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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / May 2007TORNADO WARNINGS!
North Mississippi and West Tennessee. I'm grabbing my cat and my bird and ducking and covering. Jill > North Mississippi and West Tennessee. I'm grabbing my cat and my bird and > ducking and covering. > > Jill Fear mongering??! Sorry Jill, I couldn't resist! ;> Hugs, CatNipped >> North Mississippi and West Tennessee. I'm grabbing my cat and my >> bird and ducking and covering. [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > CatNipped LOL Okay, I'll grant you that one. Then again, at least there are more forewarnings for hurricanes. >>> North Mississippi and West Tennessee. I'm grabbing my cat and my >>> bird and ducking and covering. [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > LOL Okay, I'll grant you that one. Then again, at least there are more > forewarnings for hurricanes. Yep, only they always seem to turn and go another way at the last minute (the *real* reason New Orleanians didn't evacuate - for a hundred years, several times a year, they were told, "Watch out, a hurricane is heading this way and the city is going to be wiped out" - and then the storm turned and hit Mississippi or Texas, it was a case of "the *nature* who cried wolf! LOL). Hugs, CatNipped >>> North Mississippi and West Tennessee. I'm grabbing my cat and my >>> bird and ducking and covering. [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > LOL Okay, I'll grant you that one. Then again, at least there are more > forewarnings for hurricanes. Oh, and I forgot to add four sets of purrs for anyone in the tornado's path! Hugs, CatNipped >>>North Mississippi and West Tennessee. I'm grabbing my cat and my >>>bird and ducking and covering. [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > LOL Okay, I'll grant you that one. Then again, at least there are more > forewarnings for hurricanes. ...Unlike forewarnings for Earthquakes! (Although I've never been convinced that was a GOOD thing - in California you just keep on with your life until one hits, you don't find yourselves huddled cringing in the cellar everytime there's a storm-warning.) >>>> North Mississippi and West Tennessee. I'm grabbing my cat and my >>>> bird and ducking and covering. [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > find yourselves huddled cringing in the cellar everytime > there's a storm-warning.) Mom was attending the funeral of her father when we had the first earthquake in the Memphis area since the one that formed Reelfoot lake. 1976. We're on the 2nd largest fault line, the New Madrid, which runs from Illinois down to Marked Tree, Arkansas, pretty much all along the Mississippi River. Dad called Mom "Um, we just had an earthquake" and Mom said, "You're kidding!" No, I'm not. Dad told me to pack a bag, said we were going to evacuate. And I said, "Where exactly do you think we're going to go?" And he replied, "Hmmm, good point!" You can't run from earthquakes and you can't predict aftershocks or anything that has no forewarning. My parents have evacuated from many a hurricane. Hugo being the biggest one. And trust me, that was a big one. Jill > You can't run from earthquakes and you can't predict aftershocks > or anything that has no forewarning. But you can do some sensible things to improve your chances. We had earthquake drill at primary school (New Zealand, 1960s). Get under a desk or stand in a doorway. New Zealand houses are built to flex and bounce when a quake hits. The biggest shock I felt was when I was on the loo. I flushed, and at the same instant WALLOP! the whole house rocked like a boat in a storm. For a few seconds I wondered what on earth I'd done. ============== j-c ====== @ ====== purr . demon . co . uk ============== Jack Campin: 11 Third St, Newtongrange EH22 4PU, Scotland | tel 0131 660 4760 <http://www.purr.demon.co.uk/jack/> for CD-ROMs and free | fax 0870 0554 975 stuff: Scottish music, food intolerance, & Mac logic fonts | mob 07800 739 557 >> You can't run from earthquakes and you can't predict aftershocks >> or anything that has no forewarning. [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > at the same instant WALLOP! the whole house rocked like a boat in a > storm. For a few seconds I wondered what on earth I'd done. LOL I would be more afraid if the shaking happened *while* I was on the loo! > The biggest shock I felt was when I was on the loo. I flushed, and > at the same instant WALLOP! the whole house rocked like a boat in a > storm. For a few seconds I wondered what on earth I'd done. LOL! I felt the same, once in my teens. I got up during the night, flushed the toilet, it started making horrendous noises and steam began shooting out! (Fortunately I'd closed the lid before flushing, or I would have been scalded as I made my exit.) That was back before all water heaters were equipped with thermostats and pilot lights - you lit the gas and waited for the tank to heat, if you wanted a hot bath. My mom was a night owl, and my dad always went to bed early. She took her bath after Dad had retired for the night, called downstairs to him to ask him to turn the burner off, and didn't realize he was talking in his sleep when he told her "okay". Just as the excitement was dying down, the condensation from the bathroom, which had soaked throught the (wood lathe and plaster) dining-room ceiling finished its work, and the ceiling suddenly collapsed! >>>>North Mississippi and West Tennessee. I'm grabbing my cat and my >>>>bird and ducking and covering. [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > life until one hits, you don't find yourselves huddled cringing in the > cellar everytime there's a storm-warning.) Yes, I prefer it that way. With an earthquake, by the time you have a chance to be scared, it's over. Joy >>>>North Mississippi and West Tennessee. I'm grabbing my cat and my >>>>bird and ducking and covering. [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > find yourselves huddled cringing in the cellar everytime > there's a storm-warning.) But what about the fires? Years ago, my cousin lost their beautiful new home and everything in it with very little warning. She and her husband each took a car, their two dogs and that was it! MLB >>>>>North Mississippi and West Tennessee. I'm grabbing my cat and my >>>>>bird and ducking and covering. [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > home and everything in it with very little warning. She and her husband > each took a car, their two dogs and that was it! MLB Well, some areas are more at risk than others - you may have to choose between a nice home and a scruffier apartment, but many areas in California are nowhere NEAR potential fire zones. (Although it's true you don't get much warning when the weather is hot and everything is so very dry.) > > North Mississippi and West Tennessee. I'm grabbing my cat and my bird and > > ducking and covering. [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > CatNipped Talk about fearmongering--you should see our TV meteorologists. They *live* for a week like the last one, with tornado warnings every night. They love to make it sound like armageddon. We've gotten pretty blase about it. When the tornado warning siren comes across the TV, we just go "crap. we're going to have to clean the yard up again." Sherry > North Mississippi and West Tennessee. I'm grabbing my cat and my bird and > ducking and covering. > > Jill Purrs for everyone who's in the path of the bad weather! Donna, Captain, and Stanley > North Mississippi and West Tennessee. I'm grabbing my cat and my > bird and ducking and covering. > > Jill Stay safe purrs on the way.  SignatureAdrian (Owned by Snoopy and Bagheera) Cats leave pawprints on your heart. http://community.webshots.com/user/clowderuk STAY SAFE JILL You are in my prayers > North Mississippi and West Tennessee. I'm grabbing my cat and my bird and > ducking and covering. > > Jill > You are in my prayers I just misread that as "you are in my paws". LOL!!! I need a vacation. Cantate :*) >> You are in my prayers > > I just misread that as "you are in my paws". LOL!!! I need a > vacation. > > Cantate :*) I hear that ;-) >North Mississippi and West Tennessee. I'm grabbing my cat and my bird and >ducking and covering. > >Jill Damn this crazy weather. Purrs it misses you. Theresa Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh Make Levees, Not War >>North Mississippi and West Tennessee. I'm grabbing my cat and my bird and >>ducking and covering. [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Make Levees, Not War Tell me about Theresa We have a rogue tropical depression off Florida shores right now Hurricane season is still a month away > North Mississippi and West Tennessee. I'm grabbing my cat and my bird and > ducking and covering. > > Jill Oh, dear! Stay safe, all of you. Joy |
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