Saturday, May 28, 2011

Day 220: weather radar

Hello again,
I am not sure if I have covered this somewhat in any other posts but I don't think so. Today I am thankful for the weather radar that shows where storms are and the direction they are heading etc. Any time there are storms expected, the radar is very useful to my family and I. We like to know what is going on and whether the dark clouds we see on the horizon are coming towards us or moving away. It helps us because we then know if we should be covering stuff/putting stuff away and whether it will miss us and how long it might last. It is always 10minutes behind so we can't know real time but it gives a very good idea of what's going on when the news isn't on and the weatherman isn't telling us what is going on. :) If something severe is headed our way, we often have time to pull the flower planters back against the house to keep them from getting hit by hail or heavy rain. Tonight we had a bad thunderstorm and the radar proved useful once again to help us know roughly where it was/how far away it was and whether it might hit us or miss us. We thought it was headed our way from what we saw on radar and it hit us head on. This is why I am thankful for weather radar.

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