Wacky Weather Day

[Dazed_Lily]

Arrived at work in unbelievable wind and heavy rain. Thought my golf umbrella would do the trick. First thing that happened is the wind turned it inside out. I spent the next 5 minutes trying to tame the umbrella. I tried facing the wind with it but only half folded back. I tried pushing it against the ground and against the car. Briefly tried to push it back into the car while stuck open--well, shoot, that won't work ! Finally, duh, pushed that metal thingy down and I could fold it and reopen it. Had to use it partially opened as I walked to the building or else it would do a repeat performance. I was soaked. Luckily, we have a locker room with 2 hair dryers. Spent 20 minutes drying my pants, shoes, socks and hair !
The day concluded with me being in a conference room working alone when suddenly the PA system played an announcement(complete with that silly clanging bell) that 'This is a tornado warning; proceed to the nearest tornado shelter'. I was going to ignore it but thought better of doing that. The nearest shelter was down the stairs and across the hall. I had my choice of the rest room or utility room. I chose the utilty room and spent about 30 minutes in there with only about 8 other people. It would have been packed if it wasn't the end of day. Anyway, after that we got the 'all clear--return to your 'workstations' recording.
What a day !:rolleyes:

[Ann B.]

Our ground is soggy. We had over 3.5 inches of rain in the last 2 days. Most of that was last night and this morning, but I don't know how much because I forgot to dump the rain gauge.

It has been so terribly dry this year that I don't think I will ever complain about the rain, even when it floods.

Well, at least if the flooding waters do not enter my home. ;)

[sue salley]

We caught the tail end of the system that dumped so much rain on Kentucky and Southern Indiana. It rained all weekend so I got nothing done. I normally wouldn't complain but this is the first weekend I've had off in about 2 years. I even had someone to come and help me clean up basement and move in plants and amass the outsdoor plants and get them positioned for winter. Needless to say all I got done was a little housework. But we did need the rain.