Comments | g_shadowslayer: Weather and that kind of fun

g_shadowslayer

Weather and that kind of fun

Jun 05, 2008 02:34

So. I'm in the middle of the busiest time of year at work, with a STACK of files I have to put together and get on orders by mid-June... I'd been ignoring the constant weather alert popups from ForecastFox because every time I checked them they were flood warnings. Yes. It rained. It was going to rain some more. After the 4th wettest May on record ( Read more... )

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urbandruid June 5 2008, 08:52:49 UTC

Yikes, glad to hear you guys are okay! I thought of you all the minute I saw the pics of DC on the news- and they were really something! OMG!

*hugs* Oh and happy belated birthday, sorry, I'm terrible about stuff like that.

g_shadowslayer June 6 2008, 03:23:37 UTC

Thanks! We really got lucky, but then again Hurricane Isobel and the wacky storms we got the August after that took out a lot of the bigger, older trees. There were still some pretty big ones down, though.

Work was closed today -- the building still had no power. I'm starting to freak out about how I'm ever going to get my work done...

strangemuses June 5 2008, 09:23:26 UTC

Crazy weather day! Germantown had winds gust of 83 mph. That is hurricane level!

g_shadowslayer June 6 2008, 03:24:37 UTC

Yikes! Channel 9's news just said some areas had straight line winds faster than the ones in the F1 tornado that hit one area!

strangemuses June 6 2008, 03:26:51 UTC

Yeah, it was a crazy day. And now they are saying that it is going to be 97 degrees on Sunday.

97!

With scattered thunderstorms.

I am SO not working on my garden this weekend. I have to go out tomorrow to mow the lawn, but beyond that... nada. I'm staying in.

g_shadowslayer June 6 2008, 03:41:53 UTC

Yeah -- if I have to be in this weekend to make up for today, it is NOT going to be on Sunday. YUCK!

leviathanmuse June 5 2008, 12:12:28 UTC

Actually, there were several blinks before it died because with every blink I tried to shut off my computer and it would blink again, just as I was going for the keys...

And, guess what, folks? We're off today because the building is still toast!

g_shadowslayer June 6 2008, 03:26:47 UTC

Yeah -- I mentioned the blipping lights. I'd got up and walked away from my desk when the first one killed my computer, because I was going to talk to the person I'd been sending the e-mail to. *sigh* I hope my stupid computer isn't dead...

leviathanmuse June 6 2008, 03:34:09 UTC

Hopefully not. It's such a pain in the ass.

g_shadowslayer June 6 2008, 03:41:09 UTC

I just don't get why they refuse to buy new UPS -- it's cheaper than having to replace hard drives, damn it!

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