Crazy Storms...

Yesterday afternoon we were under tornado warnings/watches for about 5 hours. Both storm systems went right over my head. As far as I know, there were no tornados in my area. They *think* a funnel cloud was spotted to the south of us, but last I heard, it was still unconfirmed.

As soon as I heard the warnings, I filled up the tub so that we could flush the toilet if we lost power (we're on a well). DH started a fire in the fireplace, the 2 younger girls toted in as much firewood as they could, and I got dinner going. It was just leftovers, but I needed the power to reheat them, and didn't want to wait till our normal dinnertime, in case we lost power before then. So we were eating dinner when the first storm hit.

The first wave contained pea to marble sized hail. There was some that got as big as a quarter, but not much. That was probably the scarrier of the 2 systems that passed over us though, because it was still light enough to be able to see what was going on.

The second storm brought my neighbors up. They live in a mobile home, and didn't want to be in it in the storm. I live in a brick home with a full basement! This one is the one that gave us the softball sized hail for about 15 minutes. We never even took cover. LOL We stayed in the living room, chatting with the neighbor and her 4 kids. Trying to make it seem as normal as possible for the kids. We had the computer on, showing www.weather.com as well as www.11alive.com so that we could keep track of what the storm was doing. Got a few good laughs at folks we went to school with being interviewed on the news about the storm.

We have no damage at my place...not even from the hail. Although the yard looked like Noah would have been right at home! LOL Anyone want to come swim in my yard??? There's plenty of room! Hopefully most of it will either run off, saok in, or dry out today. The septic folks are supposed to come tomorrow to fix the field lines.

Today brings us a beautiful, cloud free morning. It's a little chilly, but not unbearable. I think it may be the perfect day to go out and plant my potatoes...