Holy Shit. Thunderstorms

[Zuni]

My power just went out for a minute then came back on

It is really getting nasty out there

[purr]

1. Had bad thunderstorms off and on today.. with hail too...

Didnt look too nice out there while this was going on. Sky is calm now so I can go out and enjoy the humid evening :)

[Zuni]

2. when it smells all ozony from the lightning?

and steam is creeping off the ground? I dig that too

[juajen]

3. That animal looks like a red-haired racoon

What is it? It's storming in So. Louisiana also.

[Magrittes Pipe]

5. It's a red panda.

And Zuni's a wuss.

[Zuni]

9. hey

Just because I cry and piss myself in thunderstorms is no reason to ridicule me

[OldLeftieLawyer]

16. An old former friend of mine

lost his job at the National Zoo a couple of years ago for negligently allowing exterminators to lay poison down in the red panda cage.

His quotes in the Post were whining, really wuss stuff - like, "I had a cold, and I wasn't thinking clearly that morning." Pissed me off.

So, I sent him a note via US mail on one of my really nice, expensive, personalized note cards. It read:

"Dear Ben,

Sorry to hear you lost another job, but, you know, I bet those red pandas had it coming."

He never wrote back .....................

[OldLeftieLawyer]

4. It's getting creepy here

Up on a hill in Alexandria, Virginia, and the skies are getting close. Far-away thunder getting closer.

And, of course, every friggin' electric and electronic item in this place is on at full blast.

And I'm sitting here, awaiting sure death.

[havocmom]

11. Cookies and/or wine in my basement! Come on DOWN!

You 'n me are too mean and nasty to die. ;)

[OldLeftieLawyer]

13. heh heh heh

It's sort of quiet now, passing by, I think. Damn. I was ready for a serious storm.

You're so naughty ............. :woohoo:

[pretzel4gore]

6. where are you zuni?

it's 31 celsius in toronto!....i wonder what's up in the 'sun belt' (esp the buckle, arisona)

[Zuni]

7. Annapolis, Maryland

what is 31 celsius in farenheit?

[pretzel4gore]

14. 88 degrees fahrenheit...

it just too warm for early june (and it's 37 years since we lost Robbie :( :( :( :( :( !!)
it's a wet heat, like you read about in Graham Green novels....all our toronto igloos are melting faster then bush's mandate...

[Zuni]

17. That must be way hot for Toronto

there are massive storms moving across upstate NY and parts of Pennsylvania and NJ right now

Here, it has been mild for June, except yesterday, which was a scorcher--mid 90s

[havocmom]

8. Hail warning. Possible flood warning. Tornado watch and whacko critters

here. That's the bad news. Good news is, I'm NOT in Oklahoma!

Made some cookies. Plywood ready for windows. Checked out my battery lamps. Got some wine in the basement. Got my duct tape... Guess I'm as ready as I'll ever be.

[Pithlet]

10. We're about to get some here, too.

We had one earlier that knocked over our umbrella. That sucker was anchored pretty well, too.

[Left Is Write]

12. I like a good thunderstorm now and then.

Provided no one gets hurt.

I've been thinking a lot lately - don't know why - about a big storm we had in 1980, during my sister's graduation party. It was the worst storm I'd ever seen in my life. The party was a pool party, and I remember looking out the window as the sky turned greenish and the rain was so heavy I could barely see beyond it, and catching a glimpse of a kid diving into the pool! My dad was furious, and of course he went out and made that kid come inside.

The power went out, and we had fifty teenaged guests scattered all through the house telling ghost stories and eating lots of potato chips and popcorn. I was almost fourteen and thought it was great fun, until our neighbor's 17-year-old weeping willow fell over, knocked down our fence, and landed in our pool.

[dolo amber]

15. Jesus, I pray for the sweet relief of a tornado

Anything to break up the oppressive heat at this point... :cry:

[Zuni]

18. ah feel that tornadic goodness