DO NOT BECOME ADDICTED TO WATER!
First Boston steal all our snow, then Texas steals all our rain. Who wants our forest fires?
Well, I just cleared out an interior closet as a tornado shelter. We're too high up for flooding, but there were spots of tornado / high wind damage in various spots around us last night. (Smearcase: Like at Central Market.) Now we're on tornado warning again and I'm trying to distinguish between really loud thunder and the sound of a freight train. I am never moving to Oklahoma, I tell you what.
All of the churches, activity centers, etc are housing people who are flooded. Red Cross is here. Another curfew for tonight. It's all very intense.
But you're not evacuated and not likely to be? How are the kids holding up? Are the daycares/schools far enough away to be undamaged?
Kids are totally chill, it's all very interesting and fun for them, although the cabin fever is driving me nuts. Daycares are all planning on opening and accepting donations and implying that daycare teachers and families have already come forward needing help.
Good luck. Be sure to keep the breakfast tacos handy, in case of an emergency.
then Texas steals all our rain
You guys not getting hit by the storms like we have? We're way above average rainfall for May.
There's an air raid siren going off.
11 Nope. It's going to rain a bit this week, and I think we're still going to finish the month with 25% of average. April was just a little more than 1/3 average.
Bozeman, in contrast, ran 10% ahead of average in April, and is running more than that ahead of the pace this month. So, your Yellowstone trip will be lush, but smoky from our fires.
Over here in Arkansas, we've got flooding, hail, and tornado warnings tonight too.
Our house is on high ground, so we're all right. Down by the river, which is the poor/ish area of town, that's where the floods are happening. That's where many of my students live, too.
We could document climate change by tracking the increasing number of blog posts and comments about extreme weather. I bet it's a big increase from the 80s and 90s!
21 I might throw your sample off. It's been relatively cool today at 104. Last week most days were over 110. Can't wait for July when it will get to be over 120.
How is it possible that my prepaid mobile has run out of minutes for calls/text but I can still post to the blog*?
Also, I'm stranded. Send help. Or a car.
*And I'm not on WiFi either.
Be careful. They have debtor's prison there.
You might not be out of data or (more likely) they're not going to cut off your data, but you will get a huge data roaming bill.
I don't think you can get a post-bill for prepaid service, that's sort of the point of it.
26: but what if they can fold space?
27: I was just watching Event Horizon last night. If that movie is anything to go by, folding space is a bad idea.
It's got to be easier than folding fitted sheets.
I feel very guilty that I'm not volunteering right now with clean up efforts, but I have flimsy reasons why I can't. They're literally asking people to drive back and forth with towels and wash them in your own washing machines and that sort of thing. (Which I'd be happy to do, but I don't know that I'd get assigned that kind of task, and I've got some commitments to help friends who got flooded, so I ... okay stop rambling.)
Also, can't post at the moment, should be able to get something up later on today.
I think having four small children at home is a perfectly good reason.
Well, none of them are at home at the moment.
But you're supposed to pull it back, but not too far, and then the rinsing?
I'm not saying it's intractable, but it's sort of like trying to teach someone how to cook when you don't know how to do it yourself. Virtually every adult knows what's involved in frying an egg, but unless you've done it yourself, who knows whether you're communicating the key information?
Barry, I forget where exactly you are, but I have a friend teaching in Al Khobar. Email at the pseud if you want contact info.
37 Not there but not too far away. Email sent.
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NMM* to Mary Ellen Mark
* who was indeed pretty hot, judging by the portrait on her home page.
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Ugh, this week feels so surreal. The red cross is here, all these businesses are setting up volunteer stations and so on.
As long as it's the Red Cross, you're probably fine. If the UN sends troops, then you should leave.
What if Obama tries to invade us again?
How did the Texas Guard stop it the first time?
We held up signs that said "No Gestapo In Bastrop-o," don't you remember?
Have Texans considered that they might be the baddies?
45. But they have such great uniforms!