I'm a prisoner in my own home - Democratic Underground

Haole Girl

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Mon Jun-25-07 02:51 PM
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I'm a prisoner in my own home

I had plans to go places, and do things, on my day off today...

but, would you go out in weather like this, if you didn't have to?

*sigh*

note: this map I'm posting might change. It currently shows
as many colors as a kindergarten finger painting!

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LeftyFingerPop

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Mon Jun-25-07 02:53 PM
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1. Stay away from the red ones! n/t

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Haole Girl

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Mon Jun-25-07 02:56 PM
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3. Yes

I do that! ;-)

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Debi

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Mon Jun-25-07 02:54 PM
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2. That's what I faced last Thursday!

Home for the day w/my son. We were going to run errands but we had torrential rain/golf ball sized hail/high winds/two tornadoes w/in 10 miles of our house. The funny thing??? My husband was out golfing in that crap (they waited in the shelters for the rain/hail to pass and had no idea about the tornadoes). :eyes:

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Haole Girl

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Mon Jun-25-07 02:57 PM
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4. Golfing and lightning do not mix...

Edited on Mon Jun-25-07 02:57 PM by KC2

Didn't he ever see the movie Caddyshack?! lol!

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Debi

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Mon Jun-25-07 03:00 PM
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5. Oh, they took cover anytime they saw lightning/rain/hail

But we don't have tornado sirens outside the city limits so they knew nothing of it until after their round. (While my son and I spent the afternoon in the basement!)

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Haole Girl

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Mon Jun-25-07 03:05 PM
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6. Wow

Glad everyone survived that! :hi:

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Debi

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Mon Jun-25-07 03:29 PM
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16. AND he shot an 88 (which I guess is not so bad????) n/t

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Haole Girl

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Mon Jun-25-07 03:30 PM
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17. Well, from the little I know about golf...

..that's good! :-)

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Debi

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Mon Jun-25-07 03:31 PM
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18. Stay safe!

:hi:

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Haole Girl

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Mon Jun-25-07 03:32 PM
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19. I'm torn...

As you see by the ever changing map...there is a clearing...hmm..

It's killing me to stay inside...I'm telling you.

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Nickster

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Mon Jun-25-07 03:08 PM
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7. Awww, they're just tiny red spots. They'd not hurt a soul. If you don't

antagonize them,you'll have nothing to worry about. :-)

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Haole Girl

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Mon Jun-25-07 03:09 PM
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8. Well, I think I just heard hail a second ago...

...so, I'm stuck indoors. It sucks...really. :(

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Nickster

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Mon Jun-25-07 03:12 PM
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9. Well, it doesn't look like they'd last for long. If you're out on the road, just hit the gas

when you see one. You'll be back in the sunshine before you know it.

Just so you know, it's making me feel better taunting you right now! :-) Sorry, but it's the truth.

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Haole Girl

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Mon Jun-25-07 03:13 PM
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10. Ha-ha!

I'm glad I'm making someone feel better.

If you live in California, though, you better stop...

otherwise, I might start crying! j/k (sort of) ;-)

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Nickster

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Mon Jun-25-07 03:16 PM
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11. Nope, Illinois boy here. It's just going to rain on Wednesday here when I planned to put

in a freaking fence. Tuesday...fine, Thursday.....fine. Wednesday? RAIN BABY!

This week sucks so far.

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Haole Girl

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Mon Jun-25-07 03:17 PM
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Well, we are in agreement there

I wonder if it's going to rain right up until the autumn in N. Texas, and we'll never have a summer?

:scared:

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TommyO

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Mon Jun-25-07 03:17 PM
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12. It sucks, but not as much as being stuck on the road during a hailstorm

It happened to me two weekends ago, I was lucky - I was able to pull off into a convenience store's parking lot, but other's weren't so lucky. Just a few miles away, it was sunny with absolutely no evidence of the very scary storm.

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Haole Girl

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Mon Jun-25-07 03:18 PM
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13. Yeah, I've gotten caught in my share

Edited on Mon Jun-25-07 03:18 PM by KC2

And, had the auto-body repair bills to prove it.

That's why I know the responsible thing to do
is to stay indoors...with my car in the garage.

*sigh*

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TommyO

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Mon Jun-25-07 04:07 PM
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20. I was lucky the last time around - it was pretty small as far as hail goes

I have a few paint chips, however a previous vehicle suffered severe denting - and I'm not even in tornado alley!

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Neoma

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Mon Jun-25-07 03:19 PM
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14. Here's what happens with me:

Edited on Mon Jun-25-07 03:20 PM by Neoma

I think "Well I'll go outside for a walk tomorrow." and every single day I've thought that...it rains that 'I'm going to walk' day. It's the curse with me, just like how every time I go camping it rains.

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Haole Girl

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Mon Jun-25-07 03:25 PM
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15. lol!

Hey, I understand that! With me, it's usually when I wash the car or get my hair cut! :hi:

Of course, lately, it's every freakin' day in N. Texas.

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TommyO

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Mon Jun-25-07 04:12 PM
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21. The hailstorm that I mentioned in this thread took place on the day I washed my car

Not only that, I took my mother and brother on their first vacation in a few years and it rained the entire time. My other brother, his wife and two kids are on vacation now - forecast, a few showers, scattered t-storms later in the day!

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Haole Girl

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Mon Jun-25-07 04:36 PM
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22. Sounds familiar, too

Usually, whenever my husband and I go out of town, it's nice weather at home that week!

This last week, however, was the exception. Los Angeles was beautiful...

it was so difficult to come back. I see the map has changed again...more storms coming in from

the west. It really is beginning to feel like it will never end. Really.

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KatyaR

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Mon Jun-25-07 06:38 PM
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23. Yeah, we've been getting that since about 4 pm here in OKC.

It's stopped right now, but I expect we'll have more soon. I'm getting tired of these gullywashers . . . .

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Haole Girl

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Mon Jun-25-07 06:41 PM
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24. The 5 o'clock news said we are under a flash flood watch...

...until Weds.

Is it flooding up there too?

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KatyaR

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Mon Jun-25-07 06:50 PM
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25. We've got a flood warning until Wednesday night, too.

Edited on Mon Jun-25-07 06:51 PM by fifthgendem

They're saying to expect 3-4 inches between now and then.

This afternoon's storm was a torential downpour, and there was some flash flooding in some areas, but the sky actually seems to be clearing a little right now. The calm before the next storm, I guess.

I don't know where the water's going to go--the lakes and streams are FULL UP.

I guess we'd all better head for higher ground . . . .

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Haole Girl

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Mon Jun-25-07 06:52 PM
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26. I don't know where the water will go either...

...and, the really stupid part is, they still have watering restrictions in some communities. I don't understand the reasoning behind that at all. But, maybe I'm just being stupid.

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KatyaR

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Mon Jun-25-07 07:57 PM
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27. We had a water line break outside my office building last Thursday about midday.

Luckily it was the city's water and not ours because they didn't come out to fix it until over 24 hours later. I can't imagine how much water was wasted--it was gushing like a tiny geyser. It was weird because it came out of nowhere, not hear a fire hydrant or anything like that, just straight out of the lawn. The city workers probably have been innundated with broken lines because the soil is so saturated. I'm just glad they got it fixed.

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