When I awoke this morning it was barely 40°. It’s supposed to reach almost 80° in a few short hours. Pretty impressive for weather… but if it was a car?
A McLaren P1 can do that same thing in 1.8 seconds. My Mini Cooper can do it in 5.9 seconds. Even the new and fastest jeeps can do it in 14.6. But Indiana weather?HOURS.
We’ll still take it.
Now you know: Boston Corbett (the soldier who killed John Booth) castrated himself with a pair of scissors to avoid temptation upon seeing prostitutes.
We had over 2 inches of rainfall yesterday. Steady showers and storms caused the temp to go from around 90° to 69°. I know crops needed the rain and farmers were happy to get it. But not Merida! The second it thundered the first time, she’d already had enough.
Bloomington got hit harder than we did here — and I saw on FB some in Uniontown had several limbs down. My g/f Julie lives in Scipio, (about 20 minutes from here), and they got nothing. Here on the outskirts of the Ville we got the rain and some hail earlier in the afternoon, but otherwise came out unscathed.
EXCEPT… we were without power for hours.
I had a lengthy text exchange with my friend, Jeff, about his cat named Phil. That killed some time. As dusk settled in, we watched a doe grazing at the edge of the field where it joins the woods. Then, we listened to the dogs snore. I fell asleep on the chaise but not before I heard Perry start snoring on the couch.
What did people do in the early 20’s without power??
They didn’t stay up until 1:00 or 2:00 AM, that’s for certain. It’s pretty darned boring. At one point, I turned to Perry and said, “we could take a drive and see if any trees are down close to here.” I felt pretty dumb when he reminded me the garage door is powered by electric — and it’s a BIG ole’ door that’s heavy to open by hand.
Now you know: In 1925, only half of American houses had electrical power. Thanks in great part to FDR’s Rural Electrification Act of 1936, by 1945, 85 percent of American homes were powered by electricity, with virtually all homes having electricity by 1960.
The severe weather we were forecasted to get this evening went south of us instead. That doesn’t mean we didn’t have rain off and on today.
Rain creates a big mess when you have big dogs.
It’s not like you can have wee wee pads inside for rainy days like you can with small breeds. Large dogs have to go out — and they bring in some of the outside with them every single time.
Rain creates a great example that shows the uniqueness of my two hounds…
Merida hates water, so her trips are fast, furious, and infrequent. Dharma, on the other hand, goes out, shakes the bushes so water will fall on her back, and lies down on the deck to ensure she’s got plenty of debris to bring inside with her.
Now you know: GPS, despite being free for global use, costs around $2 million a day to operate and maintain. This budget covers satellite launches and system upkeep, funded through American tax revenue.
We’re in the transitional season here in Tornado Alley US — where rainfall increases along with the wind and chance of tornadoes. After today, our temps are forecasted to drop by around 30°F. 🙄
At least the trees are budding!
In Indiana, tornadoes are most likely to occur in the late afternoon or evening, but they can happen at any time of day. It’s essential to stay informed about weather conditions and to have a plan in place in case of severe weather warnings.
I stay informed, but my plan is sketchy.
I’d LOVE to have a storm shelter with access in the garage part of this structure. I even priced installation finding that costs vary from $4K – $15K. I’ve never stood in the bathtub (the safest place in every home I’ve owned) for safety in all my years on earth. I figure a storm shelter would likely be the same… I wouldn’t know if I should actually get in until after I’d already blown away.
Now you know: Leonard Skinner is the namesake of Jacksonville rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd. Skinner was the high school basketball coach who sent band members to the principal’s office because their hair didn’t comply with the school’s dress code. (Read more here.)
It’s another frosty morning in southern Indiana with more… you guessed it… WIND! That’s right — 35-40 mph winds coupled with a special weather statement warning us of an elevated fire risk.
Today is the 1st day of spring 2024.
Today is the first day of spring, but it doesn’t feel like it. Just wait though… it could feel like mid-summer before you know it. That’s because March is the month of extreme transitions in my slice of the world. It can see snow (flurries yesterday) to mild temperatures to severe storms.
The earth is amazing isn’t it? It was designed to constantly keep an equalized pressure. When this gets disrupted, we get wind. The stronger the lower pressure is, the harder the earth will fight to equalize it. The pressure struggle is real in rural Crothersville today.
Like me, ole’ Mother Earth is working overtime.
Yesterday, I decided to move my bathroom and closet upstairs. I logged around 16,000 steps and about all of them were made carrying stuff up and down a narrow and steep stairway. Today, we’ll be taking it easy around here. It’s going to be a day of rest and thoughts about the warmer days ahead.
Merida was so distracted by the sunshine she forgot where she left her bone. She’s been searching for it for about an hour and I’m not even going to give her a hint.
Now you know: A Japanese man, Yasuo Takamatsu, lost his wife in the 2011 earthquake. He has not stopped looking for her body for more than 10 years and has dived more than 800 times in the ocean to retrieve her.
