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Txkaykay
Member
07-27-2006
| Thursday, June 05, 2008 - 1:37 pm
95 degrees and VERY, VERY windy
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Whoami
Member
08-03-2001
| Thursday, June 05, 2008 - 1:44 pm
Been raining steadily since yesterday. I think its actually letting up finally. 57 degrees outside right now. I woke up to a pretty wild thunderstorm yesterday. Poor Bomba (whose hips/age/weight prevent him from climbing stairs anymore) was beside himself. He made it 1/3 of the way up the stairs, then just stood on the stairs and shrieked for me. So I came down and cuddled him and just was there for him till the storm passed. I guess he didn't feel safe going to Grandma's room cause her window was open, and he was giving it very worried glances when we went in there to check on her. Once I was sure he was calmed down, I just took a nap on the couch (since I didn't really get enough sleep before the storm and Bomba woke me up) for a couple of more hours. I could tell he didn't want me to leave him and go back upstairs. He was kinda glued to me for quite a while after the storm was gone.
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Goddessatlaw
Member
07-19-2002
| Sunday, June 08, 2008 - 4:07 pm
Jeez louise, have you seen the line of storms that's pounding across the plains and midwest right now? It stretches from the northwestern corner of Texas to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. And it's pretty much a solid line of red and purple. Hope everyone in the way is ready for some pretty bad weather tonight. PS we have massive flooding in the southern half of the state right now, today is the first day it hasn't rained in quite some time. It is not good news that those storms will likely get here tomorrow.
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Hukdonreality
Member
09-29-2003
| Sunday, June 08, 2008 - 5:16 pm
It just turned into night in the blink of an eye here. Lots of booming and rumbling, big flashes of lightning. The weather says "some storms may be severe." We do need the rain though!
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Sunday, June 08, 2008 - 5:22 pm
It's been very warm here today. My mom called my brother in Wisconsin because she heard there was a tornado but it wasn't by Eau Claire.
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Dahli
Member
11-27-2000
| Sunday, June 08, 2008 - 5:35 pm
Canadian prairie: red screen scroll all day warning of funnel clouds and thunderstorms.
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Holly
Member
07-22-2001
| Sunday, June 08, 2008 - 5:37 pm
We had some really bad T-cell storms and torrential rain a couple of hours ago. Now it's muggy as all get out.
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Serate
Member
08-21-2001
| Sunday, June 08, 2008 - 5:37 pm
You can have some of our rain Hukd. It's flooding here. They are saying it's almost to the point of the floods in 93, and those were bad.
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Holly
Member
07-22-2001
| Sunday, June 08, 2008 - 5:42 pm
Wow, flooding! We've been in drought conditions for so long now that the lake I live on is almost dried up. The rain today was most welcome. I really feel for all the turtles we have. Some of them are really, really old and are huge in size, and I don't know if they can survive w/o water to live in. Anyone know?
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Skootz
Member
07-23-2003
| Sunday, June 08, 2008 - 5:50 pm
This afternoon we heard thunder in a perfectly nice afternoon, then we went for a ride in the golf cart, visited some friends....weather turned into a thunder storm, no big deal...then shortly before supper (7pm) all hell broke loose, we were tag teaming with chairs, hanging baskets and anything in site that was not tied down. We had major wind and rain, but no tornados. (whew) Got home just shortly ago and gathered up patio furniture that was around the house, pool and yard as well as towels, bathing suits etc., and we were all very happy that's all that happened. Went to computer and found out we had a tornado watch..but nothing in our immediate area...someone must of been watching over us today. Hope everyone else is safe
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Wink
Member
10-06-2000
| Sunday, June 08, 2008 - 7:40 pm
Skootz I was watching A-channel news from London at 6 tonite and they showed pics of a tornado near Lucan just north of you. Glad all are safe your way.
