Bad weather on Thursday...?

[Conveyor Belt]

Here we go again...

[JMC]

Our lights keep flickering on and off in our office downtown.

[Scarlett O'Hara]

Scarlett, how about the kiddies going to after school? Did they make their vans on time, or did they have to wait. Planet Gym's number has been busy and I'm getting to the worry stage.

All car riders left at the normal time...............only bus riders were later.......Sorry I'm late posting........things were really hetic

[Honey]

Wind Wind Wind. And rain. Wow!

[PathFinder]

Practically pitch black on-campus (Southern Miss) right now.

[Scarlett O'Hara]

Home now, thank goodness!!!!!!!!!

[mybabysmomma]

It looks like the middle of the night outside our office. Its going to be a very nerve wracking drive home.

[LipsofanAngel]

I am HOME!! Finally :) now I want my pjs and a nap!

[Hermione]

Wish I could get home without actually having to DRIVE there . . . whew, what an afternoon!

[LipsofanAngel]

yeah, I think I made it home in the nick of time... just started pouring here... and lightening bad.

[Kitty]

Home now, thank goodness!!!!!!!!!

Scarlett, did you think you were Gone With The Wind?

[jojobeans1120]

It is as quiet as a little church mouse here. We had a light rain shower, and that was it.... a few rumbles of thunder in the distance...

[Conveyor Belt]

It'll all be over in an hour...

[Chichiguita]

home again, home again--jiggidy-jig!!!

back door is propped open so I can watch heaven's display.

[Bahlk]

It's really bad in petal now...high winds, heavy rain. Dark

[ComputerDude]

It's really bad in petal now...high winds, heavy rain. DarkGreat. Just where I'll be heading in five minutes.

[Bahlk]

Great. Just where I'll be heading in five minutes.

The rain has slacked for a bit but there is alot of water on the roads.

[jojobeans1120]

OK, the bottom has officially fell out here. Lightning, heavy rain, thunder.... nothing severe though. Awesome lightning show!:clap:

[amanda]

I think we will all be traveling in less than desirable conditions. :( Did I ever mention how much I hated driving in the rain and on wet roads?

[Hermione]

I think we will all be traveling in less than desirable conditions. :( Did I ever mention how much I hated driving in the rain and on wet roads?

You and me both. Be careful.

[jojobeans1120]

I think we will all be traveling in less than desirable conditions. :( Did I ever mention how much I hated driving in the rain and on wet roads?


Just be very careful and take your time!

[jojobeans1120]

You and me both. Be careful.


The same to you... be careful and take your time.

[OLDLADY]

It is now severe in Dixie...this is the worst it has been all day here....hard rain...wind...thunder...lightning.....

[BelieveInHim]

WDAM just said the kids from OG Middle School and High School were still at the school waiting for this to pass. I texted my nephew and he said the middle school kids are at the high school with the high school kids and that they are still there. Poor kids. My daughter, whom I went and checked out needs to scrub my house with a toothbrush for me going to get her around 2:30. She has had a nice long nap...At least they have had the kids off the roads and not on busses during this storm.

[jojobeans1120]

It is now severe in Dixie...this is the worst it has been all day here....hard rain...wind...thunder...lightning.....

Hang in there. It should pass fairly soon, if it hasn't already.

[SueScribe]

Get to a safe location. Can ya get under a desk or something, if the need arose....

from the sound of it, the need might already be present.

Tornado spotted near Columbia... not a doppler indicated tornado. It has TOUCHED DOWN!!!
ANyone in that area, get to SAFETY, NOW!!!!!

Praying for your safety NOW!!!

And now, you can pray for my profanity, please.

I'm outa here....

She was "outta [there]."

I was on the phone with her when the golf-balled size hail was failling, she feared a concussion on the 20-yard sprint to a concrete block building. "The hail is getting smaller," she said.

I told her there was a tornado on the ground, west/southwest. Then, 'GET OUT OF THERE, DO YOU HEAR ME??!! (expletives deleted) OUT !! (expletives deleted) !!! NOW !!"

Passing from us now. I ran next door to the gas station which is way more substantial than my office building. Starting to clear up a bit....watch out Lamar/Forrest - it's on its way to you. Get those cars in the garage or carport.

