It was 43 degrees when I came home from work, last night, and now it is 63 degrees WITH A TORNADO WARNING!!!!

It is THE END OF NOVEMBER!!!! I should not be waking up to TORNADO SIRENS!!!!

Update: Great - my area is under the overlap of TWO tornado warning boxes.

Last night, an F-2 tornado tore through a Boy Scout camp in Iowa, killing 4 and injuring 48.


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Sirens.

Again.

I haven't had more than an hour of sleep at a time.

WTF? Are we stuck in a temporal feedback loop, or something?

Phone: RingRing!
Me: Conferences, Registrar!
Caller: I'm calling about the Methodist conference. It wouldn't let me register online.
Me: Yes, the pre-registration closed last week. You will need to register on site.
Caller: Can't I just register with you?
Me: No, you will have to register on site.
Caller: There is no way I can do that!
Me: On- ( Read more... )

The Weather Channel claimed that there were up to 40 tornado reports in the state of Indiana this weekend. Other sources had lower numbers, but still confirmed that there was a lot of damage.

USA Today's report

Indianapolis Star report (For the record, the county numbers are off in that graphic that shows where tornados occurred. Monroe county ( Read more... )

I was making salsa for a barbeque that will take place later today, and I had my food processor on the glass cutting board, next to the metal mixing bowl. When I turned off the processor, I heard dual tones resonating through the air.

How cool! I thought. I made a harmonic!Then, I realized that it was the tornado sirens, again ( Read more... )

No, for once, it's not the cicadas ( Read more... )

Driving south along SR37, just past Martinsville, I came across the following vignette ( Read more... )