Moody weather | pad patter 5.28.19

I don't want to leave the house when it's raining. IDK if it's my mood that's affected so much as my Wicked Witch attitude towards water. We haven't had a ton of rain this past month but we had a weird, freak storm this morning...right at DS's bus time. So when I first read the thread's title "Moody weather," I thought you meant the weather was moody cuz it sure has been here! Yesterday was gorgeous and today has been all over the map.

 

That’s us in the summer. It rains nearly every day. That’s when we get our rain supply for the rest of the year but it sure gets old. I know how you feel when it constantly rains. Ugh


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We get a lot of rain here on the west coast so we grumble but try to suck it up b/c what else can we do. But it does get frustrating when it rains for days on end. The last few yrs our summers have been drier than usual which is nice except that there are more forrest fires in the interior b/c of the increased dryness.

I love the sunshine and there is nothing better than waking up in the morning to warm temps and clear skies.

 

I’m missing our Florida sun! Just spent the day driving in snow and temps down to 32. Not sure traveling through Wyoming was such a good idea!

 

We've honestly had pretty much perfect weather for the last couple of weeks here and I've really needed it. I have so much going on, I need the energy the sunshine brings me. We've had a little rain on and off, but not days of it like we had a month or two ago, thank goodness. My mood is totally affected by the weather, but I do appreciate a rainy day every now and then, just to make me slow down and be lazy.

 

I'll take rain over tornado warnings and watches any day. Had both in the last 24 hours.

Tornado warning was a little after 10:00 last night. Peyton and I went to the basement where I turned on the TV to keep up with what was happening. That is until the power went out. The basement was DARK. My lantern was in my office. Using my cell phone I made it to the stairs to come upstairs and get the lantern. Since there was no power anywhere, there were no warning sirens or tv coverage. I huddled down in the shower with Peyton and tried to keep up with what was going on with my phone and the local 911 group on facebook. Once the warning was lifted, we went to bed... still without power. That was somewhere around midnight.

I woke up at 3:15 and still no power. I made my way to the bathroom in the dark then went back to bed. I heard the power come on about 5:45. It was a very restless night not knowing when the power would come back on. The power outages were widespread over much of western Ohio. Once the power was back on, I was able to get some good sleep. Then I found out the my computer got fried when the power went out. It is 6 years old and it didn't surprise me because some minor things have been happening lately that made me suspect it was going out. Unfortunately I didn't go with my gut and get a new computer when I thought about it.

So I pulled out my laptop and have limited computer use. I do have backblaze so should be able to get most things back when I get another computer. I also have an EHD backup that does backups on Fri and Tues. I made no major changes since last Friday so hopefully that will give me everything.

Tonight we had another thunderstorm and more storms are in the forecast for tomorrow.

Oh yeah. I live just 20 miles from Celina, Ohio where an 81 year old man was killed when a car fell on his house during the tornado that hit there. 2nd tornado to hit that town in 18 months. Dayton, Ohio where there was a lot of damage as well (no fatalities though) is 50 miles south of me. And, just outside of my town, several farm buildings/barns were destroyed by a tornado that thankfully touched down in the countryside.

Needless to say, I am ready for much sunnier weather.

 

I hate rain for the simple reason I live in a 2 storey house (1 living storey and 1 garaging storey) with 17 exterior stairs which are slippery when it rains. And yes thanks to my amazing coordination I have slipped down them more than once on my rear.

 

Yikes @HavaDrPepper that an exhausting night! We had a tornado watch on Monday evening, but it never materialized into anything more than a mild thunderstorm thankfully.

We have had SOOOOO much rain over the last 6 weeks! It has definitely been more cloudy and gray than I would like, but I will say that for the past 3-4 weekends, we have had sunshine and warmth on either Saturday or Sunday, which has been fabulous! I just go out and soak up the sun!

Also, I have loved the side effect of it being so nice and cool at night for sleeping. That's my least favorite part of when it starts getting hot out. I love to sleep with the window open and a nice cold breeze! Makes for great sleeping!

 

I can't handle having it rain every day. It's only been warm Spring weather 5 or 6 days since the beginning of Spring in March. What I'm really worried about is going straight from this into 90+ degree summer.

The same thing happened last year between Summer and Winter -- one day it was 90, the next it was 40. We had no fall at all.

 

We haven’t had any rain in Georgia in a while. It is so dry and we could desperately use some. My husband is already in Pennsylvania and has experienced a good deal of rain. I actually enjoy the rain... as long as it stays away when the movers get here in a few days

 

Whaaat? No rain in Georgia? Well SC has had TONS since Hurricane Florence- like- the storm was a water magnet here or something. So much rain that transformers are blowing nearly every week. This past 7 days have been the exception- loads of sun and 85% humidity--- 94+ degrees daily. But I'll take the sun over rain ANY DAY!!