New Mother Nature (Page 1 of 8)

Already hotter than a jalapenos cootchie mid-day here.  Nights aren't bad.  But;  There has been rain intermittently...

ConMuchoBoomBoom
ElDoctordelAmor

I hear you Sniff, not much better in Southern Wisconsin either. Since getting back from the 85-90 degree sunny weather in Texas, I've had about two days it didn't rain here. It's raining now and has been very chilly. Gosh, an old man like me can't take this!

Roy

My son, who lives in Indy, was just complaining that it's been raining for a week there. I sympathized, of course, but had to tell him that Amsterdam is today ejoying its eighth (and last) consecutive day of sun and 70+ (21c+) temperatures. Holland as a whole had the warmest Easter ever, resulting in more than 1.25m foreign tourists over the long weekend.

It sure is a strange old weather world. 

Heading to northern Minnesota in a month or so...I see the ice is still holding onto the lakes up there. We cut right through Duluth on our way to Ely...always seems grey and overcast when we pass through, even in July and August!
That's easy weather compared to tornado alley! Be safe if you're in that path.

our turn again, the alarm clock this morning was a tornado siren at 5:15. Lots of tree and roof damage, many are without power. We managed to make it into work, others cannot get here. 2 deaths were reported in St. Clair county to the east. My brother and my mother have trees down on their homes. and now we wait on round 2 today and hope for no further severe damage or loss of life. MN is indeed a reeeeal beaaatch.

Tres

Just been reading about how badly Alabama has been hit and how many deaths have occurred - unbelievable - hope that you and yours have all survived safely, Tres!

I don't know what to say. We are alive by the grace of God, but the damage and lives lost are much worse than anyone could have predicted. We didn't get much of anything in Hoover to the south of Birmingham, but we thought the monster that came out of Tuscaloosa was headed this way. It stayed to the north and completely obliterated Pleasant Grove to the northwest of Bham. It's just one of those outbreaks that will probably not happen for another 30 to 40 years, if then. They sent us home from work early yesterday, son and I were excited to be able to watch the SD-ATL day game. But you know, we never got to watch even a 1/2 inning for watching the storm coverage. It's really sad but we will dig out of it just as other states that have been devastated.

Tres

in case you didn't see on the news this morning, this is why we didn't get to watch any baseball yesterday. The base of this thing makes it look more like a hurricane. you can see some transformers exploding in the distance. somehow it missed downtown Birmingham and stayed to the northwest. They are now calling this the longest lived tornado, and longest path tornado in US history, 300 miles later it finally ended somewhere in North Carolina. The death toll in Alabama is now 135+ and rising.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWSGJ-hG4RM