Sanguine Tenacious Tidings

Weather is Forever

Prompt: Tornado warnings. Storms. Power outages. Have you experienced these this summer? Write about this in your Blog entry today.

Hi from Apondia.

There are more tornado warnings around then I ever remember from 30 or 40 years ago. They have always been a possibility but more rare than now.

As a teenager I was visiting an Aunt and a tornado blew by us. The tall trees were bent clear to the ground. The actual tornado came down a ridge and demolished a neighbors barn. We watched it cross the road and go down into a lower part of the ;landscape. It missed my aunts house when it changed directions and we watched it go.

A couple weeks ago a storm blew across my farm from the west to the east. It was high winds and heavy rain. I thought the maple tree in the front yard was damaged but, later on inspection there were some smaller limbs down. No major damage to the tree. The rain was so thick you could not see across the yard to the road which is about 500 yards away. Some of the rain storms we are having are extreme this year. Much more powerful than ordinary.

As for power outages they are few. Even if the power goes out so far it has been for short periods of time. I keep my kindle, phone, and power storage full just in case. Also have battery operated strings of lights that can be hung in an emergency. Also have some lights that are operated by solar. They can be purchased around here for $1.00 in the dollar stores so I keep a couple handy. Will usually run for 12 hours on a charge.

WE used to have heavy snow storms in the winter. We have not experienced one for at least 5 years. There is a lot of extra electricity in the atmosphere. It keeps everyone on edge. Really heavy foliage in the woods. The apple trees are full of apples.

MY WIFI doesn't work if the rain is heavy. It surprises me how much we might miss if we can't run our tech now.

Just yesterday I was thinking about how different life is now from 15 years ago. I can stock up on Kindle books and read through most storms.

I'm going to say bye now. It is suppose to rain this afternoon. The sky is overcast but no rain yet.