Severe Weather

[Mags 112]

It was absolutely terrifying here. Greencastle had the highest wind speeds recorded in the whole of Indiana (at time of typing). 81mph. We were sitting there watching a DVD when suddenly the house started creaking and groaning, the windows started to make cracking sounds and the noise, oh my flippin' gawds, scary. I thought the roof was lifting off. Add to that hail, torrential rain and thunderstorms too, ick.

All I could think was how the hell am I going to herd 7 cats into the basement in 2 cat carriers...

Platy has just gone to check that his Mom's place still has a roof and says the town looks bad; siding off houses, shingles strewn everywhere, store signs gone etc etc Plus the temps went from 55f to 29f in about 30 minutes and now it is sleeting and starting to snow!

American weather...I'm never going to get used to it.

Oh and a tornado was reported 12 miles north of Indy too.

sounds like typical kansas weather to me

We get bizarre weather here in Indiana too, but we've not had winds this strong for a long time (so hubby informs me). Plus the house is old, I get scared how well it will hold up.

Edited January 30, 2008 by Mags

[Kathryn41 3,205]

I've been watching that system move across the States most of the evening - it is scheduled to hit us around midnight with thunder, high winds and the temperature plummeting. Apparently there have been 50 degree drops of temperature with the cold front's arrival. The high wind forecast isn't quite as high for where we are but the temperature will fall by 40 degrees overnight - although clear skies are following the system - clear and cold.

I hope all of you in this storm's path are safe and sound.

[LuzyC 0]

I've been watching that system move across the States most of the evening - it is scheduled to hit us around midnight with thunder, high winds and the temperature plummeting. Apparently there have been 50 degree drops of temperature with the cold front's arrival. The high wind forecast isn't quite as high for where we are but the temperature will fall by 40 degrees overnight - although clear skies are following the system - clear and cold.

I hope all of you in this storm's path are safe and sound.

Same to you Kathryn - be safe and sound , stay warm and sleep good!

[Ban Hammer 13,643]

It was absolutely terrifying here. Greencastle had the highest wind speeds recorded in the whole of Indiana (at time of typing). 81mph. We were sitting there watching a DVD when suddenly the house started creaking and groaning, the windows started to make cracking sounds and the noise, oh my flippin' gawds, scary. I thought the roof was lifting off. Add to that hail, torrential rain and thunderstorms too, ick.

All I could think was how the hell am I going to herd 7 cats into the basement in 2 cat carriers...

Platy has just gone to check that his Mom's place still has a roof and says the town looks bad; siding off houses, shingles strewn everywhere, store signs gone etc etc Plus the temps went from 55f to 29f in about 30 minutes and now it is sleeting and starting to snow!

American weather...I'm never going to get used to it.

Oh and a tornado was reported 12 miles north of Indy too.

sounds like typical kansas weather to me

We get bizarre weather here in Indiana too, but we've not had winds this strong for a long time (so hubby informs me). Plus the house is old, I get scared how well it will hold up.

but you got platy to protect you

[de_sjiem 0]

I just had the extreme pleasure of driving 30 miles in this nastiness.. (had to come home from work...) There were too many times to count where i couldnt see the road at all and could barely see 3 inches in front of my windshield. I was sure I was going to end up in a ditch somewhere... I have no idea on the damage around here, but there was a pretty big tree on the road down the street from us (there was a police car sitting in front of it so no one ran into it) I'm just glad and thankful to have made it home safe. Thank you God.

[Scott & Lai 12]

I just look at the backyard and it look scary like that movie in sleepy hollow..I have to get inside quick coz it looks like a head - less man in the woods riding horse running and ready to get me..ahhhhh!!!!!

my imagination...

Don't do that, Luz, you'll drive yourself crazy

Edited January 30, 2008 by Scott & Lai

[Danyel y Miguel 0]

weather wasnt too bad here most the day mainly rainy with temp of 46....then it dropped and started to snow/hail and now its blowing HARD out there! temp dropped to 10 and it is COLD out there!

[LuzyC 0]

I just look at the backyard and it look scary like that movie in sleepy hollow..I have to get inside quick coz it looks like a head - less man in the woods riding horse running and ready to get me..ahhhhh!!!!!

my imagination...

Don't do that, Luz, you'll drive yourself crazy

[Ban Hammer 13,643]

I just look at the backyard and it look scary like that movie in sleepy hollow..I have to get inside quick coz it looks like a head - less man in the woods riding horse running and ready to get me..ahhhhh!!!!!

my imagination...

Don't do that, Luz, you'll drive yourself crazy

it's not the headless horseman anyways. it's the vj stalker

[*JG* 2]

it was 73 in alton..dropped to 23 in about an hour ..winds gusts of 53 mph..snow...

i saw the 4 riders of the Apocalypse in the park

Ha ha..............this is very funny.

73 in the a.m. 12 by the time I went to bed. I love how we went from tornado warnings and gale force winds to snow in the snap of a finger. It was all kind of scary last night.

I have lived here all my life and I swear I will never get used to the wacky midwest weather.

[tom&tata 2]

It was raining with thunder last night - it was 51F around 5 PM. At around 10.30 PM, it was snowing & windy already. This morning temp was 1F but with windchill, it felt like -20F. Schools are closed, the road were slippery 7 dangerous this morning. I am so done with winter

[Scott & Lai 12]

I just look at the backyard and it look scary like that movie in sleepy hollow..I have to get inside quick coz it looks like a head - less man in the woods riding horse running and ready to get me..ahhhhh!!!!!

my imagination...

Don't do that, Luz, you'll drive yourself crazy

it's not the headless horseman anyways. it's the vj stalker

Oooooh, even scarier

[*JG* 2]

It's so beautiful, yet cold, here today. Hard to believe the snow is going to bury us tomorrow night.

[Peikko 1,575]

China is having extreme whether, apparantly. I saw a clip of some 500,000 migrant workers stuck in one city because the trains stopped running. The crowding was terrifying.

[Mags 112]

It's so beautiful, yet cold, here today. Hard to believe the snow is going to bury us tomorrow night.

Yup, we have clear blue skies and sunshine here...but it is still only 4f. So, bloody freezing cold! We have snow on the way too. Yay for snow!