Weather

We had a tornado warning today. The radio was talking about damage in downtown Raleigh - I'm unclear whether there was a confirmed tornado there, or if it was just ("just") other storm damage, but there were several long-track tornadoes in the area, and we saw one on the weather map south-west of us, then saw it north-east, so it could have been. Dad and I came down into the basement - fortunately he can do one floor of stairs now. We set up the weather radio and the regular radio, and for a while hung out in the bathroom.

The long-track that went through (past?) Raleigh was on the ground for over 90 miles. They kept saying on the news how unusual that was, and also how unusual it was to see so many on the ground at one time.

Punkin started out safely under the couch, but when she came out I grabbed her and put her in her carrier and stuck her in the shower (towel over the carrier in case the shower door broke). She was not pleased, and loudly let us know that for some time.

After a while the tornado warning was lifted, then the thunderstorm warning lifted, and we went back upstairs. Had our excitement for the day - and I thank God that's all it was. Some storms in other areas of the South have killed several people, mostly when trees fell on their houses. I guess we're at risk for that here, too, but we would be safe in the basement hallway and bathroom where we were.

We had some water leak into the basement in the utility room - not sure where that was coming from exactly. I heard the water running, and went in to find it pooling on the floor. Didn't cover the whole floor, and as far as we could see only caused minor damage to some wood Dad had stored there. Guess we'll have to track it down at some point.

After a week and a half in the humidity, and especially today, I have my "white girl's 'fro". My hair is officially un-comb-able. Not sure what to do with it at this point. I'd been thinking I'd lost some of the curl as the hair went white, but I guess not. And I'm thankful that that is the worst of my problems from the storm!