More substantial than . . .

Excuse me while I clear things up.

She is located in a sheet metal building that may or may not be, how shall I say - UP to code. I told her if she couldn't get to the block building to hit the ditch just beyond the office's sign. THAT might give her a chance, I said. She'd get in the car and outrun the tornado, if she saw one coming. Here, on this lovely, gentle website, I shall not go into the details of my subseqent comments.

Thank you, Lord. Jojobeans is praying for my .. lapses.

[jojobeans1120]

My daughter, whom I went and checked out needs to scrub my house with a toothbrush for me going to get her around 2:30.


:laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh:

[Scarlett O'Hara]

Scarlett, did you think you were Gone With The Wind?
:laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh: good one.....think rep!

Well for a little while, at least we didn't have any hail!

[Scarlett O'Hara]

just heard that the middle school kids on the buses were stopped at the high school but should be on their way home before long.

[ComputerDude]

That wasn't a bad drive home. Little bit of rain and a pretty spectacular light show. I've been home five minutes and already the power's flickered on me.

[Maggie-Doodle]

No reason. I just don't think I have heard that name before. What county is it in? There are at least two Mill Creeks in MS...one is in P.R. Cnty, another in Jones...or that maybe Wayne Cnty...

[Butterball]

Hmmm, having to be a 'weather voyeur' from hundreds of miles away........seeing all the anxiety through the written word.........
it had to have been a miserable day:(.

It is exactly for these types of experiences that I hate my job....
those times when I really feel the extreme need to be with my
family and hold them all real tight :attack:

I'm so glad that everyone tried to help each other here and keep the
information flowing :clap:

Great Job !!! (even though it took me twenty minutes to go from the
start of the thread to the end)...............

[Dixie Tree Slayer]

BB if you made it in 20 minutes you are a speed reader for sure!!:smt023
I was reading and reading and reading and looked up and saw there were over a dozen pages... Like a good book and a poor reader I could not stand the suspense of not knowing how everyone is/was so I skipped to the last page to see that everyone was A-Ok...

[mybabysmomma]

home again, home again--jiggidy-jig!!!
ChiChi...I would like you to know that I CAN NOT get that song out of my head!!! It has been STUCK there since you posted it..I'm going to go crazy. :smt103 What's even worse is I can't remember the whole darn thing...arrgg.. lol :-D

[aaron]

Thursdays just aren't good for weather these days.

[virgo]

Thursdays just aren't good for weather these days.

Yeah, it is supposed to get back again tonight here, too.

We had three tornadoes touchdown on tuesday night. :ohnoes:

[Butterball]

Yeah, it is supposed to get back again tonight here, too.

We had three tornadoes touchdown on tuesday night. :ohnoes:


Know you get tired of the 'duck and cover' drills........

[Honey]

Someone let me know when to duck.

[Hermione]

It's not looking good, not at all. It's just crossed the river.

[LipsofanAngel]

fabulous, freakin fabulous. Have I mentioned before that I hate bad weather?

[Honey]

I think I got to start baking something.

[Hermione]

Lips, you're welcome to be a Weather Chicken too! Although I'm actually safer where I am than I would be at home, I'd still rather be home. It's the process of getting there that's scary.

[LipsofanAngel]

well, I don't feel safe in my work building... apartment building isn't the best bet either. My only hope would be to have enough time to get to my friends' house about 3 minutes away from my office.

[Hermione]

Can't you make it over to the Courthouse?

[LipsofanAngel]

Can't you make it over to the Courthouse?
yeah, I'm just a hop skip and a jump from there... so they wouldn't mind if I just showed up and made myself comfy?? haha or I could ask to be put in jail for the duration of the tornado if one were to head this way. Ya never hear of those gettin destroyed in storms!

[Hermione]

Listen, if it gets serious, just go over there. It's a public facility.

[dyates]

It really doesn't look like it's going to get serious right now. Earlier this morning the sky was all crazy looking.

[Hermione]

dyates, have you looked at the radar? check out
http://radar.weather.gov/Conus/southmissvly_lite_loop.php

[dyates]

Yeah I know...I've seen it....I said right now it doesn't look like it's going to get bad just from looking at the sky.

[Honey]

That looks nasty.

