tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17536279.post7094013100404654014..comments2024-03-08T00:23:07.688-08:00Comments on HICK CHIC: Well, the house didn't get blown down this weekend.Heidi the Hickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00639479864903922047noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17536279.post-2737672378487800422011-08-23T12:54:00.778-07:002011-08-23T12:54:00.778-07:00Ok guys, I googled "will tornados really blow...Ok guys, I googled "will tornados really blow your windows out?" and every one of them says opening your windows doesn't really help and you shouldn't waste time doing that and get thee to the shelter. Try it. It's old advice and not really true.juleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16351247097680979735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17536279.post-22219468174904143732011-08-23T03:28:44.822-07:002011-08-23T03:28:44.822-07:00know what you're talking about. Seeing a dark ...know what you're talking about. Seeing a dark brooding sky approaching on the weather side, the air hot and humid loaded with repressed energy, the sky a restless swirl of clouds, and a few hanging tails that look ready to drop to the ground. I look for rotation in the sky, or the very least, contrary winds above and below heading in opposite directions. And a sudden drop of temperature as cooler upper air spills down to the ground. And backlit by an sickly iridescent green. In my memory it happened ONCE in my neighborhood on a large scale. There may be hail, too, the harbinger of the approaching storm front. At the very least, I get nervous and turn on the lights, and head for the basement if the power cuts out, confirming that the grid had been cut by SOMETHING near me...<br /><br />Then I tell myself, "Cut it out," imagine multiple twisters on the horizon, as is more likely in Tornado Alley. I don't know how they deal with the "Finger of God" tracing a line across their territory. More properly should be called the "Finger of the Devil," spreading arbitrary hurt and destruction. <br /><br />Still, I watch the sky to the west, and worry. I, too, open doors and windows so that the house doesn't blow up when the low pressure passes over.Paul Teehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17649547928178162423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17536279.post-46354703919568478832011-08-22T13:39:39.159-07:002011-08-22T13:39:39.159-07:00Drove through there the other day before it had st...Drove through there the other day before it had stormed. Sad to see so many old buildings there got destroyed. I guess history can be undone when your in CANsas. We have got a few bad ones here Southern Ontario way in the past few years. Not that our tornadoes can be called bad here because no one usually dies just roofs get torn off.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14523660446608394720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17536279.post-57117962686572783652011-08-22T12:57:32.946-07:002011-08-22T12:57:32.946-07:00Yay indeed! Glad all are safe.Yay indeed! Glad all are safe.juleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16351247097680979735noreply@blogger.com