Tornado Watch till 6 PM?

[jojobeans1120]

The Weather Service has issued a TORNADO WATCHMississippi counties
Forrest, Jones, Lamar, Marion, Pearl River, Perry, Stone, Wayne



These bulletins are currently in effect for your area: Mississippi counties
Forrest
TORNADO WATCH
Jones
TORNADO WATCH
Lamar
TORNADO WATCH
Marion
TORNADO WATCH
Pearl River
TORNADO WATCH
Perry
TORNADO WATCH
Stone
TORNADO WATCH
Wayne
TORNADO WATCH


Keep your eyes & ears open, guys. :ohnoes:

[LipsofanAngel]

Oh nooooooo. I hate driving even in rain. Now I'm really concerned about leaving for New Orleans this afternoon. Great :(

[Honey]

Ah man. Now I got to fix my hair.

[amanda]

Great. I was going to go grocery shopping and then visit mom in Marion County. If I time it right - - I'll probably get to drive in the worst of it. :(

[jojobeans1120]

I was planning on doing some shopping & buying groceries this afternoon too. It'll have to wait though, I'm not gonna drag Abigail out in this mess. :smt009
Hopefully it will blow on through the area. If not, someone send a food basket. We'll starve to death...LOL

[amanda]

I was planning on doing some shopping & buying groceries this afternoon too. It'll have to wait though, I'm not gonna drag Abigail out in this mess. :smt009
Hopefully it will blow on through the area. If not, someone send a food basket. We'll starve to death...LOL


Hey, there's always pizza delivery. :-D

[Scarlett O'Hara]

Oh nooooooo. I hate driving even in rain. Now I'm really concerned about leaving for New Orleans this afternoon. Great :(
Lips, why don't you go ahead and leave asap...........maybe you can beat it

[jojobeans1120]

Hey, there's always pizza delivery. :-D

Very true!! :smt023

[amanda]

Jojo, I think we have very cute avatars. :)

[Dixie Tree Slayer]

Great... Just told my daughter and she is hiding under the bed...
Thanks guys... She has always been afraid of bad weather. Me? It makes me hungry... The wind whipping just before the downpour.... Don't know why... But it does...
Lips here is the latest map by the weather channel
http://image.weather.com/web/radar/us_jan_closeradar_plus_usen.jpg
It is showing a clearing all the way until you reach the big easy... I say go for it!!! Good luck...

[LipsofanAngel]

Lips, why don't you go ahead and leave asap...........maybe you can beat it

Because of work... looking at the radar, by the time I'm heading south on 59 I'll be following in the line of the storm the whole way...

[Dixie Tree Slayer]

Jojo, I think we have very cute avatars. :)
Very fine avatars indeed... But when posting you must not abandon the language of the Louisiana population in the area...
When you go grocery shopping you actually are "making groceries"... Have you forgotten so soon?:smt103:-D

[Dixie Tree Slayer]

Because of work... looking at the radar, by the time I'm heading south on 59 I'll be following in the line of the storm the whole way...
Well watch the map there it is a link to one that changes and is updated regularly... Might be clear by the time you leave... Either way be careful lady... Hopefully it will be sunny by the time you leave... What time were you planning on bugging out of the burg?

[LipsofanAngel]

Well watch the map there it is a link to one that changes and is updated regularly... Might be clear by the time you leave... Either way be careful lady... Hopefully it will be sunny by the time you leave... What time were you planning on bugging out of the burg?
Hopefully by 1:30 at the latest...

[amanda]

Very fine avatars indeed... But when posting you must not abandon the language of the Louisiana population in the area...
When you go grocery shopping you actually are "making groceries"... Have you forgotten so soon?:smt103:-D


Nah...cher'....I don't wanna con-fuz the rest of the populous. :-D

[jojobeans1120]

Jojo, I think we have very cute avatars. :)


Our avatars ROCK! I cannot wait until the game, on the 7th.
People will hear me screaming in LA.
The win over Tennessee was the BEST thing in the world to me.
I have yet to settle a bet with someone, but will make certain to do so VERY soon... :laugh:

Ok, emails, etc. are done. I've got to shower and get ready so that when the bad stuff has passed, I can hit H'burg!

