The local weather folks are scaring the crap out of me. We have two bands of very strong storms coming through. The first one is expected around 8pm. The second on is supposed to be the worst and will arrive around 2am. They are practically guaranteeing tornadoes. They emphasis that they will be STRONG tornadoes. Also lots of lightning and hail. I am terrified. They are showing flattened houses in Mississippi and Alabama. My little shack could blow over in a strong wind.
So not sure that recaps are going to happen. I hope you guys are all safe tonight. I am not sure how much more stress I can take. This is some scary shit. I’ve got to go make sure my flashlights have batteries and prepare the tornado shelter.
Calling for 12-24 inches of snow where I live in Michigan !
Stay safe TT.
Yoop, you must be in the UP. Down by Detroit just very big winds Monday 10A to 8P.
TT let us know you are safe and sound after the storms pass through, I will be praying for you.
Yoop where 8n the UP are u ftom? I live in San Antonio Texas but born and raised in Calumet
I had the most wonderful 36 hours or so with a Yooper once. Probably the best straight man I ever knew.
TT you need to come to my Port City. Lots of sailors from the YP and luckily they don’t stick around long.
Sounds fun, TT! I think you told me that story via twitter. I hope you’re safe!
Eastern end of the UP. Bet you don’t miss the snow!
What is the UP and YP? I’m from Houston.
Lived outside of Iron Mountain for a short time. Still have wonderful Yooper friends who share snow pix when I post wintertime beach photos! Gorgeous, glorious land in the UP!
Sending good thoughts for no excessive weather for everyone in The TT Family!
I also lived in the UP, but on the west side. Coldest years of my life. We have the terrible winds and up 3 inches of snow coming to the Northern Lower.
Hopefully you’ll be safe and protected. Things are definitely different. Try and enjoy the rest of your Easter Sunday. 🙏🐣🐤🐇💐💛
Yes, everyone be extra safe as these storms are not going to be good by any means. I’m in Ontario, Canada and they are talking about bombs of cyclones going through our area tomorrow. How much more can we take… please enough lives have been lost thru Covid but hopefully not in any of these storms.
Eastern NC here. I’m waiting on those same storms!
OMG, Tamara. I hope you’ll be OK and that anyone else in the path of those storms will be too.
Bad weather everywhere. Prayers for all.
Sending hugs, love and good thoughts to everyone.
Happy Easter,, and be safe.💛
“For the first time in years, part of north Georgia is under a level 4 of 5 threat for severe weather, including metro #Atlanta. Much of the rest of the state is under a level 3 of 5.Damaging wind gusts and tornadoes, some strong, are the biggest concerns.We don’t give out “high” tornado threats very often.”
I keep trying to find a less hysterical newscast. And Channel 2 promised they were staying on the air all night and yet right now they are running some sort of stupid home video shows or something.
Please keep calm. Go somewhere safe in your house. I’m praying for you.
So I was going to try to do RHOA to try to distract myself as one station says is giving a later time of death. And as soon as I made that decision GA got our first tornado warning. It is terrifying. So I will watch American Idol as the weatherman is coming on TV there. This will be happening until four or five am.
Stay safe hunkered down with a Banjo. I’ve never seen a tornado but the thought terrifies me. I hope you have a giant stash of ALL OF THE THINGS to keep you two company. 🙏♥️
They keep telling us to put on helmets when we are under a warning. WHO THE FUCK HAS HELMETS LAYING AROUND THE HOUSE? I can’t find an extension cord so I can stay plugged in in the hallway.
Go in your bathroom with Banjo. I am praying this misses you. Please try to stay safe ❤️❤️❤️❤️
I’m out of here
What did I do now?
I am watching some show I DVRed called Escape From the Chateau to distract myself. It’s on PBS this family bought a dilapidated French castle and are trying to make it livable. It’s calming. But it is also only 47 minutes long. I am watching DVRed stuff so I can flip back in forth for the death forecast.
