People are asking

[geminigirl]

And I appreciate that they are.

We're fine. We didn't sustain any storm damage that I know of (no ones been on the roof yet.) The tornados were southwest of us, and northeast of us, and while it was kind of scary (we really should have been in the closet) it's okay. I finally went to bed around 6 this morning, when the storms had passed. To tell the truth, I began to worry when Beta Cat climbed under the china cabinet and hid out. All three of the cats were being a bit weird, but going under the cabinet was unusually weird.

Considering, however, the lack of tornado sirens around here, I was hoping that someone (hoopycat or quasigeostrophy maybe) would have weather radio suggestions, or at least be able to guide me into what to look for/brands to buy.

All that matters is that we're okay. And than you for asking.

Comments

[alibee.livejournal.com]

Dude, I had NO IDEA. I don't read the news enough. Your post made me look at CNN.com.

How frickin' scary!!! I'm glad you guys are okay!

[geminigirl]

It makes me wish for a basement though. The best we've got in this house is the master bedroom closet. I miss the bathroom in our apartment, which was large enough to set up the card table in if we wanted to.

[alibee.livejournal.com]

dang. that's some bathroom.

weirdly, i was talking about you (in a good way :) ) at din last night. i'm glad that you guys are okay.

[geminigirl]

That is weird.

You should come visit me.

[posthaste.livejournal.com]

so correct me if i'm wrong but this is a common thing in the southern us, right -- the houses built with no basements?

[geminigirl]

I don't know about other parts of the southeast, cause the furthest south I'd lived before Florida was northern Virginia, and houses usually have basements there, but here in Florida, houses don't often have basements. It's a giant sandbar, and the water table is too high. We are lucky in that we have an attic, in our house, which is another feature many houses around here don't have.

[mskathy.livejournal.com]

We lived in TX for 6 years and no one I know of had a basement there.

[entirelysonja.livejournal.com]

Obviously I'm clueless. I didn't even know there had been any tornadoes.

Glad to hear you're OK!

[geminigirl]

You had long since gone to bed before the storms started, and so, I'm not surprised you hadn't heard about it. What made me stay up actually, was the cats were being weird, and after watching Beta and even Oblivion freak out during Hurricane Isabel, it just seemed wise.

[mskathy.livejournal.com]

I'm glad everyone is okay. I had no idea about the bad weather until someone at the gym asked if I knew where they had been. Funny, I used to use our cat as a gauge in storms, too.

[n5red.livejournal.com]

Obviously you need something like this: http://domeofahome.com/

[aliki.livejournal.com]

Glad you're all okay.

[beaq.livejournal.com]

Gah!

And: bunker!

[quasigeostrophy.livejournal.com]

This model (http://www.amazon.com/Midland-WR-100B-Weather-Hazards-Monitor/dp/B0001OHH0Q/sr=8-2/qid=1170464682/ref=pd_bbs_sr_2/002-4169119-8374403?ie=UTF8&s=electronics) is a good one. Any major brand (Midland, Radio Shack, Oregon Scientific) is good, but make sure it has Specific Area Message Encoding (SAME), so you can set it only to go off for warnings for your county.

[wolfden.livejournal.com]

Glad you are safe.

Tornados are scary things. Chris actually has a string of recurrent nightmares where tornados chase him. Sometimes the tornados are regular big storms and sometimes the are minis that chase him around inside the house. He never had them until he moved here. He never had Earth Quakes dreams when he lived in CA.

We get tornados sometimes. Not frequently but still we've spent evenings in hallways or bathrooms.

Glad you are okay. Hopefully, there won't be anymore storms any time soon.