it's like a part time seasonal job.

I was 14 weeks pregnant when I got hit in the head, hubby said "no more chasing" so, no more chasing. :(


I like watching the storm chaser videos. They always seem pretty safe from our angle, and even though the chasers know which way it's going to go, for the most part, it would still be a rush. But I can understand your hubby not wanting you to continue after getting bonked on the head. lol

My sister use to have some of his audio tapes.. I listened to one she had once when I was staying a bit, and went walking. Nothing like this was on there. But I don't doubt he said it for one bit. It was actually a thread from about a year ago, I believe. It ws in my early days of NSG.

I do have to admit that I have a photographic memory despite my ADD, though I just can't find the photographs sometimes and often I find them without looking for them :p

I like watching the storm chaser videos. They always seem pretty safe from our angle, and even though the chasers know which way it's going to go, for the most part, it would still be a rush. But I can understand your hubby not wanting you to continue after getting bonked on the head. lol I always feel like a Jackass fan or a horror-movie junkie when I see those. I imagine it would be cool to chase lightning and stuff sans phobia.

The one that's heading straight for the East Coast of the USA? That has already killed a bunch of people in Texas and Kansas because of tornadoes and snow, respectively? Yeah, that one. It's a GIANT storm.

And it's heading straight for NC and Va. And I live in NC, close to the border of VA.

If this were just wind and rain, I wouldn't care. I wouldn't be on NS at almost 3 am scared out of my mind about this thing. Why am I so scared?

The thunderstorms. I, of course, am the town brontophobe. I hate storms-- I've had panic attacks when lightning hits too close or when a storm comes up. As I've said, this thing could be another freaking Hurricane Isabel (like that noreaster around Thanksgiving) without the lightning and I wouldn't care, but it's the lightning I'm afraid of. So now I can't sleep because every newschannel in my area plus the Weather Channel says tomorrow is going to be uber-stormy.


As you can see, I do not deal well with thunderstorm predictions. :(

Now it is like 320 am and I still can't sleep, despite spamming a little bit. :(

If the weather's crappy down there, it gets equally crappy up here.

I have no workable shutters. But you only get 5 thunderstorms? You must be meaning bad storms. But.. I will be sure to have shutters on the house I buy.build. The shutters around here are like screwed onto the house for looks lol. I'd much prefer shutters that actually serve a pupose.

5 bad ones. They usually come with hail, so they do some damage, but nothing nearly as bad as a tornado. 100km/h max, and rarely. Regular storms happen all the time, and most every building here has a lightning rod.

Yes, shutters are a must around here. Those decorative ones are as useless as curtains lol.

I myself have a bit of a "stormphobia", especially when I lived in Iowa. Somehow, the storms always caught us in the evenings and nights, and every time I would lie in bed thinking about how I wanted my bedroom in the basement. We got a lot of tornadoes in Iowa. There was one time when we were driving literally next to one (not very close, but close enough to have me speechless and immobilized in shock) in the city while it passed through. Fortunately, I've seen enough tornadoes and funnel clouds barely missing the "touchdown" mark by my house, and have now moved to a safer area.:)

But I know how you feel.:(

:fluffle:

5 bad ones. They usually come with hail, so they do some damage, but nothing nearly as bad as a tornado. 100km/h max, and rarely. Regular storms happen all the time, and most every building here has a lightning rod.

Yes, shutters are a must around here. Those decorative ones are as useless as curtains lol.

Here in NC we rarely get hail-- in fact I've been here eight years and it was only last year when we actually got hail, it was the first time I'd seen hail since I'd lived in the UK eight or nine years prior! :eek:

The first year I lived here I went to a certain part of the county, and saw two funnel clouds (I was seven at the time). A few years ago (I was probably 11 or 12 at the time) there was a tornado quite close to my house (I have a very funny story about that one).

I actually wasn't afraid of storms until I moved here, perhaps because the storms seemed severe in the woods of North Carolina rather than the cities of Virginia :p. In fact the only time I can recall ever fearing a storm pre-NC was when I was on vacation in Austria or Germany at 5 and in the mountains during a storm. The fear didn't become a phobia till last year when my neighbor's house got hit by lightning :(. I've had a few people tell me to see a counselour for that.

Oh, and BTW, there probably won't be any lightning today, so those arsefaces got me worked up and insomniac over lightning that probably won't come! :mad:

I myself have a bit of a "stormphobia", especially when I lived in Iowa. Somehow, the storms always caught us in the evenings and nights, and every time I would lie in bed thinking about how I wanted my bedroom in the basement. We got a lot of tornadoes in Iowa. There was one time when we were driving literally next to one (not very close, but close enough to have me speechless and immobilized in shock) in the city while it passed through. Fortunately, I've seen enough tornadoes and funnel clouds barely missing the "touchdown" mark by my house, and have now moved to a safer area.:)

But I know how you feel.:(

:fluffle:

We only get funnel clouds here in NC, it's very rare that we get actual tornadoes. The storms do catch us here in the evenings and afternoons most of the time, either that or very early in the morning :(. However there was a tornado in the largest neighborhood of my town where three of my best friends (four at the time, one moved to NY) live, it was setting off smoke alarms and screwing with the power a couple miles away in my neighborhood. However the local news channels only said it was a wind storm-- probably because they're all based in Virginia :mad:. It was quite destructive though.

