tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5115084514040536840.post2108839096239046855..comments2023-11-02T03:51:39.411-04:00Comments on FISHY2ME: Damage Reportfishyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15169980377922293950noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5115084514040536840.post-69918290743399184052010-06-24T12:54:42.369-04:002010-06-24T12:54:42.369-04:00Love the new design. :-)Love the new design. :-)Jennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11280822962202098606noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5115084514040536840.post-82360565638712740162010-06-23T23:43:56.213-04:002010-06-23T23:43:56.213-04:00Sweet Fishy, mommabear gets back to town tomorrow ...Sweet Fishy, mommabear gets back to town tomorrow sometime, and I'm sure she'll be totally jetlagged. I'm pretty sure Summer Nights is the GO theme for Haiku Thursday. :)Kymical Reactionshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03973202222132286348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5115084514040536840.post-38359602829041459452010-06-23T12:34:48.622-04:002010-06-23T12:34:48.622-04:00Chickory, you must be back up! This sure has been ...Chickory, you must be back up! This sure has been a stormy month. As if Mother Nature is disgruntled with us all. She has a right to be.<br /><br />Sorry to learn the lightening took out your electronics, but at least you kept your cabin. We have "bundled" services so we were again without phones, internet or cable. I reckon it was a good thing I dashed thru the house unplugging every electronic we own.<br />Yesterday the phone transformer was replaced so land lines are working again. Tomorrow the new wireless modem is getting installed. <br /><br />The lightening preceding the microburst was some of the worst I've ever seen. On the way home I actually saw a bolt hit the embankment by an overpass igniting a ginormous brush fire. <br /><br />The "rain" associated with this weather event wasn't like any rain I ever experienced. Much worse than even bad hurricanes but of shorter duration. Our home might as well have been parked directly beneath a huge waterfall.It may not sound like much but truly 2" of rain in 40 minutes is a flash flood. Crazy.<br /><br />I find it interesting the momentary stillness preceding your lightening strike and our microburst did in fact provide warning to humans and animals alike. I guess it is a good thing we pay attention. What do you do at Chickory for emergency communication? Ham radio? I was thinking there needs to be something like Onstar for homes.fishyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15169980377922293950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5115084514040536840.post-85907222911198159012010-06-23T09:13:38.236-04:002010-06-23T09:13:38.236-04:00happy that you were spared! i know exactly what yo...happy that you were spared! i know exactly what you mean about the air sucking out. in my recent storms, the trees were blowing wildly and then it just stopped to dead still. i thought to myself: this is bad. like tornado bad. later lighting struck and took out my tv and internet.chickoryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11814762747054617499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5115084514040536840.post-84671368860817554162010-06-22T11:07:00.344-04:002010-06-22T11:07:00.344-04:00MRM,
We had two hospitalized but they should make ...MRM,<br />We had two hospitalized but they should make full recoveries. What is really odd to me is the dates: here on the 15th, your location on the 16th. Here the span of the microburst is estimated to have been 2.35 miles in diameter. Our home was just about dead center. Which, it turns out, is usually not quite as bad as the perimeter. I probably won't sit in my porch rocker telling future grandkids about this storm, but I won't forget the experience anytime soon.fishyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15169980377922293950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5115084514040536840.post-68465023044870066892010-06-22T10:10:15.928-04:002010-06-22T10:10:15.928-04:00Fishy,
Odd you should have experience a microburst...Fishy,<br />Odd you should have experience a microburst. I didn't know what one was til we had one here in Montana. I've provided a link. Froid has a population of 195. Microburst hits here and kills one person. Billings has a population of 100,000. A tornado hits there and kills no one. Go figure.<br /><br />http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-461823Milk River Madmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03488717739676864113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5115084514040536840.post-58324314284402797782010-06-21T16:30:38.286-04:002010-06-21T16:30:38.286-04:00Thanks Pam! I expect out there in the land of freq...Thanks Pam! I expect out there in the land of frequent tornadoes this sort of aftermath has been seen. <br /><br />Caroline,<br />Welcome to the Pond! Looking forward to seeing the Prairie rainbow ... is that the silver lining in your parts?<br /><br />Aunty Belle,<br />Whoa indeed! I've never been in the throes of a microburst before and tell you true, it will be just fine with me if I never experience another. One of Blowfishes friends <br />had his house cleaved plus two cars smashed in the driveway. Very sad.<br /><br />Boxer, You know what, it did in fact scare me plenty. I had actually arrived home just a few minutes before the Microburst and knew something bad was about to happen because all the birds were screeching and then went absolutely silent. Hitchcock could not have thought up anything any more frightening.fishyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15169980377922293950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5115084514040536840.post-81872719346687526122010-06-21T14:20:57.983-04:002010-06-21T14:20:57.983-04:00Wow. What a great description of a terrifying situ...Wow. What a great description of a terrifying situation. I went through something similar in Philadelphia many moons ago; when it was over the side of our house was splattered with green/flowers/debris. The sucking of all oxygenn is something I've never experienced and I hope I never do. I'm glad you and your home (and new car!) are OK.Jennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11280822962202098606noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5115084514040536840.post-91587800718587353962010-06-20T22:20:51.349-04:002010-06-20T22:20:51.349-04:00whoa!
What an alarm. Great description but ya is ...whoa!<br /><br />What an alarm. Great description but ya is scarin' the fool outa me. Odd, but good, that yore street wuz spared. Mercy Fishy!Aunty Bellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13868780211706866610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5115084514040536840.post-83158213573438692662010-06-20T14:55:51.821-04:002010-06-20T14:55:51.821-04:00Fishy,
I've never seen a more apt description,...Fishy,<br />I've never seen a more apt description, Ma Nature "throwing a big fit in a small place" <br /><br />We had another lulu last night, it stayed just south of us, but a couple of huge pines in the neighborhood snapped off about 15' up the trunk. Thankfully, no one hurt and didn't hit the house nearby.<br /><br />On the up side, wait till you see the prairie rainbow I caught as I dashed out in the rain and started firing off the little point and shoot camera.Carolinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09646529544107229536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5115084514040536840.post-19856704135177564142010-06-20T14:48:05.486-04:002010-06-20T14:48:05.486-04:00glad to hear you are safe after such an event. mo...glad to hear you are safe after such an event. more soon.PAMOKChttp://WWW.PAMOKC.BLOGSPOT.COMnoreply@blogger.com