Beware the Ides of March!!!!
My Beloved Sister has issues with the month of March. In fact, throughout her life, nearly every thing unpleasant that has happened to her happened in the month of March.
She has a particular aversion to the Ides. And of course being the sweet person that I am, for decades on the Ides I give her a call, pitch my voice as deep as possible (which is remarkably deep) say "Beware the Ides of March" then hang up.
Of course she calls me immediately after and we both laugh. You would think after decades of doing it, it would lose it's humor. Not So!
Now the Ides is throwing a different complication our way, as we prepare for what I hope will amount to not much, but it sounds treacherous. Intense storms with possible tornados are heading our way and it seems Birmingham is in its direct path. We have battened down the hatches and have everything charged and ready for possible power loses.
I called My Beloved Sister again and told her I am putting the blame of this entire weather system on her.
If you are in this storm's path be careful!
It is nonstop here in Birminham/Hueytown! We charged everything and have our chargers on the lift chairs. The wind was so strong it sounded and felt like the carport was coming off the house.
ReplyDeleteWe have had some intense gusts but no sustained winds . . . so far. I am as prepared as I can be in the event things change, but I hope it skirts us like the first wave of storms ddi.
DeleteI hope the storms fizzle out before they reach you. We're supposed to have rain tomorrow. Lake Junebug is still muddy from the last storm. I'm glad you're prepared. That's all you can do.
ReplyDeleteLove,
Janie
Me too Janie. Thunderstorms don't bother me, but I am not a fan of tornados.
DeleteStay safe Anne!
ReplyDeleteIt never hit here. Just gusts and thunderstorms
DeleteTornados in the states are pretty scary...saw them on the tv how much these monsters destroyed..
ReplyDeleteTHey can be very devastating. As happy as I am they missed us, I do feel sad for those impacted
DeleteI was going to say I hope it fizzles out like Cyclone Alfred did here a couple of weeks ago. I see it has passed. Hopefully there wasn't too much damage or inconvenience
ReplyDeleteNone here but communities in the state were hit. I have not heard definitively but the last I head no one in my state lost their lives.
DeleteUpdate on the tornados. There were at least 5 in the state and there were at least 3 fatalities.
DeleteI've just seen your resposne to Rachel. Thank goodness it never hit you!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteThe geography/topography of our house really lessens the likelihood we would ever have a direct tornado hit. Our concern is always damage from flying debris or trees falling on the house.
DeleteI'm glad the tornadoes missed you. Stay safe and hopefully, the storm will move on.
ReplyDeleteI was glad too, Bless. We woke this morning to a gorgeous spring day.
DeleteI hope you survived the Ides of March storms. That system is going to hit us today. However, the storm is not supposed to be as severe by the time it hits here.
ReplyDeleteI hope it had lost its strength by the time it made it to you.
DeleteI'm glad to hear you didn't see tornados or high winds in your area. Scary times!
ReplyDeleteTo be honest, I grew up here and have had tornado activity all my life. Generally I tend to ignore the watches and warnings but they predicted a big one and since the huge tornado that killed nearly 320 people, I pay attention to the big tornado warnings
DeleteI had three separate tornado warnings Saturday. I was more concerned about my kids and persuaded my oldest to go to dog friendly hotel if I would pay for it. He lives in a rv while working up there. I then stayed up while the storms went through the southern part of the state near where my youngest lives. Troy was very lucky bc that was a huge storm when it finally touched down outside the city. Middle kid was ok bc that tornado went over northern part of Tuscaloosa county. Gordo is a mess though in Pickens. Whew. Cindy in the South
ReplyDeleteI did not see the videos of the destruction until this evening. Gordo looked really bad.
DeleteI love your sense of humor, even amid stress.
ReplyDeleteYou need to laugh, at least that is my motto
DeleteYou would fit right in with my circle of friends. Apologies to your sister but I love that you do that. I'm glad your storms didn't live up to the hype. I talked to my BFF there last night and she said all was good. We had that same system go through here Friday night and it wasn't what they predicted either, thank goodness.
ReplyDeleteThose dang Ides!
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