[jojobeans1120]

Well watch the map there it is a link to one that changes and is updated regularly... Might be clear by the time you leave... Either way be careful lady... Hopefully it will be sunny by the time you leave... What time were you planning on bugging out of the burg?


I can't speak for the others, but I, dear DTS, have not abandoned anything. My heart is and always will be in Louisiana! ;)

[amanda]

I can't speak for the others, but I, dear DTS, have not abandoned anything. My heart is and always will be in Louisiana! ;)


:clap::clap::clap: There is another? All right!!!!! :clap::clap::clap: I always say I had the best of both worlds. Born in Mississippi and Raised in Louisiana. :-D

[Dixie Tree Slayer]

Which begs the question why are the Louisiana folks over here now?
I know... You got here as as soon as you could due to the fine folks you have the pleasure of knowing here!!!
I got a couple three Chalmatians that are real good friends. In fact we are going there for the New Years Eve... If it isn't raining I will bring the wood for the bonfire... A whole dump truck load maybe two... All the kiddies will pop about a million dollars worth of firecrackers and sparklers... Well not a million but a whole bunch... They go all out for the festivities... Then when Midnight strikes everyone gives everyone a kiss... WOWEE... Some of them Chalmatians are extremely kissable!!! Ooops... Hope wifee does not read this post....:ohnoes::omg:

[citygirl]

Oh nooooooo. I hate driving even in rain. Now I'm really concerned about leaving for New Orleans this afternoon. Great :(

Lippy, Whatcha going to NO for? When are you leaving? Hubby and I are headed that way later this afternoon. I'm going to try to get outta here a little earlier than usual.

[LipsofanAngel]

Lippy, Whatcha going to NO for? When are you leaving? Hubby and I are headed that way later this afternoon. I'm going to try to get outta here a little earlier than usual.
mY best friend/former roommate in grad school lives in Kentucky now, but she's from Metairie. She's in town for the weekend to see her family. .So I'm barging in and gonna enjoy her time down here too :) Luckily the fam was okay with that! lol

[Chichiguita]

I think I might have asked this before, but I don't think I got a response...

It seems like folks down here take tornado warnings and such very seriously--but so few people have basements. :confused:

I haven't been through a hurricane, but used to live in tornado alley. Those watches and warnings rarely have much impact on me/northerners in a "practical" way--I guess we just figure if it gets bad enough we will go to the basement...

why don't you have basements down here--and what do you do when there is a serious threat of a tornado???

[Dixie Tree Slayer]

Basements are difficult in construction due to the water tables being relatively high. Unless they are well thought out and designed they become musty dungeons of dampness and become difficult on the resale... Plus most people want to be on TV with their hair in curlers and describing the sound of the tornader... Which is what Honey is hoping will happen to her... She always wanted to be on TV!!!:laugh::laugh:

[Chichiguita]

Basements are difficult in construction due to the water tables being relatively high. Unless they are well thought out and designed they become musty dungeons of dampness and become difficult on the resale... Plus most people want to be on TV with their hair in curlers and describing the sound of the tornader... Which is what Honey is hoping will happen to her... She always wanted to be on TV!!!:laugh::laugh:


I was wondering why she said she had to do her hair...

[fuzzis]

-and what do you do when there is a serious threat of a tornado???

Interior hallway.

[58ford]

There are a few basements here in the 'burg, but they are expensive to construct & difficult to maintain. I lived near a guy who had a basement in Gautier, MS. (within 50 yds of the beach, no less) He had a sump pump that ran 24/7 to keep it relatively dry. He called my uncle one day in hysterics & when we got to his house the laundry sink in the basement was shooting water out it's drain 3' in the air.
He ended up filling the basement with rubble & topping it up with concrete so he didn't have to live over an 8' deep pond.

[Honey]

Plus most people want to be on TV with their hair in curlers and describing the sound of the tornader... Which is what Honey is hoping will happen to her... She always wanted to be on TV!!!:laugh::laugh:

Quit writing down what I say. It sounds so bad when I have to read it again.

[ComputerDude]

Is it just me, or does that radar map in the above post looks very VERY clear?

[Scarlett O'Hara]

Sunshine and muggy in the Grove!!!!!!!!

[Hermione]

Looks clear to me, but my desktop weather thingy keeps saying there's a severe weather alert. Go figure.

[Conveyor Belt]

Saferooms... that's the way to go in new home construction now.