Category: Weather

Cloudy weather

Post author By Shelley Powers
Post date May 6, 2003

Another storm rolled in tonight. And a headache rolled in with the lightning and thunder.

This storm is as impressive as the one Sunday, but so far doesn’t have the moisture. The continuous lightening and thunder can get tiring after a bit. Either that or I’m not in a mood to enjoy the storm tonight.

I think I caught Liz’s Hoppy Toad mood.

Update:Well, my hoppy toad mood may be explained by finding that I did not escape unscathed from the ticks this weekend. I found a large red rash on my ankle tonight, and a new friend having a good nosh in the middle of it.

Sigh, I really, really like Missouri. But it’s a bit of a trial at times.

Back to RDF Poetry Finder (Allegory Finder?) but it will be a day or two for next posting. However, interesting ideas being presented in the comments, and times like this I’m happy for comments. And others are continuing the linguistic discussion, which is also enjoyable.

There are a lot of smart people here abouts.

Travel Weather

More storms, other stuff

Post author By Shelley Powers
Post date May 6, 2003

Well, enough of the dabbling among the mix of art and technology. More storms coming in, another alert, but it doesn’t look like much. Thanks to the Internet, we can all be meteorologists pretending we know how to read the weather maps.

I’ll see if I can get any more weather photos, but you know, you can only take so many pics of clouds, and they all start looking alike. Like Volkswagons.

I have another trip across the country to plan. This time I’m taking the van and camping along the way rather than staying in motels. Always room for an adventure.

Weather

Deadly, Beautiful

Post author By Shelley Powers
Post date May 5, 2003

Recovered from the Wayback Machine.

The light and sound show hit with a fury yesterday, but not without exacting payment on its way.

Several people were killed by tornadoes in Kansas and Missouri and it looks like the town of Pierce City was pretty much leveled.

The storms had lost a lot of their energy by the time they hit us, but the sight was one I had never seen before, not having lived on the coasts. I’ve been through blizzards, floods, ice storms, wind storms that have leveled forests, and Nor’easters in Boston, but nothing like the continuous explosion of lightning and thunder last night. The sky wasn’t just lit up, it was blazing white at times.

I feel guilt at appreciating the incredible beauty of the same storm that just killed people. But it was beautiful. It took my breath away.

It’s just the start of the season. I suppose I’ll get used to the storms, but I don’t think I’ll ever stop being amazed at them. Or respectful.

Weather

Storm closin’ in

Post author By Shelley Powers
Post date April 29, 2003

Recovered from the Wayback Machine.

They’ve issued a damaging hail warning, but it may not get this far. I suppose it’s only a matter of time before Golden Girl looks like metallic swiss cheese.

But, oh, I love these storms.

Weather

Storm a brewin’

Post author By Shelley Powers
Post date April 29, 2003

Recovered from the Wayback Machine.

I will never tire of the storms here. As long as I don’t have to drive through them, watching them, feeling them, smelling them is a wonder. An absolute wonder.

I actually felt and smelled this storm before looking out the window and seeing the clouds. Your hairs stand up on your arms, and you can taste a slightly acrid taste, smell the ozone. They just put out a severe storm watch, and I’m not surprised with the heat and humidity preceding this one. Beautiful. Beautiful.

And much more fun than server stuff. Best of all, photographs! The only photos I could take of me working on the server is an increasingly red face. Not a pretty sight. No sirree.