OFFS, the PBS Chateau show is having heavy winds. BUT THEY ARE IN A CASTLE! I am in a tar paper shack cover in rotten wood covered with cheap ass vinyl siding. So. not. a, castle.
I am just going to blather on here all night while guzzling wine. Apologies in advance.
Praying for your safety, Tamara!🙏
Thanks. There are a lot of readers from this area that need the prayers just as much.
Okay it looks like the 8pm storms went north of Atlanta. We had one tornado up there. It hit a trailer park. Why does that always happen. People are trapped in their trailers. The metro area is not getting hit until 1 or 2 am. I am just going to pass out in my tornado shelter in the “hallway.” It’s not a hall at all. it is just where all the doors open to the center. And for some reason, when my brother redid this house years ago after a fire, he put is crappy fucking everything EXCEPT for some reason he put in very heavy, very strong wood doors so I shut them all tight and stay there hoping for the best. Banjo and I have hunkered down there many times. I used to think maybe the cast iron bathtub was better. But a giant fat lady and an 80 pound dog is just too much for the tub. 🙂
Okay I think I am just going to recap RHOA. I am a bit drunk. So basically, the show goes on as usual. 🙂
Keep us posted on everything there. Prayers for everyone in that area!
You and Banjo stay safe. I hope the night passes quietly and you miss the storm.
We are projected to have shit weather around midnight (NW Florida). The wind has been bad all day. The cats are mostly inside. Our walk-in closet is my safe place so if need be, me and my pillow and a couple of airplane blankets and cats (with phone) will “hunker down” there. Stay safe, all!
I’m trying to enjoy all the art in my house in case I never see it again. I just realize the best stuff is in my bedroom and my dining room. Other than my brother’s pieces who are in here with me. I don’t pay attention to all the fabulous pieces I have.
Thunderstorms , Power is starting to go out in Atlanta.
Banjo is already inconsolable. This is not a good sign.
Tamara, I’m in Mississippi. The second round was really fast, just straight line winds (no tornadoes, as opposed to the first round), and while there are a lot of trees down and power outages, the second round is way better than the first. We’ve got six dead in South Mississippi so far from the first round, and first responders are still searching neighborhoods.
Are you Ok? Is Banjo? It sounds like such a scary situation- your weather. Please stay safe. I am worried about you.
So far so good. Iove you for always caring about us. xo
Praying for you and Banjo, TT, and everyone in the path of the storm. Hope it bypasses all populated areas. So scary!
okay tornadoes are everywhere.
are you in the safest spot in the house????
Are you still doing ok up there? I surmised that you are in Cobb county. I’m in Walton. Looks like it’s about to get pretty squirrelly. Watching Glen Burns on Ch 2, refreshing radars on my iphone, and reading your site on the iPad.
Lots of that quicklike lightning, like the kind that used to make the landline phones “chirp“ and now I’m losing satellite; with that goes the WiFi. Please light a candle for my data plan if this doesn’t let up soon.
We have taken shelter several times Now shit is getting real NOW THERE AREE NATION WARNINGS PLEAAAAA PLEEASE PRAY FOr US!
It’s 4:11 EST and looks like it’s just passed over you. I’m in Alabama and we had a rough night but we’re ok. Take care!
TT are you and all the others in direct fire okay? We have it coming in about an hour. 50 mph winds but we’re used to hurricanes. Tornados are a different story but they’re saying just a slight risk. We just hung six big Boston ferns on the porch yesterday so keeping my fingers crossed as they are heavy as hell. Hopefully, they won’t blow out into the Atlantic.
Tamara, please check in with us and let us know you are ok. We’re all worried about you.
TT, how are you and Banjo?? Is everything okay? I am worried about you and praying for you. I hope it’s all over and everything is fine and you are getting some rest!
Woke up in the middle of night thinking of you and Banjo. How are you? Please let us know!
