Well...

[mmerriam]

It just got very still and dark outside. The humidity rose sharply and the pressure changed (I can feel it in my ankle). The sky is an unpleasant shade of green.

This is going to end poorly, I'm thinking.

ETA: The first cell blew through at 50 mph. The second storm cell just hit here. 40 mph winds and small hail, followed by rain coming down in buckets.

Son of ETA: Calmer now, though still dark. Thunder and lightning with moderate rain. They are calling for severe t-storms tonight.

Comments

[ilona-andrews.livejournal.com]

Green sky = tornado.

[seanmmurphy.livejournal.com]

Depends on whether or not you like storms. But then, I'm a freak like that. I just went outside so I could feel it rising.

[tiny-wings.livejournal.com]

That's an interesting place to feel a storm coming :-P Most people just get headaches :-P

[stillnotbored.livejournal.com]

Are you in the basement? If not, I'd go there if I was you.

Just sayin.

[mylefteye.livejournal.com]

In your ankle? How does that work, then?

[stillnotbored.livejournal.com]

Michael,

Go here.

http://www.wunderground.com/US/OH/Columbus.html

Customize the site to your zip code and bookmark it. These guys are right on and have radar going 24/7 that you can track storms and severe cells. If there is a watch or a warning, they update just as soon as anything changes.

We had 18 hours of tornado watch the other night. I was able to track it all with these guys and know just how much I had to worry. Bear turned me on to them and I've been glad ever since.

[minnehaha.livejournal.com]

Thunder and light rain in MPLS right now.

K.

[aino.livejournal.com]

Kafka is meekly hiding under the bed. I hope I don't need to extricate him anytime soon. He's terrified of storms. They're scarier than the doorbell!

[j-cheney.livejournal.com]

Good luck with the wind....

[ken-schneyer.livejournal.com]

Oh, yeah. I remember those green skies and sudden shifts in temperature. Back in Michigan, it was a get-the-hell-out-of-Dodge moment. Usually it meant "Greetings from your Neighborhood Tornado."