I watched [and listened] as half a dozen funnel clouds passed growling over my house on Sunday. Just so we can all identify with my redneck identity, me, my girlfriend, and the entire family stood outside and watched.
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Driftwood said, (125 days ago)
Well, it's really a socio-econmic thing. Storm cellers were a building typology from early farming/settlements where full basements were too expensive to build. Today's similar typology is the mobile home park. That don't even have storm cellars!
We've actually only got a half-basement at our house because of the high water table.
Driftwood said, (125 days ago)
Indeed! It ain't a storm if the sky doesn't go green, the clouds look like boiling water, or you get goosebumps from just looking at it/from the highly ionized air.
ilikedginger said, (125 days ago)
I grew up on the Arkansas/Oklahoma border and storm season was my faaavorite. Storm Watch was the only thing worth interrupting the X-Files for.
Luthiensingollo said, (124 days ago)
Speak for yourself, boy! That doesn't make us rednecks, just awesome.
Manuel said, (124 days ago)
@ginger: Where abouts in AR/OK? I grew up in NW Arkansas. Fayetteville/Springdale
ilikedginger said, (124 days ago)
@manuel, a little town on the other side of Bella Vista and Bentonville called Hiwasse.
I've had some of the best times of my life in Fayetteville though.
Manuel said, (124 days ago)
@ginger: And I thought I knew my Arkansas geography. Now if Fayetteville/Springdale was boring I don't even want to imagine what its like in Hiwasse.
Nice to know though there's someone around from home. You're not still back in AR though right?
ilikedginger said, (124 days ago)
No, I moved to Orange County a while back.
Hiwasse had a population of 300 people and about 60 churches, it was obviously a blast.
That kind of weather is so exciting, only a pussy would stay inside cowering away.