I was in bed by midnight last night… a record for me. I broke down and turned on the A/C and even slept through most of the storm activity. Rumbling thunder and rain pelting the window above the bed’s headboard, I did wake up — but I fell right back to sleep since the inside temp was comfortable. (If you can sleep when the bedroom temp is above 70°, you’re tougher than I am.)
All trees at the barndo are marked safe from storm #1 of tornado season.
Although more storms are predicted today and tomorrow, from what I understand the worst is over. It’s currently sunny with blue skies. 🌞
The plants I set outside to get their first treat of sun after a long winter were all just fine too. Only one of Dharma’s deck rugs got blown around a bit. We were lucky!
Our power company here at the barndo, REMC, is busy!
My friend, Julie, in Scipio, was without power for about 6 hours. She has a big farm there with more than 100 acres of woods. She said that she went outside at 2:00 AM to cover her solo stove that was still too hot at bedtime to cover, and noticed the upper level winds sounded like a hurricane. She reported no damage near her house.
Vallonia had 8 electrical poles snapped on the same road, and they’ll continue to be without power for several more hours. I guess Clarksville had some major hail as the storm passed through.
Mother Nature jumped the gun.
Although spring isn’t officially here until 3/20 (5 more days), Mother Nature obviously decided to get a head-start on the season. It’s for sure that Indiana in the spring isn’t boring.
Now you know: The first day of spring (March equinox or vernal equinox) is when the sun shines directly on the celestial equator passing from south to north and the length of day and night are almost the same.
Commonwealth Bay in Antartica is considered to be the windiest place on earth. Katabatic winds in Commonwealth Bay are recorded at over 150 mph on a regular basis, and the average annual wind speed is 50 mph. Although the weather has been amazing here in southern Indiana for the past few days, we’re under a wind advisory starting at 5PM today. Not REALLY like Commonwealth Bay, but we are supposed to have 20-30 mph winds with gusts up to 55 mph.
Preparedness actions…
The precautions stated include using extra caution driving and securing outdoor objects. What I did to prepare was to set 2 plants on the deck next to the barndo. I’m hoping the wind blows all the winter dead away and the rain (thunderstorms are forecasted also) will be good for them too. I’ll bring them in before it freezes overnight on Sunday.
Sunshine will be gone until Monday.
It looks like clouds, thunderstorms and showers will stick around for the entire weekend. But yesterday was sunny enough it required squinting. 🙂
Now you know: In 2001 a 13 year old boy scout went missing in Yellowstone Park for over 18 hours and used his belt buckle to reflect sunlight and signal passing planes. His signal was happened to be spotted by Harrison Ford.
Yesterday was amazing! Temps peaked at almost 70° even though the morning started out in the low 40’s. Here in southern Indiana, we’re at that point where no one knows exactly how to dress. We’re still a bit over a week before the first day of spring, but yesterday afternoon felt like we were there already. The morning? Still winter.
My favorite brother thought he was taking me down a notch.
Our sunset last night was so pretty I sent a photo to Scott & Tammy…
He reciprocated by sending a photo of his sunset (he’s in California to speak at an event)…
I’ll betcha he thought his view was so much better than mine.
Little did he know that I’d pick what I have right here in good ole’ C’ville over what he had in San Francisco any day of the week. ❤️
Now you know: In 2022 a man won a free drink in an air-guitar competition while on a cruise, which is his last memory before waking up overboard in the Gulf of Mexico without the ship in sight. He treaded water for 18 hours & was stung by two swarms of jellyfish all over his legs & arms before being rescued.
Because the Hoosier state is my home, I’m always drawn to anything “Indiana” when reading national news. Yesterday, the two news items I ran across were pretty darned embarrassing for Indiana residents…
First, I read about the woman in Indiana arrested for marrying her biological father. Yup. She sure did. Now why HER arrest was in the news and not that of her husband/father is beyond me.
I was aware of the next item prior to the person in question being identified. The X account, @effective_pawn, threatened to “gut” Elon Musk and “parade his corpse through the streets.” Little did I know at the time, he was talking about the streets in Clarksville, Indiana. 😳
It’s not ok to post death threats on social media. Duh.
The dude that threatened Musk, David Allen June Cherry, was arrested after sharing at least 6 threatening posts. Examples include one to burn down Musk’s house and another claiming he had enough bullets for his bitch ass and all the rest of the manchildren. Cherry was charged with intimidation and threat to commit terrorism. Interesting to note that although those charges sound pretty darned awful, his bond was $2500 bucks.
Cherry owns an online store called Red Pawn Dynamics, which sells Communist, anarchist and political themed merchandise — and friends, who started a GoFund me account for his legal defense, say he’s a family man and nice guy.
More rain incoming and the dog area is already a mudpie.
The good news is… it’s not supposed to snow at the barndo and temps are going to be no lower than 40° during the daytime for the next week or so. The bad news is… more rain is in the forecast.
Now you know: Cereal company, General Mills, had an Aeronautical Research Division that produced spy balloons for the American military and the CIA.
More snow is in our forecast starting today for 2 days. We’re currently in the 6″-8″ zone, but “totals will shift/change as we draw closer,” per my favorite weatherman. Have I mentioned that I’m SICK of winter? Yup, my much loved snow has worn out its welcome around here. It’s time for the white kind of precipitation to move on north.
Do you ever feel impish? And then act on it?
Perry’s been sick for a week (feels like 3 months) and he went back to work yesterday. If Perry has a hangnail, he’s so sick he thinks he might die. I can look at him and say, “you don’t look like you feel well,” and his voice immediately takes on a whining tone and he’s off to bed. He’s also the least likely person to say anything that would hurt the feelings of another. As I was waiting on my laundry to dry so I could fold and put it away, a thought struck me that involved poor Perry.
I took a selfie and let AI do a bit of editing, then started the following text exchange…
Me: Welp, I screwed up I think. Perry: How so? Me: Sends photo (photo on the left below). Perry: **loooong pause** Me: No words, right? Perry: You have bangs.
He didn’t say it definitely WAS a huge mistake — or even that I look like a big turd.
I followed-up his generic response by sending him the real photo (photo on the right above). His reply came immediately, “I’m so kicking your butt.“
The moral of this story is that it’s sometimes ok to act on impish thoughts. We both had a good laugh and I now know that bangs are no longer an option.
But going gray? Hmmmm…
Now you know: You can’t legally buy Jack Daniel’s whiskey in the town where the Jack Daniel’s distillery is located. Lynchburg, TN is located in Moore County. It’s a “dry county” so it’s legal to distill alcohol, just not legal to sell it.
