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I'm Sick of Severe Weather Already!

In summary, the conversation discusses the weather in the Midwest area. There is a tornado watch in effect until 10pm tonight.
lacychef
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Geez, living in "tornado alley" is always exciting during the summer...I like a good thunderstorm, but hate tornado warnings. We have had 4 straight days of tornado warnings around here; & today & tomorrow are supposed to be the same. Luckily, no really bad ones around here, some minor damage done Thurs & Fri nights, and just small twisters the past couple nights. OK has had some bad ones though...I guess we all have some sort of crazy weather phenom wherever we live...I'm just glad this house has a finished basement; so if we have to go down there it's not so bad!
 
I know what you mean! And have you noticed that poor Greensburg has been right in the paths of all of them the last few days. Enough is Enough! We were at the small lake near here where we have a lease last night and got run out by the bad weather. Pretty soon the creek will rise from overflow up north and then we'll have flooding to worry about. I know our neighborhood farmers are biting their nails everytime it hails........they lost so much wheat last year. Keeping my fingers crossed for them!
 
Believe me, we Okie's are sick and tired of it too....

Enough already.
 
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I know Christy---poor Greensburg! They were in the path again today...
 
Same here! It was a pretty crappy weekend. Last night we had to go to my inlaws because the winds were strong enough that they shook our trailer. We also almost lost part of our skirting due to the winds but luckily it all blew underneath. My inlaws ended up with their neighbor from across the street's trampoline in their back yard! Luckily it didn't hit their house.
 
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Where do you live wadesgirl?
Maybe today wont' be so bad here; we've changed from 80's-90's to a high of 66 today! That sounds lovely:)
 
But it's still cloudy and overcast...I'm having my 2nd graders over for a BBQ tonight. I hope the weather clears up or they'll all be in my house all evening YIKES!
 
lacychef said:
Where do you live wadesgirl?
Maybe today wont' be so bad here; we've changed from 80's-90's to a high of 66 today! That sounds lovely:)
Midwest area. It's still raining here today!
 
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straitfan said:
But it's still cloudy and overcast...I'm having my 2nd graders over for a BBQ tonight. I hope the weather clears up or they'll all be in my house all evening YIKES!
Oh man! How many do you have? That could get crazy....you are a brave woman!
 
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wadesgirl said:
Midwest area. It's still raining here today!
Well, that's pretty general, LOL!
No rain here yet anyway, but it's chilly. We have our jeans back out.
 
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lacychef said:
Well, that's pretty general, LOL!
No rain here yet anyway, but it's chilly. We have our jeans back out.
I know, I can PM you if you really want to know where I live. I wore shorts today but could have done fine with jeans. It's supposed to rain pretty much all weekend!
 
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That's okay; I was just giving you a hard time!
 
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lacychef said:
That's okay; I was just giving you a hard time!
I know!:balloon: Because as soon as I PM you, you'll probably post it! JK!
 
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Oh yes:p
Yeah! Finally last night, no severe weather around here:D
 
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lacychef said:
Oh yes:p
Yeah! Finally last night, no severe weather around here:D
Glad to hear that! It rained most of the day yesterday. Today is cloudy but no rain yet.
 

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