The picture of this tornado was taken by Lori Mehmen of Orchard, Iowa, on June 10, 2008. Read the whole story here.
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Showing posts with label weather. Show all posts
Friday, June 20, 2008
Orchard Tornado
Check out this tornado!
The picture of this tornado was taken by Lori Mehmen of Orchard, Iowa, on June 10, 2008. Read the whole story here.
The picture of this tornado was taken by Lori Mehmen of Orchard, Iowa, on June 10, 2008. Read the whole story here.
Thursday, November 29, 2007
Today is FSOTY
What is FSOTY? Well, gentle reader, it stands for First Snow Of The Year.
It is snowing today! Life is good.
We now return to our regularly scheduled programming.
It is snowing today! Life is good.
We now return to our regularly scheduled programming.
Thursday, November 15, 2007
30 Days Until My Doom
Today is November 15th, which means that, in exactly one month, I turn 40. Huzzah! Most people approach such milestones in their life with a sense of doom & gloom. But not me!
To help with commemorating this date, that is today, nature has kindly provided us with a cold, grey, dreary, rainy kind of day. So, while I may not feel gloomy today, I guess nature does.
But that's okay... I actually like these kinds of days. Except when my vehicle loses its traction and careens into a ditch. Then it's not so fun. But that hasn't happened for several years anyway. And I got an SUV out of it!
The only thing I dislike about the weather we're having today is that we're not expected to get any snow. I like watching the snow fall, don't you?
Today is also the beginning of deer hunting season, rifle & shotgun edition. I overhead a group of deer talking about it this morning. As with past years, they're all planning to hide in caves & garages until the hunting season ends, at which time they'll return to their favorite activity... playing chicken with vehicles moving at high speed.
They were talking on the local news this morning about how all the deer hunters are whining about how ammo costs several times more than in past years. Babies. In my day, we hunted deer with slingshots. We were lucky if we managed to merely annoy a deer. And we liked it that way!
I once used a slingshot, I think when I was in high school. Yeah, I ignored my mom's warnings and managed to shoot myself in the eye. My friends called me "slingshot eye". But it's all good. And besides, now my eye is stronger than ever! But not as strong as Steve Austin's since he was all bionic and stuff.
Yeah ever wonder what a bionic cat would be like? We've seen bionic men, women, and even a dog. But what about a bionic cat? Would it's super strength help it sleep better on the couch? Or help it be better at ignoring you when you enter the room? If one of our cats were bionic, it'd probably bust through a window trying to chase after birds or squirrels.
We have several bird feeders at our house, which provide us and our cats with a lot of entertainment. The birds, that is, not the bird feeders, which really don't do anything besides just hanging around. There was a really loud bird at one of our feeders the other day. I secretly think it was using a little bird-sized megaphone.
To help with commemorating this date, that is today, nature has kindly provided us with a cold, grey, dreary, rainy kind of day. So, while I may not feel gloomy today, I guess nature does.
But that's okay... I actually like these kinds of days. Except when my vehicle loses its traction and careens into a ditch. Then it's not so fun. But that hasn't happened for several years anyway. And I got an SUV out of it!
The only thing I dislike about the weather we're having today is that we're not expected to get any snow. I like watching the snow fall, don't you?
Today is also the beginning of deer hunting season, rifle & shotgun edition. I overhead a group of deer talking about it this morning. As with past years, they're all planning to hide in caves & garages until the hunting season ends, at which time they'll return to their favorite activity... playing chicken with vehicles moving at high speed.
They were talking on the local news this morning about how all the deer hunters are whining about how ammo costs several times more than in past years. Babies. In my day, we hunted deer with slingshots. We were lucky if we managed to merely annoy a deer. And we liked it that way!
I once used a slingshot, I think when I was in high school. Yeah, I ignored my mom's warnings and managed to shoot myself in the eye. My friends called me "slingshot eye". But it's all good. And besides, now my eye is stronger than ever! But not as strong as Steve Austin's since he was all bionic and stuff.
Yeah ever wonder what a bionic cat would be like? We've seen bionic men, women, and even a dog. But what about a bionic cat? Would it's super strength help it sleep better on the couch? Or help it be better at ignoring you when you enter the room? If one of our cats were bionic, it'd probably bust through a window trying to chase after birds or squirrels.
We have several bird feeders at our house, which provide us and our cats with a lot of entertainment. The birds, that is, not the bird feeders, which really don't do anything besides just hanging around. There was a really loud bird at one of our feeders the other day. I secretly think it was using a little bird-sized megaphone.
Friday, August 24, 2007
End of Summer
Summer unofficially ended last weekend when it was cold enough outside that the 13 year-old (we'll call him Billy, though his real name is Tim) was complaining about being cold. While sitting right in front of a window. Through which blew a strong cold breeze. Did I mention he was sitting right in front of the window? Anyway...
Not to be quickly taken out of the picture, Summer return midway during the week, preceeded by several days of nearly continuous rainfall. When the rains stopped, the heat & humidity both rose as Summer laughed, "Ha ha! You can't get rid of me that easily, foolish mortals!"
Today, and the next several days, are likely to be somewhat rainy and cool again. And the Coming of the Rains usually signifies the End of Summer anyway. So beautful Autumn is just around the corner.
Not to be quickly taken out of the picture, Summer return midway during the week, preceeded by several days of nearly continuous rainfall. When the rains stopped, the heat & humidity both rose as Summer laughed, "Ha ha! You can't get rid of me that easily, foolish mortals!"
Today, and the next several days, are likely to be somewhat rainy and cool again. And the Coming of the Rains usually signifies the End of Summer anyway. So beautful Autumn is just around the corner.
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