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Related: About this forumNoVa Storm is a Whopper!
Raining buckets & sheets, wind & lightening cracking. Power on & off. Geesh.
Holy Moly!
asiliveandbreathe
(8,203 posts)May 14th - imagine...and they say it isn't even one of the worst hail storms...
appalachiablue
(41,131 posts)asiliveandbreathe
(8,203 posts)Nothing ever happens in AZ..so boring...I jest...we get our haboobs..and has been a very dry, dry year - we are in a horrible drought situation...and no relief in sight...constant fire watch....
OldManTarHeel
(435 posts)I'm in the Mt. Vernon area and it just started raining here, but, I can hear the thunder boomers off in the distance . .
appalachiablue
(41,131 posts)ambulance sirens in the bkground. Power & TV back on, good. Usually Power goes out around here if somebody coughs!
>Hang tight in Mt. Vernon, hopefully this one has lost steam!
underpants
(182,800 posts)I had lightning hitting within a 1/3 of a mile in several directions around me.
The next 5 days are going to be littered with thunderstorms.
appalachiablue
(41,131 posts)Say hello to Richmond, nice city and family ties.
JoeOtterbein
(7,700 posts)Tons of rain. We needed it.
appalachiablue
(41,131 posts)Last edited Tue May 15, 2018, 10:30 PM - Edit history (1)
about thunderstorms & power out in the northeast. Glad things are ok with you.
>"More than 400K without Power as Severe Thunderstorms Batter Northeast: PA, NY, NJ, CT
https://www.democraticunderground.com/10142060098
JoeOtterbein
(7,700 posts)...hope you guys are cool too!
PoindexterOglethorpe
(25,855 posts)I just sent him a text asking him how his weather is.
appalachiablue
(41,131 posts)PoindexterOglethorpe
(25,855 posts)He has lived most of his life in the Midwest, Kansas and Missouri, and he says it's not been bad where he is, and this is the first time it's felt like spring to him.
Not to diminish the severity of this evening's storms, I've lived in various parts of the country, including the DC area, and nowhere can compare with the violence of spring in the Midwest. Until you've spent lots of time in the basement listening to the weather channel on the weather radio, you have no idea.
George Mason is a wonderful school, one of my several alma maters, in fact. He's in a PhD program in astronomy and is incredibly happy there. He's a year into the program and seems to be doing quite well. Like many moms, I worry more than I probably should about him.
appalachiablue
(41,131 posts)I've lived around all main areas of DC. A weather storm like the one we just had is more an inconvenience and annoyance for me since I'm not in the commuting treadmill now and don't have to regularly face the rigors of rush hour driving or dicey commuting. It's the power outages that are usually bothersome as mentioned.
As you know, Metro DC has grown tremendously in the last 20 years with a population now of around of 5-6 million including workers from 5 states- DMV, plus south central Pa., the WVa. panhandle and the expanding sprawl in Northern Va. and Suburban Md. DC isn't New Delhi or Mexico City, but with that many people from all over the US and the world in the daily workforce traveling and commuting, even minor precipitation and storms with significant snow and rain can cause havoc, mainly auto accidents and snags in the subway and train systems that many people depend on.
Friends and family who see bad weather DC news and go on with "why don't you folks go to work?" and "here, we face 10' of snow regularly and just deal with it!" are so fun! I usually try to re-emphasize DC's population and conditions. But there's only so much you can do with folks who can't grasp the situation because of their 10 minute driving work commute, with free parking!; complain if they have to do 20 mins. travel; have never relied on a subway; and are fortunate to live in smaller, less congested cities.
On weather in the Midwest, I recall a Md. friend who took a job after college with a company branch in Iowa years ago. He had a fairly scary time once which you're familiar with. When driving during daytime to another city for a business meeting, Eric noticed that the weather and road conditions were rapidly changing. In three hours the temperatures dropped about 30 degrees, it began snowing faster and heavier so much that he couldn't see to drive and had to pull over to wait it out. A healthy smart guy, he'd never experienced anything like that, was unprepared but got through it alright.
The most serious weather events I've experienced include sailing in the Chesapeake Bay with a fool captain who refused to come in out of a wild, sudden storm despite all on board urging him to heed caution (since a kid I've been on boats in the inland US, the Atlantic and Caribbean). We also faced a close call east coast hurricane at the beach when young by waiting it out in a half basement; coped with 2012 Sandy effects 1 mile inland from the ocean in Delmarva- 80 mph winds and immense rainfall, stayed in a hall closet for safety- just missed us.
~ End of 'The Weather Front' & stories. Happy Spring.
appalachiablue
(41,131 posts)6th most populous metro area in the US.
https://www.washingtonian.com/2016/03/24/census-washington-metro-area-is-now-larger-than-philadelphia-metro-area/