I love British weather. It's always bad, but it's never shit.


Actually, today, it's quite warm and sunny. Huzzah!

I love British weather. It's always bad, but it's never shit.


Actually, today, it's quite warm and sunny. Huzzah!

British weather is a little on the ick side, but it's at least much less violent than here in the US. Not so many hurricanes and lightning storms :D

Hmm. This makes me wonder... was the weather in the US bad before and Americans were stupid, or were Americans stupid before the weather got bad? :p

If the weather's crappy down there, it gets equally crappy up here.

Aren't you guys supposed to get some snow?

i went to sleep as a small thunder storm came in an slept right through

Aren't you guys supposed to get some snow?

That's crappier, methinks. The Great State of Pennsylvania gave me that impression. :mad:

That's crappier, methinks. The Great State of Pennsylvania gave me that impression. :mad:

Blame PennDOT! :mad:

And where were you in PA? Near NY? NJ? Poconos?

There's New Yorkers and Jerseyits to blame, then.

Lots of wind and rain up here in NYC. But the supermarket was deserted this morning at 9, so I went shopping and am now snug as a bug in a rug.

i went to sleep as a small thunder storm came in an slept right through

I can never sleep through a thunderstorm. In my memory I never have... :(

I can never sleep through a thunderstorm. In my memory I never have... :(

It sounds funny but my mom taught me and my brother very young not to be afraid by making us count slowly between the flash and bang. I don't know that it would work because you're already phobic, but if you hold your breath and count between the two 1) it may slow your heart rate some and 2) it may actually distract you from being afraid.

Just show some caution -- if it's windy, don't go near windows, avoid taking a shower or using the sink if there's lightning.

You'll be fine, honest.

Blame PennDOT! :mad:

And where were you in PA? Near NY? NJ? Poconos?

There's New Yorkers and Jerseyits to blame, then.

I was around Pittsburg at some point, mostly in mountainy wilderness though for the rest of the SEVEN HOURS from New York to Maryland.

I was around Pittsburg at some point, mostly in mountainy wilderness though for the rest of the SEVEN HOURS from New York to Maryland.

Oh. You were in Western PA. Ahahaha!!

I hate WPA, and it seems I'm not alone.

Yeah, everyone's freaking out about New England, though up there it will just be wind and rain and none of the violent stuff the rest of the East Coast will get.... or thought we would get...

The local newschannels fail, they said it was going to be worse than the whole Dallas/Fort Worth disaster and so far it's like a typical noreaster, only very calm right now. No wind or rain at the moment. Stupid weatherpeople, they scared the crap of me and I only got 2-3 hours of sleep this morning. :mad:

Better they scare us and we're prepared for the worst than they don't and we're trashed.

I live one block away from the water, so I'm a little wary today. They're predicting flooding here, and there would really be nothing I could do about it.

Lots of wind and rain up here in NYC. But the supermarket was deserted this morning at 9, so I went shopping and am now snug as a bug in a rug.

Yeah, everyone's freaking out about New England, though up there it will just be wind and rain and none of the violent stuff the rest of the East Coast will get.... or thought we would get...

The local newschannels fail, they said it was going to be worse than the whole Dallas/Fort Worth disaster and so far it's like a typical noreaster, only very calm right now. No wind or rain at the moment. Stupid weatherpeople, they scared the crap of me and I only got 2-3 hours of sleep this morning. :mad:

Oh. You were in Western PA. Ahahaha!!

I hate WPA, and it seems I'm not alone.

We were in mountains so long that people starting saying we'd taken a detour through West Virginia. :rolleyes: I highly doubted it though...

But the trip through Maryland wasn't bad at all, and Virginia went smoothly and so did the brief part of NC...

I can never sleep through a thunderstorm. In my memory I never have... :(

i can sleep through partys too

Better they scare us and we're prepared for the worst than they don't and we're trashed.

I live one block away from the water, so I'm a little wary today. They're predicting flooding here, and there would really be nothing I could do about it.

True, but I live in NC, nothing is a threat here. It would take eight Cat-5 hurricanes, a hundred tornadoes, and uber-crazy lightning to get us to think otherwise, so of course nobody in NC really gives a crap except me, but I'm only worried about the lightning. My heels have been tarred enough to the point where hurricanes and tropical storms don't scare me at all.

I don't live extremely close to the water, but my yard is going to be all muddy and watery by Tuesday because of the rain...

