Well, That Explains That...

[calliopes_pen]

For most of the day I had a migraine--it suddenly went away at 1:45 PM. The reason I had it in the first place? Barometric pressure. It turns out that torrential rain, insanely fast winds, tornadoes, and pea sized hail with deadly lightning were expected at 2:16 PM on the dot. It was finished (here, at least) by 3:15 PM.

Going by the huge flash of lightning, the sound like an explosion that shook the house, and the fact WPSD (they're a couple blocks away from us) is currently down, I think they got hit by some lightning.

11 tornadoes were spotted across the entire region, but all we got in Lone Oak was torrential rain that looked like a waterfall coming off the roof--the lightning, as previously mentioned--and winds of around 65 mph.

If there's anyone on my friends list that happens to be in the areas of Mississippi, Missouri, Illinois, Tennessee, or Kentucky, try to stay safe. Our front and back yards look a bit like a partially drained swimming pool.

ETA: Wow. A local reporter says she went out into the wind and rain just to film what was going on. Her camera man had to grab her and hold her down when she nearly blew away from a sudden powerful gust. They held onto each other, and tried to film that way. The only thing she managed to actually film was the speed limit sign in one spot swaying back and forth in the breeze along with one lone tree, but she said it was better than nothing.

Comments

[persiflage-1.livejournal.com]

Yikes! I thought it was bad enough we've had heavy rain and galeforce winds, but tornadoes? Eep!

[calliopes_pen]

First tornado type weather we've had since we lost all the trees (they were buffers for the wind, it seems) to the ice storm. Let's just say it's an interesting experience.

[persiflage-1.livejournal.com]

Oh dear! Sounds like you need some kind of instant windbreak to replace the downed trees.

[calliopes_pen]

Half the city needs it.

And from what I've heard, the workers that are going around picking up limbs? They were out in the middle of it all, continuing to pick up stuff--at least until the lightning started. Then, they quickly got into the cab of their trucks, and waited a few minutes, before starting again.

They swore on the news that bad weather would not stop them. They're going to keep it up until June, at the very least.

[persiflage-1.livejournal.com]

Until June? Blimey!

[saifai.livejournal.com]

Ooh, hail storms always make for the worst migraines. I feel for ya'.

[scotchsour.livejournal.com]

I left a post for you on my journal. Did you get it?

[calliopes_pen]

Just now saw it, actually. I had seen part of that Confidential before--definitely the interview with Matt Smith--but probably not the rest. Downloading that now, so a huge thanks for uploading that.

[evilawyer.livejournal.com]

The headache-weather connection makes all kinds of sense, actually. I hope that everything is safe for you now.

[meret.livejournal.com]

I'm glad you're okay!