Update: Good morning afternoon everyone. I slept like a rock last night...woke up to my weather radio a little while ago. 9th tornado warning in 24 hours. Confirmed tornado over Mobile Bay about to cross the I-10 bridge near the USS Alabama (the battleship). East of me, thankfully.
One tornado warning is okay, but nine credible ones? Like I said below, I'm a nervous person by nature and I'm usually okay with one warning, but nine of them...aw hells naw.
Thank you guys for all the concern and talking and shooting the breeze. Not sure why this is recommended, but hey...anything is better than meta pie flamewarring, right? :)
My nerves are shot. We're under our 6th tornado warning of the day as Tropical Storm Lee's outer bands swing through. Dry air wrapped into the storm, so instead of just bands of incredibly heavy rain, we're getting individual thunderstorms coming in off the Gulf one after another and rotating as it comes ashore.
Ugh. So, how are you guys? What's your favorite kind of music? What's your favorite color? Teach me how to cook. What are your plans this weekend? Help me keep my mind off of the weather as I sit in the bathtub all night.
Sat Sep 03, 2011 at 10:32 PM PT: 4 storms in a line coming at Mobile...all are rotating. The first one took a sudden jog to the west, so it looks like it'll miss me. Not sure about the other three.
Sat Sep 03, 2011 at 10:38 PM PT: I'm an extremely nervous person by nature, so it's natural for me to be a basketcase when a tornado warning is issued. I'm not really used to being under a tornado warning (maybe one every two or three years?), so having 6 (and probably more) in one 24 hour period is like Chinese water torture. So I thank you all for coming in here and talking and having an ultra-late night open thread.
Sat Sep 03, 2011 at 11:05 PM PT: 7th tornado warning. Strong rotation about to move over...back to the bathtub.
Sat Sep 03, 2011 at 11:25 PM PT: Radar goodness, because no tornado diary of mine is complete without a bunch of Christmassy colors and me going "OH MY GOD LOOK AT THAT ROTATION."
12:36 AM PT: Tornado threat has subsided somewhat for the next few hours. I'm going to try to get some sleep before the next batch of storms comes in. Thank you all for staying here and chatting to calm me down and clear my mind. :)