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cowboymarine

Major Storm

Jun 03, 2010 02:07

A major thunderstorm ripped through our area tonight. Massive amounts of lighting, hail, high winds and tons of rain. It was totally awesome to watch. Looking out in the areas near my bedroom I can see boxes and junk strewn about as if a tornado struck (no reports of one). Tomorrow will be interesting to see what the heck happened. Lights went ( Read more... )

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usmc75 June 3 2010, 08:36:46 UTC

It tore a tree out of the front yard, that was insane! Glad you're ok bro.

cowboymarine June 3 2010, 12:14:53 UTC

Yeah. The carnage is all over. We are ok. Glad you are ok too.

hyper vigilant mode brokn2pieces June 3 2010, 11:58:33 UTC

I was on the subway in Boston yesterday and the train stopped for a brief second underground and I thought to myself, "What would Andre do?" But then it started again. What would you have done if a subway train broke down underground and it was half full of people????

Re: hyper vigilant mode cowboymarine June 3 2010, 12:13:15 UTC

It would depend on how long it was stuck for... in some cases I would be sizing up who might be for dinner.

Re: hyper vigilant mode brokn2pieces June 3 2010, 12:20:37 UTC

i did think who i might be able to blow. i guess dinner would be after that. :(

Re: hyper vigilant mode cowboymarine June 3 2010, 12:30:38 UTC

Haha... figures. I could say all kinda of sick stuff... but I will be nice.

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2c_tom June 3 2010, 13:11:03 UTC

The high winds are the worst. There are about 20 giant pine trees in my yard, each about 100-ft tall. The root balls are very small in relation to the trees' height and heft (sort of like palm trees in that regard.) Every year several people around here are squashed by pine trees when they land on houses and/or cars. Glad that you came through okay, and that the diesels fired as required. Your uncle must've been pleased with that.

cowboymarine June 3 2010, 22:04:25 UTC

Yeah. We took a ride around today and there were limbs and trees down everywhere. Rained all day, so now the ground is turning to mush. Mud everywhere. yay.

2c_tom June 3 2010, 23:21:06 UTC

Watch out for high winds if you have any trees really close to the house... in the soft soil they tend to go horizontal.

charliebearnj June 3 2010, 16:01:15 UTC

wow!
Lots of thunder in New Orleans these days... but very little rain.

cowboymarine June 3 2010, 22:10:15 UTC

Yeah? I though that thunder was just the big mouths of BP etc. They just killed the Gulf of Mexico.

charliebearnj June 4 2010, 01:57:43 UTC

It is amazing that, it seems, someone put "loss of Gulf of Mexico" as a known risk in a spreadsheet. To be factored in with other profits and losses. It's rather like putting a factored cost on your children's lives.

Sinful.

cowboymarine June 4 2010, 15:20:06 UTC

Truly sinful. I prefer they killed it though. Loosing something seems it wandered away... they were more deliberate in their stupidity.

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kentuckywolfboy June 3 2010, 23:42:06 UTC

I'd have had to go out in the storm. Not only do I not have sense enough to come in from the rain, I'm stupid enough to run out into a storm.

cowboymarine June 4 2010, 15:17:06 UTC

I do like soft rain during the day, where it is warm. If there is lighting, I will watch from a safe place... my luck is it would strike me for sure.