how 'bout that weather?

[low_delta]

Did I mention the wind was about 40mph and steady yesterday? That's what it seemed like anyway. I was standing in my kitchen and the door to the sunporch opened a little bit by itself. I thought that was odd since all my storm windows were shut. This morning I realized that my back door had blown open. The forecast say diminishing winds tonight - reducing to 10 to 20 mph.

5 or 6 thousand people without power in Milwaukee. Many more across Michigan, Ohio and Tennessee. Winter storm hit North Dakota. Several people dead. Hopefully that one will pass north of here.

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[cynnerth.livejournal.com]

Did I mention that my stormy sister blew back into town yesterday?

[sunshine-two.livejournal.com]

We had high winds here earlier in the week. I work on the 36th flower of an office tower, and the winds were really battering the building. It was quite eerie... but neat :)

[msfledermaus.livejournal.com]

There hasn't been much snow here, but the winds are incredibly vicious...My coat blew open and I could almost feel a bit of *lift*..I felt like I nearly ended up airborne!!!

eek!!!

Happily I live in a little brick building..no Big Bad Storms gonna blow this little piggy's house down...

[vlinker.livejournal.com]

it's amazing to me.........that people die in winter storms.....i can't fathom it.......i understand deaths due to auto crashes, or a light pole falling on a person........but i don't understand freezing to death......a smidgen of common sense, and that will never happen

[cynnerth.livejournal.com]

I know that back in the pioneer days, people died in blizzards just a few feet from the edge of their house or barn. They couldn't see it while stumbling around blinded, and gave up.

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[vlinker.livejournal.com]

i wonder if alcohol was involved......

[low-delta.livejournal.com]

Maybe they were crashes. ??

Even stranded in a car, you can live for a couple of days.

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[vlinker.livejournal.com]

provided, people have a little forethought........you know, the 6 p's.....

oh

[vlinker.livejournal.com]

did i mention, that the man who owns the company i work for, moved from minnesota to alaska after WWII because the weather is nicer in anchorage......something to do with no steady wind all winter.......LOL

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[low-delta.livejournal.com]

My great uncle Ray used to live in Alaska. He said that there was so little wind up there, that you'd see four feet of snow on top of fence posts.

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[vlinker.livejournal.com]

your uncle ray used to have some large ø fenceposts