[Hermione]

Yeah I know...I've seen it....I said right now it doesn't look like it's going to get bad just from looking at the sky.

Ok, I read right past where you said "right now" ~

[Conveyor Belt]

Looks like FUN!!!

I love a good storm.

I hope it doesn't wash my new driveway away... The city of Petal decided it was time to put in the new ditch and get rid of my moat, but they can't do anything until the gas lines are moved, but they decided to go ahead and remove my concrete driveway and put in a new culvert (same size as old) and cover it with clay/rock. It disappears a bit each rainstorm. I hope there's enough left for me to go to school tomorrow.

[Butterball]

Ya know, the city is always good at picking the very "best" times to come dig around your property........... :smt103

Guess you'll have a mudhole to contend with till they get around to 'finishing' the job......... sorry :smt009

[LipsofanAngel]

I heard through the grapevine that Jeff Davis schools are releasing students early. Lamar county schools are still unsure.

[Butterball]

Looks like a strong line of wind & rain will hit Amanda's fruit stand a little after 3, then move quickly over the 'burg area - say 4ish. Get ready..........

[jkspatty]

Bad weather scares the beejeezus out of me. I'm always scared the wind will blow the fence open at home and my doggies will get out and get run over or lost or......crap, I've worked myself into a tizzy.:ohnoes:

[Conveyor Belt]

Ya know, the city is always good at picking the very "best" times to come dig around your property........... :smt103

Guess you'll have a mudhole to contend with till they get around to 'finishing' the job......... sorry :smt009

They said, 'Oh, it'll take 2 days, tops'. It's been over a week now... they took the heavy equipment away. The only thing out there are piles of culverts.

[LipsofanAngel]

Lamar County schools releasing early so that kids can get on the buses and get home rather than be stuck at school until 7 tonight.

[amanda]

Yuck. Bad weather again. I really need to talk my bosses into putting in a Tornado Room in this little metal building. :(

[ComputerDude]

When is this suppose to happen? Outside it's cloudy, but the clouds don't look scary at all.

[nooskye]

They said, 'Oh, it'll take 2 days, tops'. It's been over a week now... they took the heavy equipment away. The only thing out there are piles of culverts.

lol ... they're probably done & leaving it up to you to replace your driveway :smt103

[nooskye]

holy h@!! ... that red line's gonna nail hattiesburg ... y'all be careful!!!

[ComputerDude]

Okay NOW it's starting to get dark.

[LipsofanAngel]

yeah and my boss says we have to stay open throughout the afternoon, and still have group therapy session this afternoon. RIGHT! The kids will be the ones that have to calm ME down if the weather is really bad!!

[fuzzis]

Third big clap of thunder here in the 'burg. When I get home in 2 hours, my puppy's crate will be on its side again. :ohnoes:

[ComputerDude]

Sprinkling a bit here, but that's it. The clouds don't look very menacing anymore.

[amanda]

Raining more than cats and dogs in Columbia. Geez I hate weather like this. :( Oh, and dial-up - SUUUUCCCKKKKSSS!

[ComputerDude]

We're rockin' now!

[LipsofanAngel]

I feel terrible. The supervisor for our facility is in charge of Lamar and Marion county. She was spending the day at the Marion office. She told the clinician and case manager that they had no choice- that they had to go pick up the kids. She just called me in tears nearly... said the wind was so bad it kept blowing them off the road. They pulled over on 98.

I can't believe the supervisor made them do that. She should be ashamed of herself. I knwo, I know- money. It's a business. But times like this- it's just not worth the money. They may have a different opinion if the car wrecks and a kid is injured- or worse, and then they have a lawsuit on their hands.

[Chichiguita]

Third big clap of thunder here in the 'burg. When I get home in 2 hours, my puppy's crate will be on its side again. :ohnoes:


poor baby!

[LipsofanAngel]

yepp, it is comin down fa sho in Purvis!

[Fish-Bait]

we've had at least an inch in 30 mins here in petal.....dang...Jesus is up there dumpin' out garbage cans full of water.....(that's how I thought rain was made when I was just a little Fish-Bait)

[CircusRide]

I just saw an ugly woman on a bicycle fly by the 6th floor window here.

[ComputerDude]

I just saw an ugly woman on a bicycle fly by the 6th floor window here.I think I dated her back in the eighties.

