• I read these new stories about people "staying put in the face of Ike," but yet you know that some of them will inevitably need the efforts of the Coast Guard and other rescue workers. Honestly, I think that's unconscionable. If you have the ability and the means to evacuate ahead of a huge storm such as this, and yet you don't, running the risk ( Read more... )

Are gas lines seriously long, or is this some kind of media-created thing? I was planning to get gas today anyway (because payday seems like a good day to drop an outrageous amount of money at the gas pump, natch), and now I am absolutely dreading going out and possibly finding lines out the wazoo and skyrocketing prices. Bah. I hate lines. Hate

The National Weather Service, when issuing Special Weather Statements and Severe Thunderstorm Warnings for our area, deviates slightly from the usual practice ( Read more... )

The days when Sam stays for a bit in the morning so we can do school, and hence dresses Jacob, are always interesting. Many times, I have to completely change Jacob, because he'll put him in shorts in January, or long sleeves in September ( Read more... )

in the spirit of spring break, i am thinking about what i will do with all my free time this summer ( Read more... )

On Saturday, there were also tornadoes in more rural counties, northwest of Atlanta. One of these was in the county from whence comes my milk ( Read more... )

I'm passing time... waiting on chex mix to finish cooking... and decide to check the news ( Read more... )

Today had some general suckage. Nothing huge, just greyness. Like the weather. Then I was finally getting ready to return your message, jenneygoot, and instead managed to delete it. Sam took about an hour and a half to get to work because of the weather* and consequently got home just before I had to leave to go to my meeting, where I met this pretty cool ( Read more... )

Allatoona Water Levels on the Rise

A few moments ago there was a weird noise. It's quite windy, and I didn't think anything of it for a few minutes ( Read more... )