Tornados and Funnel Clouds Last Night

[Janet]

We really are a lot alike Tink. When my husband and I were first married, there was a mobile home on this property. We lived in it two years before moving it to the side of the yard and building our home. Anyway, I remember one winter we had a terrible blizzard. I got up in the middle of the night to to to the restroom and was walking in snow....LOL The snow that had fallen was so fine and the wind just blew it in and down our hallway.

Another time during the spring/summer we were having bad storms and I stood in the kitchen area and watched the walls move in and out. Talk about feeling like I should have already left, but oh well. It was pretty awesome but scary at the same time.

[Marilyn]

Maybe I'm not so terrible after all??? I have to admit that I look forward to hurricanes. I would never want anyone to die, and I was really upset when we had to batton down the hatches and evacuate a couple of years ago. I was so afraid of losing our stuff, but actually like the excitement of a storm.

If the storms could stay small, just large enough to cause excitement and have us close our office so we get some time off, and not large enough to cause real damage or loss of life. I sure don't look forward to evacuating again. I was so upset and worried that if a Cat 4 or 5 came through that we would loose our pictures and things. I packed them up in water resistant containers, but could not take everything with us. Next time I've said I will reserve a small U-Haul trailer when the storm is in the gulf just in case. Last time all the trailers were rented, so we took our cars and as much as we could and us and dogs headed west.

[Tiramisu]

We have our first Hurricane already - a day before the season starts. It went in over the Yucatan.

I keep a Storm List in my purse - organize the kids on who's going where, pickup outside loose objects, fill bathtubs with water, put pictures/papers in back of Tahoe, etc. If you look at the evacuation map for Texas, we're barely outside it on the East side of Houston. I hurricane shop all year, rotating stuff out to the kids just before it expires. We lived in Alvin when Alicia came through in 1983. We evacuated to LA when Rita came through in 2005 and ended up right in the middle of the storm when it turned that way and came home a week later to find that we had no electricity and lost 3 freezers full of food (mostly elk, venison, and pork). But, it will still be a struggle to decide if we stay or evacuate the next one. I DON'T LIKE HURRICANES!

[Janet]

Originally Posted by Marilyn

Maybe I'm not so terrible after all??? I have to admit that I look forward to hurricanes. I would never want anyone to die, and I was really upset when we had to batton down the hatches and evacuate a couple of years ago. I was so afraid of losing our stuff, but actually like the excitement of a storm.

If the storms could stay small, just large enough to cause excitement and have us close our office so we get some time off, and not large enough to cause real damage or loss of life. I sure don't look forward to evacuating again. I was so upset and worried that if a Cat 4 or 5 came through that we would loose our pictures and things. I packed them up in water resistant containers, but could not take everything with us. Next time I've said I will reserve a small U-Haul trailer when the storm is in the gulf just in case. Last time all the trailers were rented, so we took our cars and as much as we could and us and dogs headed west.

Marilyn, pictures we took many many years ago, we would take the negatives and put them in our safe deposit box at the bank so we'd hopefully be able to make copies if we should ever need to. Now with digital cameras and instant pictures it's harder. I suppose I should make sure I put everything on a CD and put in the box. Pictures mean the most to me, I can look at one picture and all the memories coming flooding back.

Anyway...I got off a bit, but I too love storms, but don't want alot of damage or anyone to get hurt. But the rush is so exciting.

[Tiramisu]

I had something pointed out recently about having CDs in a firebox. They can melt, so I need to offload the pictures and then put them on the memory sticks that I carry in my purse.

Have you heard of this happening?