[58ford]

Okay, I was off line for a while, cause the power went off at the shop & I unplugged everything, and went home. Power'll go off here soon (it always does), but both my laptop batteries are charged, so I got about four hours of power if I stay online constantly (why does a wireless connection burn so much juice?)
Everybody be safe.
If it doesn't get too cold I'm gonna watch the storm from the front porch. Nothin' I can do about it might as well enjoy!
ford signing off from storm station zero.

[Honey]

I hope your mom made it home.

[Scarlett O'Hara]

Rainin, Rainin, and Rainin some more here!!

[amanda]

Dark, thundering and the rain is picking up again in Columbia. Of course, it's almost 5:00. :)

[58ford]

I hope your mom made it home.
Yes she made it back about a quarter to four.
Thanks

[ComputerDude]

Well I just read I'll be dodging downed trees on my way home. Apparently there's some crossing 11 just south of my job.

[damnyank]

I thought about a Poll - should I chlorinate or stock my back yard??

I just hope my shed doesn't float away! Oh not to worry, the chain link fence will stop it - I hope! :bowrofl::bowrofl:

[mybabysmomma]

I just saw an ugly woman on a bicycle fly by the 6th floor window here.
Gee, I hope my sister in law made it home okay...bah!

[Scarlett O'Hara]

I just saw an ugly woman on a bicycle fly by the 6th floor window here.

Hey, that was me!!!

[fuzzis]

My front yard is flooded. Actually a little worried about getting back out through it to go to my meeting in about 15 minutes.

Had to drag the puppy out of chest deep water. She was having a ball. I'm a mean, mean mommy.

[ComputerDude]

This is what freaks me out. I came home to find this little surprise about eight feet from my sons bedroom. Had it been the full tree that came down, we'd have some serious problems right now.
http://img180.imageshack.us/img180/2934/tree01ag9.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img218.imageshack.us/img218/8329/tree02om0.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[Honey]

Oh my, CD. Glad it didn't do too much damage. That's scary.

[luvnlife]

Wow! What a welcome home present.

[Scarlett O'Hara]

Oh my goodness...........it didn't hit your house, did it?

[Chichiguita]

Yikes CD, I'm glad no one was hurt. Was your son home when it fell? Was he freaked out at all?

[ComputerDude]

Oh my goodness...........it didn't hit your house, did it?Just missed. A few feet from where my son's room is.

[ComputerDude]

Yikes CD, I'm glad no one was hurt. Was your son home when it fell? Was he freaked out at all?
No. I'm the first to see it. There's a line of trees next to my house that have always freaked me out because of how close they are. Now I'm even more freaked out.

[noway]

Sound Asleep and hear a loud thump.. Jump out of bed a pine tree from neighbors yard is now in my yard and tore down my fence.. Maybe it scared the hell out of the squirrels and they will leave the house

[Chichiguita]

No. I'm the first to see it. There's a line of trees next to my house that have always freaked me out because of how close they are. Now I'm even more freaked out.

Call DTS--he'll take care of it for you!!!;)

[Scarlett O'Hara]

Got the ark ready yet, Honey?

[Honey]

The lake is filling up fast.

[Conveyor Belt]

Somehow, the city's work sign, you know, the sawhorse things, moved 20' from one side of my driveway, to the middle of my yard, and it's still standing upright. I don't know how that happened.

[ComputerDude]

Call DTS--he'll take care of it for you!!!;)Sure. Does he work for free?

[carsalesguy]

Sound Asleep and hear a loud thump.. Jump out of bed a pine tree from neighbors yard is now in my yard and tore down my fence.. Maybe it scared the hell out of the squirrels and they will leave the house

they are still there.

u can use the insurance money to get them out though-

[amanda]

Oh, man, ComputerDude.....I'd get those pines cut. Katrina taught the lesson that pines close to the house is just NOT good at all.

[Hermione]

Oh, man, ComputerDude.....I'd get those pines cut. Katrina taught the lesson that pines close to the house is just NOT good at all.

Yes indeed. That's why I'm selling the house where I cut down the six pines and the water oak, and bought one with a whole fresh new batch of pines in the front yard. Brains, I'm tellin' you ~