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Spitfire
Member
07-18-2002
| Monday, June 09, 2008 - 5:44 am
We got this storm as well. While I don't believe it was a tornado, I think it may have been a micro-burst. We watched a storm pass us around 5:30 heading north and then another storm started to brew. We had the kids up for a early bath and I looked out and told DH that something wasn't right. It wasn't dark clouds, but weird looking puffy orange/grey/pink clouds that were not heading SE VERY fast. I went out and closed the garage door came back in looked out the windows and literally saw a wall of white coming for us. I yelled for DH to get the kids and get down to the basement. I grabbed #2, he grabbed a naked #1 and we bolted. It lasted about 15 - 20 seconds and it was finished. There were a couple more times over the next few hours that we headed to the basement again.
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Hukdonreality
Member
09-29-2003
| Monday, June 09, 2008 - 6:23 am
All of our dark clouds, thunder and lightning ended as quickly as it came. Darn it, no rain!
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Spitfire
Member
07-18-2002
| Monday, June 09, 2008 - 6:36 am
Sorry didn't work!
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Lumbele
Moderator
07-12-2002
| Monday, June 09, 2008 - 7:01 am
10C/50F and rain-rain-rain, ACK!!!!
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Spitfire
Member
07-18-2002
| Monday, June 09, 2008 - 11:40 am
Ok I'll try again. Like I said, we got off easy. We are not going on 21 hours of now power and 40degree weather. I imagine my fridge stuff is garbage but I'm hoping my freezer will be OK.

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Serate
Member
08-21-2001
| Monday, June 09, 2008 - 12:32 pm
I want your porch!
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Urgrace
Member
08-19-2000
| Monday, June 09, 2008 - 5:38 pm
My sister's family is scattered all over northeast Iowa where that huge wide tornado tore across the state then spawned a bunch of not-so-wide tornadoes. We have had windy days for a week, and yesterday our neighbor's tree twisted and turned until a limb, over a foot in diameter, fell. It was kind enough to fall in the open area of the yard, thankfully. No measurable rain at our house - same old story. The drought is back in full vengeance. My plants, and flowers the grandkids helped plant before Easter, suffer along with the yard. Today, again we had between 105º to 110º heat index, but the wind tamed the feel of it slightly. eta: Isn't it rare for tornadoes to hit Chicago? I remember my mother telling me about one hitting Chicago where they lived when she was just a small child, and the air and sky turned pea green.
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Hukdonreality
Member
09-29-2003
| Monday, June 09, 2008 - 5:59 pm
I just saw that tomorrow we're in for thunderstorms, some severe with high winds and large hail...what the heck is going on with everybody's weather?
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Monday, June 09, 2008 - 6:01 pm
It's hot as heck here today. It's supposed to be around 99 by Friday.
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Skootz
Member
07-23-2003
| Monday, June 09, 2008 - 6:42 pm
Humidex of 102 today, had some thunderstorms this evening, but not to the extent of last night...it is raining pretty good now..but nothing like a good warm rain on the crops
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Twiggyish
Member
08-14-2000
| Monday, June 09, 2008 - 8:11 pm
Be sure to drink lots of water with this heat. I carry water in the car, too. Also, take a cool shower or go for a swim! It drops your body temp. It's amazing how well that one works! Also, most people who live in hot places only do outside chores in the morning or early evening times. It's a lot cooler. We stay in the ac the rest of the time!!
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Skootz
Member
07-23-2003
| Tuesday, June 10, 2008 - 3:09 am
We have had rain and thunderstorms all evening, the humidity has broken and we are at 64 this morning and our highs today will only be in the 70's. Will be nice not to have the a/c blasting all day.
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Goddessatlaw
Member
07-19-2002
| Tuesday, June 10, 2008 - 3:34 am
We had such a violent storm last night that it lifted our 18' aluminum canoe (that was filled with water from the storm) off of the lake and slammed it upside-down on top of the deck to which it was tied. Craziness.
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Tuesday, June 10, 2008 - 6:42 am
Skootzy we had the same horrid weather here. Scary stuff. I got caught in it and had to make a mad dash down the block from the bus stop to our door. And got soaked through. I have a fear of getting struck by lightning, and there was so much lightning, more so than usual IMHO, so I was SO glad to get home in one piece. One of my cats was pretty shaken up though and clingy last night. I love thunderstorms - from a safe distance, but it's terrifying to be out in it!
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