Comments on: Tornado Warnings Can’t Keep Me From Blogathon 2013!

By: Deborah Brauser

Deborah Brauser — Sun, 02 Jun 2013 14:27:28 +0000

Yeah, there’s something about night-time storms that seem to make them feel 100% worse. Hopefully they’ll all stay away now for a while. *crossing my fingers*

By: Deborah Brauser

Deborah Brauser — Sun, 02 Jun 2013 14:25:36 +0000

Thanks Anne and welcome to you too! It definitely wasn’t fun. But today is all sunny and beautiful. So it’s time for me to get back out and explore!

By: Deborah Brauser

Deborah Brauser — Sun, 02 Jun 2013 14:23:50 +0000

So glad you all were safe from the storm too! And hope your sweet Shih-Tzu is all calm now. My dog basically slept through the whole thing!

By: anneheaden

anneheaden — Sun, 02 Jun 2013 08:54:03 +0000

Wow, Deborarh so glad to hear you and your family are safe. Being in the UK where we don’t get tornados or weather fronts as bad as you experience, it sounds pretty terrifying to me. Welcome to #Blog2013

By: juliakayesblog@gmail.com

juliakayesblog@gmail.com — Sun, 02 Jun 2013 03:32:01 +0000

Welcome to blogathon! I’m in my third year participating.I live outside of St. Louis so I, too, spent last night hunkered down as that storm made its way east. We head for cover whenever there’s a warning, and we have a basement which is where we hold down the fort. We were quite lucky last night, but there were several areas across the metropolitan area that they believe had tornado touch downs because there was lots of damage along a path through St. Louis heading east to over here in Illinois. I think the worst part was all the lightning and thunder which just sends our poor little Shih-Tzu into a tizzy. Well, I’m glad your family was safe! That was one powerful storm!

By: Kathy Copeland

Kathy Copeland — Sun, 02 Jun 2013 02:47:29 +0000

Hopefully the storms are done now for awhile. It is always so scary when they hit at night too because you can’t see what’s happening. I have always been afraid of tornados and I’m the first in my family to run to the safe room.

By: Deborah Brauser

Deborah Brauser — Sat, 01 Jun 2013 21:43:53 +0000

Interesting! I used to lived in Fayetteville but moved further south to be nearer family. I hope you all can make it out this way, and fall is gorgeous. Except for a few weather hiccups here and there, this is a great location with so many fun activities. In fact… my second post on this blog is a short overview of things in the area that I’ll be covering this month. Then in the Fall, I’ll definitely be heading back to Mount Magazine — my favorite place ever for leaf peeping!

By: Alana Mautone (@RamblinGarden)

Alana Mautone (@RamblinGarden) — Sat, 01 Jun 2013 21:35:30 +0000

Welcome to the Blogathon, Deborah. Years ago we lived in the Fayetteville/Springdale/Morrow, AR area. One not-so-fond memory was waking up about 4am one morning to sirens and taking refuge in our bathtub. (Nothing notable happened to us but there was tennis sized hail nearby.) We haven’t been back to Arkansas in nearly 30 years and are thinking of taking a trip out there this fall.

By: Deborah Brauser

Deborah Brauser — Sat, 01 Jun 2013 21:30:24 +0000

Thanks Amber! The sun actually did come out as promised. So I’ve spent too much time this afternoon catching up on sleep on the back patio.

By: Amber

Amber — Sat, 01 Jun 2013 17:53:25 +0000

So excited to be blogging with you for the blogathon! Also very happy to hear your family is safe. I grew up in Michigan and live in Minnesota now, so storms are just a way of life for us Midwesterners huh?
Enjoy the sunny skies this afternoon