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Jul 6, 2009 18:32:35 GMT -5
Post by hoosier on Jul 6, 2009 18:32:35 GMT -5
I don't know about anyone else's 4th of July but it rained here all day long! We had over an inch of rain...no heavy downpour just a light rain from about 9AM until nightfall. Needless to say, fireworks were rained out so everyone had to wait till last night. Our poor dogs nearly hyperventilated.  Hopefully, the snaps, crackles and pops are nearly done for this year! |
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Jul 21, 2009 17:53:26 GMT -5
Post by Colorado girl on Jul 21, 2009 17:53:26 GMT -5
We had a terrible thunderstorm last night around 10:15. I had just gone to bed. I saw the lightning and tried to put a pillow over my head to not see the lightning. In about 2 minutes later, the hail started pounding the windows. It sounded like millions of rocks were being thrown at the windows. I went out into the landing and Joe said we were under a tornado warning. We went down in the basement to wait it out. The sound was as loud as a freight train. My brother called us and said that he was out in the storm. He said his car was hit by lightning and totally shattered his windshield. It really freaked his fiance out. I am so glad that he was okay. I guess it was not a tornado but a microburst. It was like gale force winds. For miles on end today over a mile wide were downed power lines, huge trees uprooted, trees totally stripped of their leaves and hail by the foot. I have lived here for a long time and I only know of one other storm like this. Usually this close to the mountains, we don't have to worry about tornadoes. I guess the combination of very hot temperatures meeting up with a cold front caused it. So many people lost their gardens and flowers along with the damage to the trees.
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Jul 21, 2009 18:29:27 GMT -5
Post by hoosier on Jul 21, 2009 18:29:27 GMT -5
Boy, sure sounds like a bad one. Glad you and your family especially your brother are OK. That would have freaked me out. We had a tornado/wind shear hit here once and sounds a lot like your microburst. The tops of the pine trees were twisted off and plain disappeared. Several trees were uprooted and roofs ripped off. Even the old drive-in theater lost its screen in that one. Mother Nature has a way of getting our attention, big time!
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Jul 21, 2009 19:16:27 GMT -5
Post by Katryna on Jul 21, 2009 19:16:27 GMT -5
Wow, Lindy! I am glad you and your family survived unscathed! It must have been scarey for your brother. I also experienced something like that when we lived in Indiana....EONS ago. It happened during the middle of the night and I was home alone with my son who was then 12 or 13. BIG thunder and lightening and a sound like a freight train. When daylight came we also had a path about a mile wide and a couple miles long where trees had been uprooted, etc. They didn't say tornado, thought more like wind sheer. Whatever it was, it is something I won't forget and I am sure you won't forget your experience either!
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Jul 21, 2009 23:16:12 GMT -5
Post by bjobsessed on Jul 21, 2009 23:16:12 GMT -5
Glad everyone is ok, Lindy. I'd be scared too.
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Aug 4, 2009 18:35:05 GMT -5
Post by hoosier on Aug 4, 2009 18:35:05 GMT -5
This has certainly been another year for weather. This morning it was soooo humid it was hard to breathe. I swear it must have been 200%  Something had to break and it did. A doozy of a storm roared through. I haven't checked the rain gages yet--hopefully they are still there! The wind was furious. The roof of the 4-H building at the local fairgrounds collapsed--thankfully fair was last week or it could have been really bad--and a silo at a local pet food producer also came down. Several trees split, power lines came down and someone hydroplaned and crashed into a pole. We just has some limbs down, nothing major thank goodness. Mother Nature at her finest! |
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Oct 28, 2009 21:41:22 GMT -5
Post by Colorado girl on Oct 28, 2009 21:41:22 GMT -5
We had a snow day today and one tomorrow. It has snowed quite a bit. Usually we get a rain snow mix this time of year. I have heard from different sources that our area is supposed to get a lot of snow this winter. I hate having 9 months of winter. |
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Oct 29, 2009 18:38:12 GMT -5
Post by hoosier on Oct 29, 2009 18:38:12 GMT -5
Saw the pictures of the snow out there and thought of you! We have had lots of rain. Harvesting in our neck of the woods is three weeks behind schedule and guess what? Its raining today! We had a brief cold snap but have been having Indian Summer this past week.
