tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7486027252802681746.post3334771543923115757..comments2023-04-09T09:21:14.198-05:00Comments on MTV Books: How’s the weather?Jennifer Echolshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15757825467796917325noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7486027252802681746.post-3063644944571171682008-08-11T04:27:00.000-05:002008-08-11T04:27:00.000-05:00I live in the northwest and we get ALOT of rain he...I live in the northwest and we get ALOT of rain here and it's the middle of August which is usauly hot, humid and there is more then likley a drought going on. But yesterday, it started pouring all day. This was no normal summer storm. It was like one that happens towards winter and there was thunder too. But I think that had to do with some humidity. If I misspell anything I really don't care.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7486027252802681746.post-78590839100183522572008-05-19T04:47:00.000-05:002008-05-19T04:47:00.000-05:00Bonus points for use of the word "wonky."Thx. ;)<I>Bonus points for use of the word "wonky."</I><BR/><BR/>Thx. ;)Jennifer Echolshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15757825467796917325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7486027252802681746.post-55345269946429793782008-05-17T20:06:00.000-05:002008-05-17T20:06:00.000-05:00It is so hot. Le sigh.Bonus points for use of the ...It is so hot. Le sigh.<BR/><BR/>Bonus points for use of the word "wonky."Little Willowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17058463472836988047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7486027252802681746.post-37245446857598539972008-05-16T19:45:00.000-05:002008-05-16T19:45:00.000-05:00You know, I remember the description of the green ...You know, I remember the description of the green sky that comes with tornadoes in the prarie from a Laura Ingalls Wilder book. I can't remember which one but I think it may have been <I>These Happy Golden Years</I>, ironically.Jennifer Echolshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15757825467796917325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7486027252802681746.post-34625856700292861512008-05-16T18:14:00.000-05:002008-05-16T18:14:00.000-05:00Yikes, those tornadoes scare me. Up here in Albert...Yikes, those tornadoes scare me. Up here in Alberta, we're good for those and the lovely green sky that accompanies them. Lots of snow storms in the winter it seems, but not much else.Lishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09037890237546942702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7486027252802681746.post-87131139365189489682008-05-15T16:12:00.000-05:002008-05-15T16:12:00.000-05:00Aw, poor baby Steph and her treasures! Cats do not...Aw, poor baby Steph and her treasures! Cats do not do what you tell them.<BR/><BR/>It's hard to picture a tornado hitting a big city, isn't it? We think of them moving through pastures in Oklahoma, even though I've seen the video of the tornado in Miami, and Nashville also got hit a few years ago. <A HREF="http://www.jennifer-echols.com/atlantatornado.jpg" REL="nofollow">Here's a pic</A> I took in March of the tornado damage in Atlanta. The church in the foreground had its roof ripped off. The buildings in the background have their windows boarded up. This was a few hours before much of this area was blocked off to pedestrians because glass was falling on people. This was actually only an F2 tornado.Jennifer Echolshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15757825467796917325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7486027252802681746.post-16911665930199750752008-05-15T11:02:00.000-05:002008-05-15T11:02:00.000-05:00I’m in the Midwest so tornados are my disaster, to...I’m in the Midwest so tornados are my disaster, too. They definitely seem easier to handle than hurricanes or earthquakes (we had a tremor in Chicago about a month ago and it was exciting but a real earthquake *shudders*), However tornados still make me very nervous. When I was a little girl in St. Louis which was slightly more tornado-prone than Chicago (I heard the lake sort of insulates us, but then I heard this was a lie and last summer a tornado was actually spotted above the city), whenever there was the possibility of tornados according to my mom, I would pack up this toy baby carriage I had with all my most valuable things in it, books, toys, sometimes the cat if I could make her sit in there and wheel it around everywhere in case we suddenly had to flee. Not entirely sure of how I thought I would get it down the basement stairs, but I guess I never had to. Now I just force my cats to go downstairs, which they are usually happy to do since they hate storms.Stephanie Kuehnerthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15337734171729461782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7486027252802681746.post-44919648349140512692008-05-14T17:57:00.000-05:002008-05-14T17:57:00.000-05:00Some of us live dangerously with breakables on the...Some of us live dangerously with breakables on the fireplace mantel or in the china cabinets. Yeah, never over the bed. haha! I've seen "Twister"--I'd freak with a tornado!Kelly (Lynn) Parrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04827605655761900263noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7486027252802681746.post-47459572368271306772008-05-14T14:04:00.000-05:002008-05-14T14:04:00.000-05:00I had a friend who moved to California from NYC, a...I had a friend who moved to California from NYC, and when Californians came into her new apartment they had to tell her to REMOVE the heavy decorations from over her bed, REMOVE the glass things from the high shelf--in short, earthquake-proof the place. These local differences in how people view things are so interesting--even if they have their roots in scary. It really does seem sometimes like we all live in different countries.<BR/><BR/>Personally, in an earthquake I would FREAK OUT.Jennifer Echolshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15757825467796917325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7486027252802681746.post-55560488379234491442008-05-14T10:43:00.000-05:002008-05-14T10:43:00.000-05:00Scary, Jenn. Here in California it's earthquakes a...Scary, Jenn. Here in California it's earthquakes and on the coast there are chances of tsunamis. The small trembles are a relief because you're glad its not the big one.Kelly (Lynn) Parrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04827605655761900263noreply@blogger.com