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The Weather in Your Neck of the Woods

Started by Dexter Morgan, November 05, 2007, 10:43:26 PM

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#3420
May 23, 2011, 06:57:42 PM
Quote from: Palehorse on May 23, 2011, 06:46:05 PM

And its blowing and raining to beat the band HERE right now!  :eek:
Yep, sure put a halt to our yard work again tonight.   :rant:  We are making headway though thank goodness.
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me

#3421
May 23, 2011, 06:58:46 PM
Quote from: Palehorse on May 23, 2011, 06:46:05 PM
116 killed by Missouri tornado, tying it for deadliest on record!

http://www.cnn.com/2011/US/05/23/missouri.tornado/index.html?hpt=T1

Was that today?  We haven't had the TV on all day and may not turn it on at all tonight. 
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Palehorse

#3422
May 23, 2011, 07:02:26 PM
Quote from: me on May 23, 2011, 06:58:46 PM
Was that today?  We haven't had the TV on all day and may not turn it on at all tonight.

Last night! And they are still counting / finding victims. It started out at 12 this morning at o dark hundred hours before I left for work, jumped to 69 before 0900 and stayed there until just before I posted this here. (Or at least that's when I first saw the count update).

And from what I've seen on local media surrounding our area, we may have had a twister or two ourselves! A poultry barn reported destroyed in Johnson county, and I65 southbound is closed near SR44 there, due to at least one overturned semi! Trees snapped off at the root, and some large ones too, being reported. . .
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The Troll

#3423
May 23, 2011, 07:03:36 PM
  Joplin Missouri, 116 dead and counting.  The town looks what we did to Iwo Jima in World II, nothing standing over 3 feet high. 

  I wonder it the government is going to help the people like they do all of the foreign disasters.  We give those people money.  I wonder how much the Republicans will want to charge in interest of the money we loan our people.  I hope they can get some help. 

Palehorse

#3424
May 23, 2011, 07:05:35 PM
Quote from: me on May 23, 2011, 06:57:42 PM
Yep, sure put a halt to our yard work again tonight.   :rant:  We are making headway though thank goodness.

Well, I got most of the flower beds mulched Saturday, and applied weed killer to the balance of our lawn as well. . . I just hope it had enough dry time to take. I have not been outside yet, but I am betting at least half the mulch I put down has taken up residence elsewhere!  :mad: :mad: :mad:
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That which fails to kill me. . .should run!

Any "point" made by one that lacks credibility, is only as useful as toilet paper; and serves the same purpose. ~ Palehorse 4/22/2017

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me

#3425
May 23, 2011, 07:25:14 PM
My daughter has some friends that live in Missouri sure hope they're ok.  This sooooo reminds me of a couple of summers in the 70's when that crap started around March and it was that way all summer.  Got caught out on the motorcycle in one of those bad storms that year.  It just came up out of nowhere and I can testify that water can feel like sharp needles piercing your skin when yer ridin'.  Not fun at all....... :no: :no: :no: :no: :no:
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Palehorse

#3426
May 23, 2011, 07:30:39 PM
Quote from: me on May 23, 2011, 07:25:14 PM
My daughter has some friends that live in Missouri sure hope they're ok.  This sooooo reminds me of a couple of summers in the 70's when that crap started around March and it was that way all summer.  Got caught out on the motorcycle in one of those bad storms that year.  It just came up out of nowhere and I can testify that water can feel like sharp needles piercing your skin when yer ridin'.  Not fun at all....... :no: :no: :no: :no: :no:

Oh yeah, does it ever!  :yes:  You pretty much have to wear a brain bucket with a full face shield in order to prevent your face from being "water-jetted" off your skull!  :spooked:
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Any "point" made by one that lacks credibility, is only as useful as toilet paper; and serves the same purpose. ~ Palehorse 4/22/2017

May you find charity when it is needed, and the ability to extend it when it is not. ~Palehorse 7/4/2012

To the last, I grapple with thee; From Hell's heart, I stab at thee; For hate's sake, I spit my last breath at thee.~Herman Melville

Palehorse

#3427
May 23, 2011, 07:39:43 PM
And soon our coastal dwelling friends will be dealing with what the experts increasingly suspect will be a "higher than normal" level of hurricanes this season!  :eek:

Quote from: The Troll on May 23, 2011, 07:03:36 PM
  . . .
  I wonder it the government is going to help the people like they do all of the foreign disasters.  We give those people money.  I wonder how much the Republicans will want to charge in interest of the money we loan our people.  I hope they can get some help. 

I highly doubt it. Historically this nation has never shown the level of support to its own citizens, that it extends toward foreign countries. Just as an increasing sector of this nation's government are actively seeking to put ALL of our social safety nets on the block, I expect we'll see a very muted support effort extended toward this disaster as well. (Hey, we'll "loan" you a "reduced interest" sum of cash, but you'll be strapped with payments for the rest of your life, and NEVER be eligible to include it within an insolvency proceeding. Oh, and no writing the interest off against your taxes either!)  :rolleyes:

It'll take congress 60-90 days (best case) to approve any funding targeted toward this, but they'll pass a bill directing tens of millions of dollars toward the study of bovine flatulence in 24 hours!   :mad: :mad: :mad:
R.I.P. - followsthewolf - You are MISSED! 4/17/2013

That which fails to kill me. . .should run!

Any "point" made by one that lacks credibility, is only as useful as toilet paper; and serves the same purpose. ~ Palehorse 4/22/2017

May you find charity when it is needed, and the ability to extend it when it is not. ~Palehorse 7/4/2012

To the last, I grapple with thee; From Hell's heart, I stab at thee; For hate's sake, I spit my last breath at thee.~Herman Melville

Palehorse

#3428
May 23, 2011, 07:48:07 PM
Niece lives in Chesterfield. A LARGE oak tree fell onto her garage and A/C unit, taking out both!