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Dec 2, 2009 19:21:40 GMT -5
Post by hoosier on Dec 2, 2009 19:21:40 GMT -5
"Its beginning to look a lot like Christmas" ;D Even though its raining there is snow mixed with it. The weather guys hit it right on the nose this time! Probably only a dusting if that but its the first snow of the season.
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Dec 9, 2009 19:45:28 GMT -5
Post by hoosier on Dec 9, 2009 19:45:28 GMT -5
Wow, winter has hit with a vengeance. Last night we had rain, quite a bit, then this morning it turned to snow and the temp has been dropping steadily. We are smack dab in the middle of a huge low pressure which is funneling wind in from all directions. They said we could have gusts up to 50 mph and I think we have had some. I was trying to walk to work and felt like I was going to be knocked right off my feet! We haven't had much snow but the wind chill tonight is supposed to be zero and the high tomorrow maybe in the teens. The wind could diminish to maybe 30mph! They say this front will be moving east so hang onto your hat! |
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Dec 20, 2009 13:45:07 GMT -5
Post by mlm828 on Dec 20, 2009 13:45:07 GMT -5
Calling all East Coasties! Please check in and let us know how you're surviving the Blizzard of '09. Everyone OK? Snowbound? (Probably). Stranded? (I hope not). Cabin fever setting in yet?
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Dec 20, 2009 18:11:55 GMT -5
Post by rducasey on Dec 20, 2009 18:11:55 GMT -5
Calling all East Coasties! Please check in and let us know how you're surviving the Blizzard of '09. Everyone OK? Snowbound? (Probably). Stranded? (I hope not). Cabin fever setting in yet? Checking in from RI where we got close to twenty inches. I only left the house to shovel the walk, and dig out the cars. I have a niece coming up from FL tomorrow for the holidays and I am wondering if she will make it since flights were all cancelled today and things should be pretty backed up. No cabin fever yet. Between football, netflix and a good book (The Lost Symbol), "I'm good." Rosie on the deck last night wondering if she wants to attempt those stairs. (more like a slide). |
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Dec 20, 2009 18:19:38 GMT -5
Post by Katryna on Dec 20, 2009 18:19:38 GMT -5
Calling all East Coasties! Please check in and let us know how you're surviving the Blizzard of '09. Everyone OK? Snowbound? (Probably). Stranded? (I hope not). Cabin fever setting in yet? My area seems to have escaped the brunt of the storm and have only 6 inches of snow. So not stranded, snowbound, and no cabin fever. In fact, I rather enjoyed not leaving the house since I got home Friday! |
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Dec 20, 2009 20:08:31 GMT -5
Post by Colorado girl on Dec 20, 2009 20:08:31 GMT -5
Calling all East Coasties! Please check in and let us know how you're surviving the Blizzard of '09. Everyone OK? Snowbound? (Probably). Stranded? (I hope not). Cabin fever setting in yet? My area seems to have escaped the brunt of the storm and have only 6 inches of snow. So not stranded, snowbound, and no cabin fever. In fact, I rather enjoyed not leaving the house since I got home Friday! The storm hammered some and not others. We were so hammered with snow around Halloween and Thanksgiving. Today, we were very sunny and in the 50's. |
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Dec 21, 2009 13:26:03 GMT -5
Post by mlm828 on Dec 21, 2009 13:26:03 GMT -5
Thanks for checking in. I hope our other members on the East Coast weathered the storm as well. I will be joining you on the East Coast, but not until Wednesday. I hope things will be more or less back to normal by then. Rducasey, did your niece from Florida ever get there?
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Hopefully, the snaps, crackles and pops are nearly done for this year!
Something had to break and it did. A doozy of a storm roared through. I haven't checked the rain gages yet--hopefully they are still there! The wind was furious. The roof of the 4-H building at the local fairgrounds collapsed--thankfully fair was last week or it could have been really bad--and a silo at a local pet food producer also came down. Several trees split, power lines came down and someone hydroplaned and crashed into a pole. We just has some limbs down, nothing major thank goodness. Mother Nature at her finest!