I am not dead. Banjo is fine. It was not a fun night. Going back to bed. Thanks for caring.
Also, I woke up earlier to Governor Cuomo giving an update on New York. This man is overseeing the fucking epicenter of all of this mess. 10,000 deaths in his state alone.
And it was the most calming thing I have heard this entire time. He’s smart. He tells the truth. He has REASONS for what he does. He makes me feel safe. I love him. How can I get more of him?
Google video clips of he and his brother. It is the best. Oh, especially the one where Chris becomes part of his press conference (last week I think). They tease each other mercilessly, but at the beginning, you can see Chris get emotional when the Governor mentions his daughter.
And yes, I get emotional when I see competent leaders now. I wasn’t a fan of Jay Inslee – I didn’t dislike him and voted for him, but he left me feeling “meh” sometimes. But with this he’s been amazing. (I know I have fellow Washingtonians here… anyone see his Asian woman sign language interpreter lately? I’m worried about her. She’s the best one I’ve ever seen! Although the white bearded guy isn’t bad)
We have a male ASL interpreter here. I have only seen him once but he is the most dramatic interpreter I’ve ever seen. He uses his entire body. I have no idea what our idiot governor is even saying. It’s all nonsense. But some kid needs to make a Tik Tok video set to music with the interpreter. He’s a trip and all I focus on.
East Oregonion here and have to say I looove Jay “The Snake” Insley ! Havent seen the Asian gal but I saw another female language interpreter last week that was overly expressive and too distracting. I agree, beard guy is pretty good.
Cuomo has been doing a great job– he really steps up in times of crisis. I’ve been a fan since Hurricane Irene when he was helping people in the Catskills. The CNN interviews with his brother Chris are highly entertaining.
I like him too Tamara He is calming and the real deal. He is a Sagittarius and Italian. I am also. I think he could be my soulmate.
Wow Tamara, glad you are safe and made it through. Sounds very scary what you went through last night.
In my area, we will have hurricane-like winds this afternoon. I think it might be worse in NJ. Hope everyone stays safe. Power outages are scattered in areas already. 🙁
Someone’s house up where my sister lives was PICKED UP BY A TORNADO and plunked down in the middle of the road. The house was “fine” just moved in its entirety to another place. Someone else died from a tree landing on them. Sadly people died but it could have been so much worse. I’m kinda traumatized by this one. I have to take cover for tornadoes at least once a year or so. It’s never fun. But when you are barely keeping your shit together over the pandemic, this one was just too much.
Glad you’re okay, but man, that was scary looking. I saw a pic of a house in the middle of a street, and a video of a man walking through his destroyed house. So weird to see his home crushed, but the dining table and chair still in place, and the table still set!
As if folks didn’t have enough shit to handle.
All we had was some crazy storms and big winds. Enough to get the dog rattled and break some tree limbs, but that’s it.
Tamara I wish you could hire someone to come over and take a look at your house to see if you need to shore it up in some way.. if it needs that, to help keep you safe in there.
So happy you are safe.
I didn’t want to tell this story until after the storm had passed.
A friend is a retired Orlando, Fla. 911 operator. She has 45 million stories.
Tornado warning — all of the usual media reports. CB radios, etc. Days ahead.
Cops coming around to neighborhoods on bullhorns just in case someone didn’t know.
A woman calls: “I am standing in my doorway and I can see the tornado coming. What should I do?”
Carol said she REALLY WANTED to do Darwin thing and say, “Do nothing. Just stay where you are.”
But instead, “Run into the bathroom and LAY DOWN in the tub! Cover yourself with whatever you can grab on the way.”
Afterward, she asked cops to check on the caller. Not a scratch; just bruises from throwing herself into the tub.
Happy you are safe TT! I go to Alpharetta a lot for work and my team is there. Everyone is safe and accounted for. I can’t wait to head that way again. I miss traveling, even if it’s from my state to yours!