Weather

[Lady Kett]

How is everyone fairing this evening with our crazy weather?

We've had our sirens go off, but now they are silent.
We're right under the "black" color on the radar. I've never seen black.
So far just rain and the path is clear to the interior closet. Though the cat is hiding God-knows where.
So far just hard rain, no hail, but I'm sure we're going to get nailed here shortly.

And yes, I'm checking R/F before we lose power and have to dive into the closet! Hey it's laptop!

[LadyStitch]

I've got the lap top, and then I have all the supplies in the best protection we have.  I don't know what more we can do that keep an ear out for warnings, and pray for those who are in the middle of it all.

[Bonny Pearl]

Oh Gosh!  Everyone please keep safe!!

[Al-Nimer]

Nothing but a spattering of rain at our house in S. Arlington.  According to the radar, we were just on the edge several times...not that I'm complaining 

Just watched on Fox4...as the sirens went off, they were evacuating baseball fans from the seats to down below to the locker rooms 

[eloquentXI]

There were a couple of minor touchdowns here in Denton and I know at least one confirmed one outside of Weatherford. There is scattered damage everywhere, with lots and lots of hail everywhere from west Fort Worth to the worst of it which is in Dallas currently. We've been lucky but a lot of faire folks in Dallas are not out of it just yet...

[Lady Kett]

Well Round 1 and Round 2 passed without much fuss here. Just lots of rain and some pea-sized hail. Considering that black-spot-on-the-radar meant massive hail, I think we were quite lucky.

Looks like there's 1 mores storm system passing through that may go over us. Kitty finally came out from wherever he was hiding too.

Hope everyone is safe and well!

[Rani Zemirah]

Sounds like everyone made it through ok, thank the gods!!! 

[Lady Amy of York]

Prayers and well wishes  go out to everyone  in the path of  all the storms these next few days. What crazy weather !

[Merlin the Elder]

I had expected for us to have another bad storm here sometime around 2 or 3am, but the storm split apart just at it approached central Arkansas and completely missed us. North part of the state didn't fair so well, and Oklahoma City metro area (broadly speaking) had some really nasty stuff.

This has really been one weird year so far weather-wise.

[DonaCatalina]

Our sirens went off, but the worst of the storm passed just south of us. A tornado did touch down in a couple of spots quite a distance to the west, in Watauga.

[LadyStitch]

The PP  laughed a little that when they mentioned that there was a tornado in Richardson that I got a little worried.   Sorry too many years with tornado's just missing me to take too many chances.  They have been known to change direction, and I just want to be safe. 
The worst we got was a short power outage, but nothing serious.

The one 'person' I never mess with is Mother Nature. She will trump anything you do, so don't hack her off. 

[Rani Zemirah]

We had several tornadoes on the ground yesterday evening, and one within 10 miles that killed at least 4 people, so I don't think you're silly to worry, Stitch!  We lost power for about 40 minutes, and were just about on our way to the school for shelter when the sky started to lighten and I could see it had already moved to the north of us.  Any time you feel like you might be in danger, you just get yourself and the renlet to safety, and never mind what anyone else says!  

Besides, expectant mamas are protective, and that's just part of their job... 

[Al-Nimer]

We had several tornadoes on the ground yesterday evening, and one within 10 miles that killed at least 4 people, so I don't think you're silly to worry, Stitch!  We lost power for about 40 minutes, and were just about on our way to the school for shelter when the sky started to lighten and I could see it had already moved to the north of us.  Any time you feel like you might be in danger, you just get yourself and the renlet to safety, and never mind what anyone else says!  

Besides, expectant mamas are protective, and that's just part of their job... 

I second that!

At least one of the fatalities of the El Reno tornado was from my home town, visiting her boyfriend there...I believe she was a former classmate's niece 

[Lady Kett]

I'm glad everyone seems to have been safe and sound during the nasty weather. And as nasty as it was, I've found very few people (friends and coworkers) in the area that had any significant issues, so that's just awesome (in a good way!). In addition to not messing with Mother Nature (besides fussing on my laptop while the sirens go off), I also do not mess with the IRS, but that's an entirely DIFFERENT sort of topic!

[Merlin the Elder]

Really sorry to hear that one of your friends lost someone in the storms, Al-Nimer. It certainly does appear that we've really pissed off Mother Nature. I understand that they are expecting a more active hurricane season this year as well. That may be the only way Texas is going to get its badly needed rain, but hopefully it's not like it was just a few short years ago.