I’m supplying the warm moist air that is going to interact with the cold front that will generate the turbulence that creates thunderstorms and tornadoes. The bad stuff usually occurs north of me, so I’ll see watches, but rarely warnings of tornadoes. They don’t build houses with basements down here. You hit groundwater rather quickly.

The cats hide anytime there are loud noises – be it wind, thunder, or fireworks. I don’t know where they are hiding [catspace] but they’ll come out after it has passed.

Sorry to hear there are more tornadoes expected. That’s a scary situation to be in and there’s not an awful lot you can do about it. They tell you to go to the basement, but somehow or another the idea of being buried alive and no one perhaps finding you doesn’t appeal greatly to me. Not a lot of appealing choices there.

Do your cats get upset when there’s a lot of thunder and lightning? Whisper tries to climb on top of me (keep in mind, she’s a 50 lb dog but that doesn’t stop her). Blue is unconcerned for the most part except for a really close blast of a nearby tree.

The wet snow is the worst. You don’t get snowballs, they’re ice balls, and it’s heavier than rocks to shovel. It also clogs up snowblowers if you went that route.

There is definitely going to be a lot of flooding once the thaw begins in earnest.

In other news it’s snowing outside my window. Again. I actually DO like snow, but it’s time for winter to get over itself. This is Virginia for God’s sake! It’s been a really snowy damp winter here in the Appalachian chain, and the ground has gotten about all it can hold as well as the creeks. Enough.