tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875411665185029467.post6506996477840288709..comments2023-09-27T03:44:30.317-04:00Comments on Yooper Has Left Crackerland: Our New Stair-MasterKulkurihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09198195648066700925noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875411665185029467.post-58891360594818720552009-04-12T22:23:00.000-04:002009-04-12T22:23:00.000-04:00Lucky you, BBC. There are parts of the nation parc...Lucky you, BBC. There are parts of the nation parched by droughts. North Texas and Oklahoma have been hard hit and suffered wildfires. <BR/><BR/>Even though our Gulf Coast region is usually wet and Houston is especially prone to rainstorms and floods from hell, even we are way below normal rainfall - we are in the drought area. It seems impossible to believe when we have our frog-strangling rains but it's a fact.<BR/><BR/>We need to get one of those radios like the folks in Crackerland. It's getting to the point that tornadoes hit us more frequently and stronger than in the past. I'm accustomed to hellish storms but am not fond of tornadoes. I'd like forewarning.Not that any of us have any sort of shelter to take. We would just have warning "you are going to die!"Worried Americanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15025693881754554346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875411665185029467.post-82408317197365645922009-04-12T20:52:00.000-04:002009-04-12T20:52:00.000-04:00What a pain, but I'm glad that you didn't get hit ...What a pain, but I'm glad that you didn't get hit with anything nasty. The sirens went off several times here so we just hung out in the basement for an hour or so.lisahgoldenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11158660223296807317noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875411665185029467.post-65589682515200096872009-04-12T11:17:00.000-04:002009-04-12T11:17:00.000-04:00You live in a townhouse? I feel sorry for you. I s...You live in a townhouse? I feel sorry for you. I suppose that it is a nice townhouse but that is beside the point. <BR/><BR/>Shouldn't the bedroom be on the ground floor? With an outside exit door? Right next to an underground shelter? <BR/><BR/>My bed is three steps from the door, handy in case of fire. But if there is a quake my bed frame is well built, and my big dresser is also. I would just roll out of bed onto the floor between them.<BR/><BR/>I don't concern myself with weather alerts here, and we may not get much of a warning if a quake hits. I just stay as prepared as I can.<BR/><BR/>And this area is wet and green enough that there hasn't been a big fire here for a long time.BBChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15323188240580782454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875411665185029467.post-2164514440954196102009-04-12T08:00:00.000-04:002009-04-12T08:00:00.000-04:00It only does the alerts issued by the National Wea...It only does the alerts issued by the National Weather Service. If they do one for fire, then it would go off.Kulkurihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09198195648066700925noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875411665185029467.post-67425819159240375222009-04-12T07:58:00.000-04:002009-04-12T07:58:00.000-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Kulkurihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09198195648066700925noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875411665185029467.post-25668510949988384372009-04-12T02:12:00.000-04:002009-04-12T02:12:00.000-04:00does it tell you when there's a fire approaching? ...does it tell you when there's a fire approaching? we're having a lot of that around here...yellowdoggrannyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14906624317290990109noreply@blogger.com