Hi, Bob. Jo, we went without rain, too, for so long. It came back with a vengeance. Thankfully, we were warned and safely home. It was interesting to see the questions about shelters for tornadoes on FB from those new to the area. We mostly have basements here with the exceptions of trailer homes and apartment buildings. We seldom have tornadoes. Someone asked if it was still a good thing to shelter in a bathtub that is the new kind and quite flimsy compared to the old cast iron ones. I never considered that. What kind of shelters to you all have for bad weather?
We are scheduled for heat and humidity again, too. Thankfully, not as warm as Jo!
Good morning, all. We don’t actually have a shelter other than the house. But our big calamity coming is the super volcano from Yellowstone. Not sure there is a shelter for that yet.
The first and last things of the day should be turning our thoughts and hearts to the King? And everything in between? Words and deeds honoring Him. Doing what He has set before us.
We started into a study of Experiencing God today. Most have done it before but are gleaning new thoughts as we dig in. It is rich.
We shelter in a downstairs closet pretty center in the house. It is in a hallway that has doors that can all be shut so no flying glass in case of shattering windows. It is a small closet under a stairwell so only comfortable long enough to be done with a tornado warning. It is not for long term use. We could go in the crawl space of the basement if we had to, but must go outside to get to that.
Yesterday it was 90 degrees and today 67. We had a lovely downpour of rain and teeny hail just now. I am resisting turning the switch from AC to heat!!
We came home from visiting the grands to find over 2 inches of rain fell while we were gone. So thankful. The forest fires are down to only 3 not contained, so that is good. And our garden had a really good drink.
We just shelter in the basement if there is a tornado warning. We don’t get one often – more watches than warnings.
NJ, I would have resisted the urge to turn on the heat, too, but decided my husband is always cold and I need to consider him. Hopefully, this is the last really cold stretch until fall.
The best room in my house in Nashville would have been the hallway. Paneled on both sides (we stripped the wallpaper and painted over the paneling), no windows, inside of the house, fully closed off by doors except at one end . . . but the time I was in bed and experienced a minor earthquake and realized I didn’t want to stay in bed underneath a ceiling fan and a light with a glass globe, I also realized that hallway had too many bookcases with books on them to be a perfect sheltering place . . .
I was in a Bible study at Mare Island once, in the chaplain’s Victorian Mansion–they’re beautiful.
We sat around an enormous table (furniture came with the houses), when things began to shake.
I jumped up into the nearest doorway and shouted, “Earthquake! Get under the table or into a doorway.
Everyone obliged, including a friend who joined me in . . . the Butler’s Pantry.
I jumped back to the doorway leading to from the Butler’s Pantry to the Kitchen and then realized it was full of glass, china, and other things that probably would have killed me in a worse earthquake.
So, after that, it was always UNDER the table! LOL
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morning all
Kathleena was talking about something called rain. I’m not sure what that is. We are predicted to be at 90 today
jo
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Here in Crescent City, CA we are supposed to have a high of 65 degrees.
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Oops! Bob Buckles
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Hi, Bob. Jo, we went without rain, too, for so long. It came back with a vengeance. Thankfully, we were warned and safely home. It was interesting to see the questions about shelters for tornadoes on FB from those new to the area. We mostly have basements here with the exceptions of trailer homes and apartment buildings. We seldom have tornadoes. Someone asked if it was still a good thing to shelter in a bathtub that is the new kind and quite flimsy compared to the old cast iron ones. I never considered that. What kind of shelters to you all have for bad weather?
We are scheduled for heat and humidity again, too. Thankfully, not as warm as Jo!
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Good morning, all. We don’t actually have a shelter other than the house. But our big calamity coming is the super volcano from Yellowstone. Not sure there is a shelter for that yet.
mumsee
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Stay rooted.
The Power of Stability in a World of Chaos
https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/trevin-wax/power-stability-world-chaos/
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Hi Bob
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The first and last things of the day should be turning our thoughts and hearts to the King? And everything in between? Words and deeds honoring Him. Doing what He has set before us.
mumsee
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Hi Bob.
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Hi, Bob!
We started into a study of Experiencing God today. Most have done it before but are gleaning new thoughts as we dig in. It is rich.
We shelter in a downstairs closet pretty center in the house. It is in a hallway that has doors that can all be shut so no flying glass in case of shattering windows. It is a small closet under a stairwell so only comfortable long enough to be done with a tornado warning. It is not for long term use. We could go in the crawl space of the basement if we had to, but must go outside to get to that.
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We lived beside the submarine base in CT for six years in the 1980s. I asked my husband once what I should in the advent of a nuclear attack.
Should I buy an iodine supply? Store water? What?
“You don’t want to survive a nuclear bomb, Michelle. You’ll go straight to heaven and take the boys. I’ll catch up later.”
A pragmatic engineer to the core . . . but a totally unsettling answer.
I don’t worry about it at all–after spending 20 years living at ground zero.
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Yesterday it was 90 degrees and today 67. We had a lovely downpour of rain and teeny hail just now. I am resisting turning the switch from AC to heat!!
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We came home from visiting the grands to find over 2 inches of rain fell while we were gone. So thankful. The forest fires are down to only 3 not contained, so that is good. And our garden had a really good drink.
We just shelter in the basement if there is a tornado warning. We don’t get one often – more watches than warnings.
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Hi Bob!
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NJ, I would have resisted the urge to turn on the heat, too, but decided my husband is always cold and I need to consider him. Hopefully, this is the last really cold stretch until fall.
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Yes, we turn on the heat for my dad.
mumsee
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The best room in my house in Nashville would have been the hallway. Paneled on both sides (we stripped the wallpaper and painted over the paneling), no windows, inside of the house, fully closed off by doors except at one end . . . but the time I was in bed and experienced a minor earthquake and realized I didn’t want to stay in bed underneath a ceiling fan and a light with a glass globe, I also realized that hallway had too many bookcases with books on them to be a perfect sheltering place . . .
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I was in a Bible study at Mare Island once, in the chaplain’s Victorian Mansion–they’re beautiful.
We sat around an enormous table (furniture came with the houses), when things began to shake.
I jumped up into the nearest doorway and shouted, “Earthquake! Get under the table or into a doorway.
Everyone obliged, including a friend who joined me in . . . the Butler’s Pantry.
I jumped back to the doorway leading to from the Butler’s Pantry to the Kitchen and then realized it was full of glass, china, and other things that probably would have killed me in a worse earthquake.
So, after that, it was always UNDER the table! LOL
(Look at that, photos of the mansions are in the Library of Congress: https://www.loc.gov/pictures/search/?q=Photograph:%20ca2482&fi=number&op=PHRASE&va=exact&co%20=hh&st=gallery&sg%20=%20true)
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Hi, Bib. Long time no see.
Our bathroom is the only room without a window, so that is where Mrs. L goes as soon as the sirens sound. I wait until I her a freight train outside.
Makes me wonder, what did sound did people listen for before trains when a tornado was approaching?
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I suspect they watched the sky, the plants, and listened to the animals.
mumsee
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Peter – I, too, have wondered what they would have compared the sound to before freight trains. 🙂
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in png I heard that sound once. Scary
jo
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