Seems like you haven't been making ritual sacrifices to Zeus. *nods*

Seems like you haven't been making ritual sacrifices to Zeus. *nods*

Feh, Zeus and me? We're buds. There's no lightning and probably won't be any today... apparently Zeus/Thor/God/Jesus/Allah/Flying Spaghetti Monster/Invisible Pink Unicorn/Tom Cruise decided that my area did nothing to them and decided to leave us alone. :)

There's New Yorkers and Jerseyits to blame, then.

Hey! I wont take that lying down!

And its Noreaster here today. We're afraid for my grandmother's house on Long Beach Island. Noreaster + full moon = really high flooding.

I love rain and thunder. I have a habit of taking long walks when it's really pouring, and the wetter I get, the happier I feel. Last summer was really hot and dry, and I hated it. Of course, even the worst storms over here are not likely to kill you, so I'm not saying that people elsewhere don't have reason to be afraid.

Hey! I wont take that lying down!

And its Noreaster here today. We're afraid for my grandmother's house on Long Beach Island. Noreaster + full moon = really high flooding.

Full moon? :confused: It was full moon two weeks ago, I saw it on the trip to Canada...

I'm sure your grandma's house is going to be fine. :fluffle: for luck. :)

What big storm?

*looks out window*

It's just overcast, cold and moist out again.

What big storm?

*looks out window*

It's just overcast, cold and moist out again.

Where do you live?

It's the same here now though. The weatherpeople fail, with their ominous predictions of thunder and lightning and hail and tornadoes and doom...

I just went through it. It wasn't really too bad, but I think that was only round one. Things are already getting really windy. But of course, where I live you can have a ten minute storm with 60 mph winds, rain so thick you can't see, huge thunder, and hail, and then ten minutes later it is sunny.

Oh, there was a lightning flash.

Where do you live?
Toronto.

I just went through it. It wasn't really too bad, but I think that was only round one. Things are already getting really windy. But of course, where I live you can have a ten minute storm with 60 mph winds, rain so thick you can't see, huge thunder, and hail, and then ten minutes later it is sunny.

Oh, there was a lightning flash.

It's been 2 hours without any rain or wind. It is looking pretty nasty though...

Toronto.

I was in Toronto last week! :eek:

I don't think the storm is affecting oyu though...

Yeah, there is this tree outside my window that is swaying. In my neighborhood, right before huge storms everthing turn quiet, cars don't come down the streets, it stops sprinkling, and all looks to be well. But you can tell by the way there are no birds, and by the swaying of that one tree that things are about to begin.

Oh. The tree stopped swaying. Every thing is still.

The clouds above don't look like rainclouds......

http://news.aol.com/topnews/articles/_a/brutal-spring-storm-soaks-east-coast/20070413205309990002

Oh god.....

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y79/Goomg/other/blahhh/noaa.jpg

Loooks like I'll be moving furniture soon..

Aren't you guys supposed to get some snow?

We had ours. It's raining pretty heavily, though.

http://news.aol.com/topnews/articles/_a/brutal-spring-storm-soaks-east-coast/20070413205309990002

Oh god.....

Feh, this is the stupidest "deadliest spring storm evar" I have ever gone through. :rolleyes:

I like watching the storm chaser videos. They always seem pretty safe from our angle, and even though the chasers know which way it's going to go, for the most part, it would still be a rush.
well, when you are filming a tornado a mile wide, whatcha have to understand is the storm isn't limited to that mile.....it's all around it, so you got wind and debris and hail and all sorts of nastiness. Even if you don't get in front of the tornado and are filming it from the back or the side you can still get hit with a baseball sized piece of hail......or a 2x4 (in my case)


But I can understand your hubby not wanting you to continue after getting bonked on the head. lol
haha, yeah, he didn't like it before that, he always said "you are going to get hurt!" and I would say "no, I'm not"

I was so wrong.....

I was putting stuff back into the van and I saw something coming towards me, I was like "what is that?" and then I woke up later in the back of the truck with people trying to shield me from the rain on the way to the emergency room, then I blacked out again.

Me either. My little weather watch OMG Storm warning thing on my pc hasn't gone off either. I did see a bit of a doppler radar showing a storm from the south heading SE. Could've hit my sister tho, on the outer banks, but they've been through much worse.
Last 3 days have been sunny in fact.:)

So, anything hapened? Everyone okay?

So, anything hapened? Everyone okay?

Well, there's snow everywhere, and our power keeps flickering.

Well, there's snow everywhere, and our power keeps flickering.

Yeah-We're having a blizzard here right now-it started 1/2 hr ago and the ground it covered.

Before that we had a solid 24 hrs of rain & sleet & high winds.

The storm knocked the power out at my hosue so I missed my 7am class.

oh how unfortunate, oh curse the gods! :D

They cancelled school!