Had a few tornado warnings here.......herded the cats down to the basement and they were not happy....they didn't have dinner   Fortunately nothing came down, but you could see the spirals in the clouds........facinating and frightening at the same time.

Lots of huge branches down.......

All is quiet now.  Still raining but not hard.  Still very warm and swampy.
6.25 inches of rain according to the rain gauge.

Thanks all for your well wishes....all cats have been fed and the snoring is deafening.   

Very scary.  Everyone stay safe!

Beautiful morning here.....had alot of rain and winds but nothing horrible...we slept through most of it...I do have damage to my beautiful sunflowers but the roof stayed on....hard to believe how humid and gross it was yesterday and now today is gorgeous....when I take the time to fill every container available with water----we don't lose power...must be the inverse power/water law.....

Now we all await Ike....

and since tornados were mentioned...as 5catmom "knows" my weather history......We drove to Georgia for a family wedding May 1993....The kids were 7 and 11 so we took them to Six Flags...It was a beautiful sunny day and while we were in line for the roller coaster (which my 7 y/o daughter did NOT want to ride-but we knew she would love it when she did it) we heard a siren and then the ride attendent screamed "all take cover"...without completely knowing what was going on we were directed to the rest rooms beside the massive wooden roller coaster...Mike and my son went into the mens' room and Ali and I went into the ladies'.....I heard someone yell in that 3 tornados were on their way and to prepare....well, prepare for what I thought...HELP I thought...so I screamed "Help Us We are from RI and deal with Snow...Help us..." and kept screaming while covering Ali with my body under the downspout of the sink...the lights went out and that is when I screamed---"Somebody tell me what to do I need Help I am from RI" just then a very nice lady next to me said "just pray maam...pray...that is all you can do"....Well, that was not good enough I said...I have to do something...then I heard Mike at the door yelling to come out and he took me and Ali into the mens' room where we huddled under a urinal....unfortunately, me falling apart gave my daughter some baggage as she watched the weather channel whenever there were clouds on a sunny day....for several months ...I was completely embarassed by my behavior...and Mike still married me that August...

Glad everyone has survived Hannah! We had a couple of hours of nice rain early this morning, so thanks for sharing . . . we really needed it!

Thanks, too, for checking in so we all know you're safe.

catmom5/6

Glad everyone is okay.  Now we just have to worry about Ike looming out there..........