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We have been under a winter storm alert since Friday the 13th,and as yet we have not had a drop of rain,snow, sleet or other winter precipitation. However, grocery stores had a booming trade until they ran out of milk and bread. I have worn a path from window to window looking for at least one tiny flake of snow. I will do this until the WINTER STORM ALERT is lifted. Businesses, schools and churches are closed today because of the storm that did not come. That is simply what we do in the South.


We have been under a winter storm alert since Friday the 13th,and as yet we have not had a drop of rain,snow, sleet or other winter precipitation. However, grocery stores had a boom..."
That's not what we do in the midwest. We are better equipped for winter for obvious reasons. It's snowing off and on here. There's no school today because of the President's Day holiday. It's still like a normal day. My oldest if off baking cookies with grandma so it's still just the twinkers and me.

My wonderfully irreverent father used to refer to the Queen and Prince Phillip as "The Boss Pom and Tony the Greek".

We have been under a winter storm alert since Friday the 13th,and as yet we have not had a drop of rain,snow, sleet or other winter precipitation. However, grocery stores had a boom..."
No false snow warnings here in Boston/Cambridge. Every couple of days for the past two weeks, we've had everything grind to a halt, as the snow brings down the transportation options. Got stranded for a couple of hours in the first one and am playing it cautious now.



Nice. :)

Apparently the tremor was felt all the way from the epicentre down to Brisbane. Which is over 2 hours south of me.
It struck at 2 in the morning and I slept through the tremor. I am so disappointed!!
I am usually a light sleeper. :(
People all over the place are reporting being woken at 2 in the morning to their dogs going off and then a sound like a big truck was coming...lots of shaking..and then the big truck moving off into the distance. People are saying it was really cool.
I can't believe I slept through it and missed my first ever earthquake! I may never get the chance again.
My hubby sort of missed it too. He was dreaming that someone was moving the house. By the time he woke up the tremor had moved on. He walked around the house feeling like something had happened but he didn't know what. He said our caged parrots were going off in their cages.
...and I just kept on sleeping.

People saying that when they went outside and listened to the rumbling move off into the distance they could hear the birds and animals screeching and crying out with it long into the distance.
I would have liked to experience that too.



Super fun to experience it. I guess there may never be another that strong for me to experience.


I think T.S. Eliot
had it wrong in the The Waste Land: "April is the cruelest month". I'd say more Jan. and Feb., at least this year! :)


That is quite an experience. Possibly once in a lifetime. You are lucky. :D
People around here said they felt their house had sunk 6 inches when the tremor first hit.
Like the house dropped 6 inches as it hit and then lifted again as the tremor started in full.
Did you get that sinking feeling in the coffee shop?

No, no sinking feeling, just more side to side. And a feeling of, not quite dizzy, but disoriented. It's that inner ear thing when the earth moves.

Lovely to see you again :)

We're fine. How are YOU? I would point but that's rude.



I've been seeing you on my updates and wondered when you were going to pop up in here! Glad to see you around again :)



Then I wouldn't put it past the weather to go immediately to the 90s F.! :)


Your making me laugh Bobby my friend. :D


A cyclone (aka hurricane/typhoon) is going to cross land about 3 hours north of us and come our way. So if you don't hear from me after tomorrow it is because I am tying tarps on a roof that has blown off. hehe.
.. Or, the water has damaged the landline and I have no internet. Or there is no power and so the internet won't work (router being off with power).

A cyclone (aka hurricane/typhoon) is going to cross land about 3 hours north of us and come our way. So if you don't hear from me after tomorrow it is because I am tying ta..."
Oh, those are not fun. We've been lucky the past few years and hurricanes have avoided the area where I reside but they can cause a good amount of damage, especially when tornadoes are a part of the package.
Thanks all for being here. This is the hardest thing I've ever gone through in my life so I really appreciate you all just being here.

We have the rare small twister here, but nothing like what you get in the US.
This cyclone will dump mega rain. It is fast moving too, so it will blow its worst, dump an incredible amount of rain and move off quickly.
Which is a small mercy. When they hang around too long, that's when things get real bad.

We have the rare small twister here, but nothing like what you get in the US."
Tornado Alley gets the biggies here as far as tornadoes are concerned. Depending on the hurricane, we'll get F1 and F2 down here along with it, and some water spouts on a fairy regular basis. I remember when I was at uni they closed the dorm rooms so to avoid a shelter, my friend/roomie and I decided to invade her bfs house (with his roomie). It was a category 1 so no big deal, we decided to grill up all the meat in the fridge since the power was out and the back porch was covered. Then we saw a funnel forming in the sky. We went outside and stared as a tornado formed a few streets down from their house. It didn't come our way but it was the closest I've ever been to a tornado and it was pretty scary. Thankfully it touched down for a short time, damaged a few blocks of houses, and then dissipated. Could have been much worse.
I'll keep my fingers crossed that all you guys get is a ton of rain before it moves on. Keep safe and dry.

A cyclone (aka hurricane/typhoon) is going to cross land about 3 hours north of us and come our way. So if you don't hear from me after tomorrow it is because I am tying ta..."
Stay safe Terri. Cyclone's (hurricanes) can be dangerous things. I live in an area that is hit by hurricanes quite frequently and they can do a lot of damage. Look after yourself.

We have the rare small twister here, but nothing like what you get in the US."
Tornado Alley gets the biggies here as far as ..."
I grew up in Tornado Alley (southern tip) and have been lucky in the fact that I've never been where an active tornado has touched down but I've had plenty of close calls. Apparently earthquakes are our thing now (thank you fracking!) as a close city, Irving, had 6 to 8 minor earthquakes in just under two days. They've put up a drill just down the street from me so I'm expecting a shake here or there pretty soon. Time to move the knick-knacks off the top shelves. Welcome back Alijca. It's really good to see you again *hugs*

Thanks Catherine. yes they sure can do some damage. We are used to them coming to the coastline and sometimes crossing every summer in my part of Australia. Usually they are more destructive further north of where we live. Cat 4 or 5 can and do cross the coast up there.
Luckily down here they rarely cross the coast stronger than 2 or 3. This one now is a Cat 2.

Don't get me started on fracking. grrrr. not a fan.


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