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1.Storms, are coming to FL.
2.listen! To the wind, hear the Thunder.
3.be thankful, you are alive.
OldGuy
samnsara
(17,635 posts)probably cuz I live in the PNW and I dont see much of either..
kozar
(2,129 posts)The Silence, bothers me.
thunder, stops, the winds, quiet, rain is done. No more hail.
.tornado
God just got off break.had His coffee,
Now He,Is Working
The Silence, bothers me.
Koz
EYESORE 9001
(25,972 posts)Im sure my listening opportunities will be multitudinous on the drive home today. I just hope the sounds dont include a hail-shattered windshield or the unmistakable freight-train sound of a tornado picking up my vehicle.
kozar
(2,129 posts)I went through, the Nashville tornado, on I65, . I woke ,in basement, with no house above me.
There, is a silence,,
Before a tornado.
I love rain hail,wind.
I'm scared of the slience.
Koz
EYESORE 9001
(25,972 posts)Granted, it was only F0-F1, but it still was pretty scary. What was visible looked for all the world like puffy white cumulus clouds, except they were swirling around at high speed. My windshield was shattered from hail a minute earlier.
The tornado continued on, passing through my back yard a minute later, according to my wife, who was unwisely looking out the window instead of hunkering down somewhere safer. It picked up our trampoline and smashed it through my neighbors fence and picked up a cast iron bird bath, which was moved to the front yard beneath an unbroken window. My neighbor diagonally across the street had a ginormous oak tree to the side of his house. A branch from that tree broke off and drove through the roof, which caused damage upstairs and downstairs.
The tornado continued a couple of blocks to a lake roughly 1/2 mile across. A homeowner across the lake was videotaping (yeah, it happened awhile ago) the tornado and captured the moment it passed through my neighborhood and the moment it started sucking up water from the lake. The weight was too great and the lower part fell into the lake - water and debris alike. The remaining part hastily retreated to attempt a rally, which no doubt came as a relief to the homeowner who saw the beastie fall apart before reaching him.
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mdmc
(29,072 posts)Say hello, to LilBits sister, who lives there.
Ty, for adding salt on another wound.
Koz
Laffy Kat
(16,386 posts)She just messaged me that they got at least SEVEN inches of rain last night.
It rained bunch here, as well.
I chose to sing,,not swim
Mother Earth, gives us choices.
She, allows us, to make our choice