Consolidated Kansas

[JosieChick]

Ahhhhhhh!!!!!!

I don't even know what to think but I just went out to wash the stink off the dog before I let him back in the house and there were goslings running all over the yard!!! NOT in their pen with their mommy and daddy!!!!! I didn't even know they had hatched!!! I am a terrible goose mom....

 

[lizzyGSR]

thanks lizzy any information is always welcome. i moved here from washington state 4 years ago and every year i learn something new. we called it in to dispatch when we seen it, we are on the fire department it was paged out and it was by a baseball field full of kids so we had them sound the siren. every year we go to the storm spotter meetings and every year learn new information.

I am more than happy to share any information I can, though I definitely don't claim to be an expert. My DH talks way above my head on weather-related issues quite regularly.

On the other hand, I do know where to go when I don't know the answer.

ETA: Fixed spelling mistake

 

[lizzyGSR]

Ahhhhhhh!!!!!!

I don't even know what to think but I just went out to wash the stink off the dog before I let him back in the house and there were goslings running all over the yard!!! NOT in their pen with their mommy and daddy!!!!! I didn't even know they had hatched!!! I am a terrible goose mom....

That sounds like quite the surprise! Congratulations!

 

[chicken danz]

Ahhhhhhh!!!!!!

I don't even know what to think but I just went out to wash the stink off the dog before I let him back in the house and there were goslings running all over the yard!!! NOT in their pen with their mommy and daddy!!!!! I didn't even know they had hatched!!! I am a terrible goose mom....

Congrats on the babies. I have one goose sitting on 6 eggs. She didn't even start laying until the others were all done. I was in denial thinking she was sitting on air until one day she got up. I have no idea when they are due to hatch or if they are good.

I am more than happy to share any information I can, though I definitely don't claim to be an expert. My DH talks way above my head on weather-related issues quite regularly.

On the other hand, I do know where to go when I don't know the answer.

ETA: Fixed spelling mistake

Lizzy I was in a bad tornado in 1974 in Emporia that killed several people. It sounds weird but since then I am not afraid of tornadoes. I felt the pressure change and it is a sensation I don't think I'll ever forget. In all the years since then even when the sirens sound I normally go outside to look. I used to frighten my kids to death. Only twice in all the years since, did I make my kids go to the basement. And both times I did, a tornado touched down within a mile of my house. I couldn't hear sirens out where I live now anyway. I have gone to the basement here once. A tornado was spotted a couple miles north of here but never touched down. I am fascinated by weather and what makes what happen even though I don't know that much. However I hate rainy, drizzly, cloudy, or cold weather. I am a sunshine kind of gal for sure who likes to be warm.
I also have an extreme dislike for wind over 15 mph which seems to be the norm around here.

 

[cherwill]

this little guy came out of nowhere yesterday, blue sky, storms off to the east but none in rush county so i thought. Everyone be safe today, hearing its suppose to be a pretty rough day. watch the sky, listen to your radios, news etc.



Great pictures!

My husband and I are very different when it comes to weather. I'm scared to death of severe weather, while he is completely fascinated by it. He always tells me that he should take me storm chasing, though, because the weather seems to gravitate towards me and away from him. I grew up in KS but didn't see my first tornado until on my DH's birthday a couple years ago in Cheyenne, WY. He had gone on a work trip and was on his way back when the tornado hit. He only got to see the dark, ominous clouds. I didn't know a tornado was close and only got to see it in my rearview mirror. By the time I realized it was close, I had gone over a hill and couldn't see it any more. I was gonna go get my camera and take a picture of it (Except for the hill in the way, I could clearly see it and it was all the way on the opposite side of town as I was. Cheyenne has a population of about 30000, so the tornado was several miles away). However, my DH was scared for my safety and told me (on the phone) to get into the cellar.

Then, a while later, I was making a trip by myself to my parents' house on a day that they were calling for a good chance of severe weather. I ended up directly underneath a funnel cloud (that never touched down, as far as I know). My DH had gone storm chasing with a coworker that day. All they saw was some hail - there weren't any tornados in their area for them to see. After that experience, I am even more scared of storms.

BTW, I refuse to go storm chasing with my DH. The storms scare me way too much!

I try not to be stupid about it, but I'm also one of those people who runs out to the yard to see if I can see anything when the sirens go off. I'm not exactly afraid of a tornado, but I'm still going to take shelter if I see one. My MIL used to not go into the basement when the sirens would go off because she said she wasn't afraid. I told her common sense doesn't equal afraid. She goes down there now because she doesn't want to be one of those people other people talk about later if she did die -- as in, Why didn't that idiot go into the basement???

Ahhhhhhh!!!!!!

I don't even know what to think but I just went out to wash the stink off the dog before I let him back in the house and there were goslings running all over the yard!!! NOT in their pen with their mommy and daddy!!!!! I didn't even know they had hatched!!! I am a terrible goose mom....

