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Good grief, two and a half hours after posting that, I was awakened by the Mother of All Thunderstorms. Loud claps of thunder, pouring rain, the works. Did not even realize it was a possibility! Good ol' Spring weather, I guess. LOL :2funny:

Latest predictions are no storms here tomorrow, but thunderstorms are predicted all day long both on Saturday and on Sunday. Frank is having bad sinus trouble perhaps due to this upcoming stormy weather, so for his sake I hope the storms fizzle or go elsewhere.

Take care, aja8888! Hope it passes by your area soon, and moves on. We had a brief thunderstorm this afternoon, but it was only here for a couple of hours.

Looks like the storm is headed south of us, towards the Gulf of Mexico. So, all is well here. Temperature is down to 73F already, and all we've got is a very light drizzle.

Our first thunderstorm in several days is just starting up. There's lots of orange and yellow on the radar, and thunder in the distance, but no scary warnings (yet?). With any luck a storm will cool things down here. Temperatures have been insanely high (98F, "feels like" ~120F) but our houses...

You'll get the best possible advice about what YOU want to do, by asking yourself why you are going and what you want to do there. Is there something, anything at all, that you want to either see or do in the Southern states that is motivating you to leave your home and travel there? Hurricane...

I only have one daughter, and she is married and living with her husband. When she was growing up, we made it very clear to her that she was expected to get a job and move out as soon as she was done with school. So, that's what she did.

Texas has a lot of advantages too, though. Also, this month it seems like quite a few states have been getting hammered with severe weather! That tornado in Iowa looked awful. So far this week we have had hot, but not insanely bad weather here in New Orleans. So far, so good. Besides, who...

I love seeing and watching birds. They add to my joie de vivre, and I think they like us too. What can I say? We even drive a quarter mile to the boat launch, to see the sea gulls playing over there. Here at home, we have a few sea gulls but also ravens, ducks, egrets, and so many more. We...

So far so good here in New Orleans! We didn't have any terrifying weather last night (well, ok, thunder and heavy rain but not terrifying). A kind forum member messaged me just now to ask if we were OK, so I thought I should probably mention to everyone that we're OK. I haven't yet checked the...

Just because you are retired, doesn't mean that you have signed an ironclad contract promising to like all cruises. Maybe you would rather have done something else! There is nothing wrong with that. My suggestion is to do whatever you want to do, and don't feel bad if you don't like whatever...

107 mph? WOW, you weren't just kidding, you all got pounded for sure! And power outage for over a million people? What a mess!! I hope Houston's electricity can be repaired and restored soon. This is awful! The rain hasn't reached New Orleans yet. We still have 94% chance of rain and an active...

My B&W Brother laser printer is perfect for me, and has been very cheap to own and operate. But, the OP said he didn't want a B&W laser printer. OK, sorry, looks like you'll be miserable while I enjoy my printer for another decade or more. :rolleyes:

OK, I just heard "Ryan Hall Y'All" (on youtube) say that we'll be having some of the more severe weather in the South here in New Orleans soon. It's supposed to hit us around 3 AM and possibly last through the weekend. Texas is getting it too. WWLTV says some of New Orleans will be getting 7+...

I think FIREd moved to Switzerland several years ago, near the border with France, maybe near Geneva. I'm not entirely sure where but it's still interesting to read about the weather over there. We're not the only ones dealing with lots of rain!

Scary! Take care and I hope your health continues to improve.

:2funny: Believe me, I understand!

I don't think it sounds cheap. Like you, I gave my daughter $10K for her wedding in 2009 and told her she could spend it on a car or wedding or whatever. Her father and I were divorced and living thousands of miles apart, so I do not know what (if anything) he contributed. But I did know that...

Love it! Thanks :)

Storm lasted much of the night. 2 inches of rain, 16 mph winds. But now it's gone, with sunshine and 82F outside.

Will do! Frank just stopped by (from his house next door) and we decided to stay home tonight. If the rain holds off, he may try to find some muffins for tomorrow's breakfast. If not, we thought of some "oldies but goodies" to listen to and enjoy at our homes. Edited to add: Serves me right for...

OK! It's showing up on radar now. We have a Severe Thunderstorm Watch this evening, and 100% chance of rain.

Those of us who grew up "back in the day" had the amazingly good luck of growing up with some of the best popular music ever (IMO). So, almost every day, at least once I listen to a song from that era that I haven't listened to in a while. These are some of my happiest moments. Today, it was...

But then, it's all still predicted (even though there was nothing on the radar headed this way the last time I looked!). Youtuber Ryan Hall Y'all, who does weather forecasting videos, said within the past hour or two that New Orleans will be getting severe, damaging winds between 8-10 PM...

Not even one drop of rain here, yet. We decided the dire forecast, flood warnings, and so on, are just a lot of hogwash today, at least for our neighborhood. :rolleyes: