Weather Watch
May. 5th, 2007 05:00 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
daidoji_giseiI woke up this morning to the sound of rain and my alarm clock. I had set it for an early hour because this was the first week of the Farmer's Market down at the Haymarket and I was, as always, looking forward to fresh, juicy radishes. I turned my alarm clock off and went back to bed because while I'm willing to get up early on a Saturday morning for fresh vegetables I draw the line at getting rained on. So I drowsed/slept for a few extra hours, savoring the sound of the rain and thunder that came through my bedroom window--lying in bed and listening to thunder has always been one of my favorite things.
I finally got up and got my shower, and by then it was 8 o'clock, the official start time of the Farmer's Market. The rain was then coming down hard, so hard the air had turned grayish. At this rate it feels like I'm never going to get my garden in the back yard going! It stopped raining during the middle of the day and we even had some sunshine, but it's getting dark and thundery again.
I checked the National Weather Service website, which had this cheery bit of news:
Just what I want to hear on the anniversary of the May 1975 Omaha Tornado!
It's somewhat depressing to realize that I have no working flashlights or portable radios in the house atm. Since I stopped going camping with the Girl Scouts, I have no reminders to buy batteries. Maybe, having written it here, I'll remember this week. In the meantime I should hurry along the fic I'm writing--if the tornado sirens go off, I probably won't stop to grab my computer on the way to the basement.
I finally got up and got my shower, and by then it was 8 o'clock, the official start time of the Farmer's Market. The rain was then coming down hard, so hard the air had turned grayish. At this rate it feels like I'm never going to get my garden in the back yard going! It stopped raining during the middle of the day and we even had some sunshine, but it's getting dark and thundery again.
I checked the National Weather Service website, which had this cheery bit of news:
The NWS Storm Prediction Center is forecasting the development of a few strong tornadoes over parts of the central plains Saturday afternoon and Saturday night. The areas most likely to experience this activity include central Kansas and central Nebraska. Strong tornadoes, very large hail, and damaging winds will likely be observed.
Just what I want to hear on the anniversary of the May 1975 Omaha Tornado!
It's somewhat depressing to realize that I have no working flashlights or portable radios in the house atm. Since I stopped going camping with the Girl Scouts, I have no reminders to buy batteries. Maybe, having written it here, I'll remember this week. In the meantime I should hurry along the fic I'm writing--if the tornado sirens go off, I probably won't stop to grab my computer on the way to the basement.