Cool! Except for the for the smelly dog; that's not so cool.

 

[lizzyGSR]

I try not to be stupid about it, but I'm also one of those people who runs out to the yard to see if I can see anything when the sirens go off. I'm not exactly afraid of a tornado, but I'm still going to take shelter if I see one. My MIL used to not go into the basement when the sirens would go off because she said she wasn't afraid. I told her common sense doesn't equal afraid. She goes down there now because she doesn't want to be one of those people other people talk about later if she did die -- as in, Why didn't that idiot go into the basement???

I live too far outside of town to hear the sirens go off, but we do have an NWS weather radio. We also live in a deep valley, and our house is surrounded by trees. It is kind of dangerous for us to go out and look because the tornado could be on top of us by the time we were able to see it. However, the weather radio went off one day when it was partly cloudy with small popcorn storms in the area. One of the local NWS employees lives not too far from us and spotted a land spout. He called it in and reported his guess at it's location. When the weather radio went off, the location they specified was right on top of us. We got in the car to drive to the top of the valley to see if we could see anything (completely aware that it HAD to be a land spout and not a tornado). By the time we got to the top, it was gone. That is probably the ONLY time I've gone out to look and only then because my DH was with me.

I have to admit that knowledge is power. Since I married my DH, I have gone to the storm spotter meetings every year except one, in which I was doing a lot of traveling and my schedule wouldn't allow me to go. My DH has also taught me quite a bit about weather. Knowing what I'm looking at when I look at clouds has helped tremendously, but I'm still a wimp when it comes to severe weather.

 

[Trish44]

Josie, congrats on the little geese, what a nice surprise.

It has looked stormy here all day but got more so this afternoon, so far nothing yet. Those were awesome pics by the way. I'm not the bravest one here, my DH is the one who loves to go out & look. He & some other men were standing on the roof of his work building when a tornado came by there one time, crazy men. I know what to look for usually if it's really threatening weather. I really start to worry when I see that pea-green sky. There has always been a tornado associated with that every time I have seen that color in the sky. I was waiting out the Andover tornado in Wichita in the basement of St. Joseph Hospital in Wichita when I worked there & that's the exact color the sky was. I was so worried about my husband at the time & my son because I knew they wouldn't get in the cellar like they were supposed to. That tornado came within a mile or so of my house at the time & it was a pretty big one. I watch these shows with the storm spotters & how close they get & it really makes me wonder if they're crazy or what.

 

[chicken danz]

Well speaking of crazy, I'm going to be in trouble. I've been out moving things and trying to finish mowing. I decided to take the tractor and use the bucket to knock down the 7-8 foot weeds out back. I was nearly done when I ran over this huge slab of concrete which we've never been able to move.
Well dummy me, it moved this time and I got the tractor high centered. I could probably use the bucket to life it but I might tip the tractor over. So I quit and I will have to wait for DH to get home from work about 7:30. He is going to be so mad at me. If it weren't for the danger of tipping over I would sure just try to get it moved and never say a word.
Sure wish my farmer would decide to come plant today or something. His monster tractor could just pick mine up and move it. Crum!!!
My plan worked really well though. I think I can see to spray roundup now that the weeds are knocked down.
It's looked and felt like it was going to storm here all day. I had thought about trying to plant some garden before I decided to try to finish the mowing. I don't even know where I put all my seed I bought in the fall.

 

[ChooksChick]

Did someone say crazy?

Hi, everyone!!

I'm barely keeping up with life, as usual, but think of you all. Don't have time to catch up right now but wanted to give you all a hello!!

 

[TheDownyChick]

Lizzy I was in a bad tornado in 1974 in Emporia that killed several people. It sounds weird but since then I am not afraid of tornadoes. I felt the pressure change and it is a sensation I don't think I'll ever forget. In all the years since then even when the sirens sound I normally go outside to look. I used to frighten my kids to death. Only twice in all the years since, did I make my kids go to the basement. And both times I did, a tornado touched down within a mile of my house.

Where were you when the tornado hit Emporia in 1974? I had been napping, then the sirens went off. I remember my Mom scooping me out of bed and racing down the street to the shelter. We lived in a mobile home, and even at 3 I knew to hide from tornadoes in a basement. I thought the tornadoes couldn't see below ground! I remember kind of flying. My Mom had me and was running, but my legs were not touching the ground and I was horizontal. We watched our neighbor's house flip over and blow away. I remember seeing the mall afterwards and worrying for the people who had been shopping when it hit. I was in college when the one hit Emporia in 1990 or so, and lived in a basement apartment where friends took refuge. I have helped friends clean up their destroyed homes after numerous tornadoes. They suck. I fear them, and will readily admit it. This little sack o bones is no match for a hungry 'nado!