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Fire and ice
May. 8th, 2009 08:55 amSome say the world will end in fire,
Some say in ice.
From what I’ve tasted of desire
I hold with those who favor fire.
But if it had to perish twice,
I think I know enough of hate
To say that for destruction ice
Is also great
And would suffice.
--Robert Frost, Harper's Magazine, Dec. 1920
Let's add tornadoes and floods and hurricanes, shall we? This winter we had quite enough of ice, thank you. Now DH's family, who live in the Santa Barbara area, are on the edge of the evacuation area from the Jesusita fire. (ETA: They've just been put under evacuation warning.) I'm also looking out the window at an extremely black sky. Normally tornado weather travels east/NE, but this mass is coming south from Missouri at us. My oldest is boarding a bus for a field trip--towards the clouds--right now. I'm not worried about when they are there, because they are going to a cave. As long as there aren't any flood issues they should be in the best place possible during a tornado. But getting there...
WHY doesn't the weather service update more often when there is severe weather? "Cloudy" isn't exactly the description I'd use at the moment! Actually, looking at the doppler radar for the Ozarks, it looks interesting--the whole storm pattern has a rotation to it kind of like a hurricane. (Yes--I'm sure all storm patterns are circular. Just noticing, that's all.)
So glad we saw the sun yesterday to remember what it looks like. Now I think I'm going to go find batteries for the weather radio I bought the other day. I hope it's sunny (but not fiery!) where you are!
--Robert Frost, Harper's Magazine, Dec. 1920
Let's add tornadoes and floods and hurricanes, shall we? This winter we had quite enough of ice, thank you. Now DH's family, who live in the Santa Barbara area, are on the edge of the evacuation area from the Jesusita fire. (ETA: They've just been put under evacuation warning.) I'm also looking out the window at an extremely black sky. Normally tornado weather travels east/NE, but this mass is coming south from Missouri at us. My oldest is boarding a bus for a field trip--towards the clouds--right now. I'm not worried about when they are there, because they are going to a cave. As long as there aren't any flood issues they should be in the best place possible during a tornado. But getting there...
WHY doesn't the weather service update more often when there is severe weather? "Cloudy" isn't exactly the description I'd use at the moment! Actually, looking at the doppler radar for the Ozarks, it looks interesting--the whole storm pattern has a rotation to it kind of like a hurricane. (Yes--I'm sure all storm patterns are circular. Just noticing, that's all.)
So glad we saw the sun yesterday to remember what it looks like. Now I think I'm going to go find batteries for the weather radio I bought the other day. I hope it's sunny (but not fiery!) where you are!
