tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3321084510373631678.post1145923190953468518..comments2024-03-27T12:02:15.675-05:00Comments on PRACTICAL PARSIMONY: What I Do During a Tornado WarningLindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14991571309786149363noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3321084510373631678.post-38468927694844517112017-05-02T00:08:11.641-05:002017-05-02T00:08:11.641-05:00It seems you have a bit of everything. Ash and emb...It seems you have a bit of everything. Ash and embers would terrify me, more than tornadoes. <br /><br />My chicken is on her own. She is in a chain link fence that probably would not blow away. I have a cage if I ever had to just desert this place. My car sits under two trees. I can move it to the road, but there are trees everywhere!<br /><br />Getting soaked was certainly not much with what some people experienced.Lindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14991571309786149363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3321084510373631678.post-837549706132508232017-05-02T00:03:22.630-05:002017-05-02T00:03:22.630-05:00tana50,
Earthquakes would be my weather hell. I th...tana50,<br />Earthquakes would be my weather hell. I thoroughly respect tornadoes, but I am not one to freak out and take cover for six hours in a shelter. Some people do. I do keep a weather station on and have another that is just radar.Lindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14991571309786149363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3321084510373631678.post-50546160087350822192017-05-02T00:00:24.410-05:002017-05-02T00:00:24.410-05:00Nan,
I thought all states had sirens for warnings ...Nan,<br />I thought all states had sirens for warnings of different things. Lots of people go outside to watch for tornadoes. We have no horizons like Kansas. There are just so many trees around, even in small towns like mine. I would be fearful in a trailer because those things don't just blow down, they blow away and roll around. Lindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14991571309786149363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3321084510373631678.post-39453055071608473892017-05-01T18:11:47.915-05:002017-05-01T18:11:47.915-05:00There have been a couple of mini tornadoes here in...There have been a couple of mini tornadoes here in Sydney, tornadoes are not normal for us and nobody is prepared so there has been a lot of damage done but because they were "mini" tornadoes they only affected small areas.<br />Parts of the city sometimes have bushfires and some areas flood and hail storms can do a lot of damage too but I have never once been affected by any of them. It was a little bit eerie when ash and part burned eaves blew across here a few years ago but that's the closest we have got to any kind of weather disaster.<br /><br />I do take precautions with the animals and the cars when we have extremes of weather but it's probably not necessary<br /><br />I'm glad you escaped the worst kyliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08964475783207438103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3321084510373631678.post-13303718178865979672017-05-01T11:07:15.242-05:002017-05-01T11:07:15.242-05:00Here it is for the entire county. Citizens have r...Here it is for the entire county. Citizens have requested it be spot specific but it isn't, The bad thing is that people are like I am and just go on about their business unless it is headed right for themAnne in the kitchenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01533249631969001657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3321084510373631678.post-19768495424947084272017-05-01T11:01:28.040-05:002017-05-01T11:01:28.040-05:00That is so scary! Glad I live in the PNW where th...That is so scary! Glad I live in the PNW where there are no tornados. All we have is the Big One (at least a 8 or 9 earthquake) due any day, plus regular earthquakes, volcanos and tsunamis. Also so much rain this winter-land and mud slides. I guess we all have our own weather hell. I am glad you keep up with the warnings when a tornado could hit. We all need to be prepared.<br />tana50https://www.blogger.com/profile/04610911774620693819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3321084510373631678.post-1518278209763923842017-05-01T05:46:47.026-05:002017-05-01T05:46:47.026-05:00I can pick up my county's police scanner on my...I can pick up my county's police scanner on my computer. When the weather turns bad, there are weather spotters out who report on what is happening and where. I keep small carry bag that holds important papers, a change of clothes, three days worth of meds and the medical supplies I use daily, snack foods, a couple bottles of water and some cash. If anything life threatening is headed toward me, I can grab the bag and make my way to the basement. I put the bag together after there was a fire in my building and I found myself out on the street with nothing but the clothes on my back. When it comes to tornadoes, I have seen enough of the destruction they can cause. I don't fool around. Stuff can be replaced, but my life can't.Vickihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09409645438732452330noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3321084510373631678.post-79390923843926632252017-05-01T03:43:23.417-05:002017-05-01T03:43:23.417-05:00We have no sirens so unless someone calls me it wo...We have no sirens so unless someone calls me it would be unlikely I'd even know!!! I gave up cable TV and just stream with Roku. Back in Iowa when I was a girl, Mom would herd us to the basement and then she would go outside and look around! YES! My cousin lived in a trailer and was scared to death of storms. She couldn't wait until she could afford a house.NANhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01809533152358579455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3321084510373631678.post-56965424516190649452017-05-01T01:44:45.600-05:002017-05-01T01:44:45.600-05:00Anne,
According to the things I hear, the sirens a...Anne,<br />According to the things I hear, the sirens are only supposed to go off in area with the problem, not for our entire county. So, I was confused today with three different messages. I suppose I will go back to doing like you do--not pay much attention to sirens. However, if I hear one is approaching Arley, I know to watch carefully. Lindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14991571309786149363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3321084510373631678.post-62467807775141614602017-05-01T00:11:18.873-05:002017-05-01T00:11:18.873-05:00I rarely pay attention to the sirens because they ...I rarely pay attention to the sirens because they just mean a tornado has been sighted in Jefferson county and it is a large county. Most often they are southwest of me traveling northeast, so they miss my area all together. Anne in the kitchenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01533249631969001657noreply@blogger.com