Thankfully, all are safe and sound. Nothing but material things destroyed!
R.I.P. - followsthewolf - You are MISSED! 4/17/2013

That which fails to kill me. . .should run!

Any "point" made by one that lacks credibility, is only as useful as toilet paper; and serves the same purpose. ~ Palehorse 4/22/2017

May you find charity when it is needed, and the ability to extend it when it is not. ~Palehorse 7/4/2012

To the last, I grapple with thee; From Hell's heart, I stab at thee; For hate's sake, I spit my last breath at thee.~Herman Melville

Palehorse

#3429
May 23, 2011, 09:11:01 PM
Quote from: Palehorse on May 23, 2011, 07:48:07 PM
Niece lives in Chesterfield. A LARGE oak tree fell onto her garage and A/C unit, taking out both!

Thankfully, all are safe and sound. Nothing but material things destroyed!



Snapped off at the roots - 2/3 of it anyway!





You can barely see what used to be the top of a 2 car garage, beneath the tree at ground level!



There used to be a garage where you see the tree. . . It did catch the back corner of the house too.  :spooked:

Thankfully, they were not at home, and had just left to purchase a new lawnmower!
R.I.P. - followsthewolf - You are MISSED! 4/17/2013

That which fails to kill me. . .should run!

Any "point" made by one that lacks credibility, is only as useful as toilet paper; and serves the same purpose. ~ Palehorse 4/22/2017

May you find charity when it is needed, and the ability to extend it when it is not. ~Palehorse 7/4/2012

To the last, I grapple with thee; From Hell's heart, I stab at thee; For hate's sake, I spit my last breath at thee.~Herman Melville

me

#3430
May 23, 2011, 10:34:56 PM
Wow, it's a good thing they had left otherwise there car might have been under that tree too.  Glad no one was hurt and the house is ok. 
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Palehorse

#3431
May 25, 2011, 06:17:20 PM
Quote from: Palehorse on May 23, 2011, 07:39:43 PM
. . .
I highly doubt it. Historically this nation has never shown the level of support to its own citizens, that it extends toward foreign countries. Just as an increasing sector of this nation's government are actively seeking to put ALL of our social safety nets on the block, I expect we'll see a very muted support effort extended toward this disaster as well. (Hey, we'll "loan" you a "reduced interest" sum of cash, but you'll be strapped with payments for the rest of your life, and NEVER be eligible to include it within an insolvency proceeding. Oh, and no writing the interest off against your taxes either!)  :rolleyes:

It'll take congress 60-90 days (best case) to approve any funding targeted toward this, but they'll pass a bill directing tens of millions of dollars toward the study of bovine flatulence in 24 hours!   :mad: :mad: :mad:

I MUST be psychic !

http://thinkprogress.org/2011/05/24/cantor-disaster-relief/

. . .House Majority Leader Eric Cantor said Monday that if Congress passes an emergency spending bill to help Missouri's tornado victims, the extra money will have to be cut from somewhere else.

"If there is support for a supplemental, it would be accompanied by support for having pay-fors to that supplemental," Mr. Cantor, Virginia Republican, told reporters at the Capitol. . .
R.I.P. - followsthewolf - You are MISSED! 4/17/2013

That which fails to kill me. . .should run!

Any "point" made by one that lacks credibility, is only as useful as toilet paper; and serves the same purpose. ~ Palehorse 4/22/2017

May you find charity when it is needed, and the ability to extend it when it is not. ~Palehorse 7/4/2012

To the last, I grapple with thee; From Hell's heart, I stab at thee; For hate's sake, I spit my last breath at thee.~Herman Melville

Y

#3432
May 25, 2011, 08:16:42 PM
Quote from: Palehorse on May 25, 2011, 06:17:20 PM
I MUST be psychic !

http://thinkprogress.org/2011/05/24/cantor-disaster-relief/

. . .House Majority Leader Eric Cantor said Monday that if Congress passes an emergency spending bill to help Missouri's tornado victims, the extra money will have to be cut from somewhere else.

"If there is support for a supplemental, it would be accompanied by support for having pay-fors to that supplemental," Mr. Cantor, Virginia Republican, told reporters at the Capitol. . .

:mad:

You don't really want to hear what I have to say about that heartless SOB and his side of the aisle.   :icon_evil:
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Y

#3433
May 25, 2011, 08:17:41 PM
It's been carrying on up this way today and it looks like we're in for worse tonight.
©  Whamma-Jamma - all rights reserved

Law of Logical Argument - Anything is possible if you don't know what you are talking about.  ;)

"You've probably noticed that opinion pollsters go out of their way to include as many morons as possible in surveys ... I think it's dangerous to inform morons about what their fellow morons are thinking. It only reinforces their opinions. And the one thing worse than a moron with an opinion is lots of them." -- Scott Adams

In other words: Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups.  ;)

"It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends upon his not understanding it." -- Upton Sinclair

"Hitler is gone, but if the majority of our fellow citizens are more susceptible to the slogans of fear and race hatred than to those of peaceful accommodation and mutual respect among human beings, our political liberties remain at the mercy of any eloquent and unscrupulous demagogue." -- S. I. Hayakawa

me

#3434
May 25, 2011, 08:27:06 PM
Quote from: Y on May 25, 2011, 08:17:41 PM
It's been carrying on up this way today and it looks like we're in for worse tonight.
Yep, I'm afraid so.  I think after the temp drops though it may clear up and calm down.
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