Storm time in Texas

Thing · July 28, 2004, 07:57 PM

Usually I'm a big fan of storms and lightning but this time I'm pissed. A storm came crashing through my backyard and launched my ~~lightning attractor~~ gazebo onto my roof and fucked up my dish! Sonofabitch!

Falcon[anti-yL] · July 28, 2004, 08:30 PM

It was that bad? Where do you live?

hismajesty · July 28, 2004, 08:31 PM

I'm not sure what to say, so..."owned."

By the way, don't feel bad. It's been storming here every day for the past 6 days, and the 10 day forcast on weather.com has rain everyday too. So, at least ~16 days of rain..

Falcon[anti-yL] · July 28, 2004, 08:55 PM

I live near Houston and the storm wasn't that bad $:-\$

Thing · July 28, 2004, 09:20 PM

This is a current radar image. The storm has almost stopped compared to how it was earlier. My biggest regret is that I couldn't have been under the gazebo when it blew away. I just arrived home, looked through my back door and saw it launch.

Zorm · July 29, 2004, 05:06 AM

Looks like a wussy storm to me. Of course those storms came through New Mexico over the weekend, managed to kill our power for ~3 hours

Then again thats not saying much because our power tends to get scared and die if there is even a single cloud in the sky.

DarkMinion · July 29, 2004, 03:52 PM

Yeah Thing, we had some pretty bad storms here in the Midland/Odessa area the last week or so.

Hazard · July 29, 2004, 04:01 PM

You don't know violent storms until you visit either: the polar region seas or the tropics.

Grok · July 29, 2004, 05:12 PM

Quote from: Hazard on July 29, 2004, 04:01 PM
You don't know violent storms until you visit either: the polar region seas or the tropics.

Despite all the hurricanes I lived through, all the storms, growing up in Florida, they were all nothing compared to the storms out on the open Atlantic ocean. The waves would be higher than the aircraft carrier, crashing down on top of the planes while we watched by camera from below decks.

Of course, after we hit port, it was quite a chore scrubbing all that salt water residue off the planes and their electronics. Especially the wire bundles.

Hazard · July 29, 2004, 06:14 PM

Two words: Gulf Stream.

shout · July 29, 2004, 07:09 PM

A tornado took out my friends house in rural Dane County, WI.. And my laptop that I let him borrow!

j0k3r · July 29, 2004, 07:18 PM

Quote from: shout on July 29, 2004, 07:09 PM
And my laptop that I let him borrow!

Or so he would have you think.

Newby · July 29, 2004, 07:28 PM

Out here in California, it's beautiful weather 24/7.

.. it gets old fast.

SNiFFeR · July 29, 2004, 11:23 PM

Quote from: DarkMinion on July 29, 2004, 03:52 PM
Yeah Thing, we had some pretty bad storms here in the Midland/Odessa area the last week or so.

yeah, although my power went out for the first time today since we've been storming, go me!!

(I live in Pinellas County.)

Skywing · August 11, 2004, 09:30 PM

Pah. Minor storms!

I had a hurricane go through where I was staying on vacation.

Storm time in Texas

hismajesty

shout