One of those spring storm days

[Clipper]

The tv keeps going to weather warnings from the National Weather Service in Morristown Tn. There are tornado warnings to our South and a super cell thunderstorm moving eastward about 40 miles to our South with extremely large hail and rotation indicated. There are severe thunderstorm warnings for us. We may get up to three inches of rain, 60 mph wind gusts, and quarter size hail. The conditions are right today for these storms to possible spawn a tornado. I had things to do but they will wait until tomorrow. The car will stay under the carport, safe from hail damage. They are saying that in some places there will be hail damage to roofs, cars and siding with the stronger storms coming in our area coming between 6pm and 11pm.

One of the unpleasant aspects of living in the South. I hate these days with weather warnings interrupting programing on tv, and national weather service warnings coming over the NOAA weather radio. I have two Ipads, an Iphone, and Kathy's portable oxygen all charged and ready if needed. We also have oxygen tanks in case of a prolonged power outage.

With Kathy in need of constant supplemental oxygen I really need to purchase a standby generator system. In the meantime we DO have the generator on the motorhome to enable me to charge the batteries for Kathy's oxygen concentrator if it should become necessary. Prolonged power outages were always an inconvenience, but we always had a camper to fall back on, and now a motorhome with a generator. It has the potential to become a critical issue with Kathy depending on oxygen 24/7.

Keeping the gas and propane full on the motorhome gives us the comfort of knowing that we always have a place to cook and sleep with heat in winter and AC in summer with TV and NOAA radio available and I can access the internet on my phone.

[Atticus Pizzaballa]

Stay safe.......

[Clipper]

It quieted down here in the late evening with a few rumbles of distant thunder after it passed by. It rained and drizzled all night but no notable storms. It was pretty noisy here with lots of lightning for a while but no damage. Johnson City and Kingsport both experienced some of the more severe storms, and there was damaging winds and large hail to the west and north in SW Virginia, but as often happens, the severe weather, damaging winds, and large hail passed to our west and south. It seems to be a natural phenomenon of sorts that I have never been able to understand but I knock on wood and am glad that it exists. We are often subjected to the warnings and watches but seldom does any severe weather materialize right here in our area

[BHU]

Glad it went around you. But in any case at least you had those trees taken down in case you do get some damaging winds. We had a few trees here that were damaged over the years due to t-storms. Some I took down myself & others I had to call a tree service to take care of. The last one cost me $500., i wasen't a very big Maple, but it was a widow maker the way it leaned over on our side from that idiot who lived behind us.