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03-23-2012, 08:36 PM
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03-23-2012, 07:30 PM
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She's ok. Just a big cranky pants over it all.
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03-23-2012, 08:42 PM
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Bravo! I was chair dancing. Love it.
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06-23-2012, 06:22 AM
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Please report in Dani!
I know you were safe last night because you were posting, but do update us on the weather. As far as your photos suggest, you live high on a hill. But your part of the world has been battered. Todmorden, Hebden Bridge, Mytholmroyd - about 8-12 miles away and featuring on the national news. Okay they're the other side of Halifax, but if I was that close to flooding I would be concerned. Are you going to get on the bus to help with the dampness? 
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06-23-2012, 07:40 AM
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We have to go back, Kate!
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Ahehe. Nah, we fine in Northowram. Heavy winds and lot of rain, but nothing too bad. Half expecting Ma's house to flood at any time though. It's built into a hill, so the damp comes through the back wall, and if the hill becomes waterlogged it might flood like it did a few years ago.
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06-23-2012, 07:43 AM
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We could use some of your rain. Where are my summer storms? It's just hot and muggy. Alerts on electronic highway signs "Air advisory...carpool" and I'm like "not possible" as I'm driving into this airless smelly City of Smog.
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06-24-2012, 08:30 AM
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polaroid of perfection
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They have flood sirens in Dana's part of the world. Adapted from the old air raid sirens.
(Hmmmm, that might be a poor comparison - did you ever have air raid sirens in the US?) Must be terrifying to hear them. Ooh! Found this on YouTube. Todmorden is close to Dana, as above. Although this clip is of a test they were sounded this week...
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06-25-2012, 04:33 PM
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The Un-Tuckian
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By the time I came along, they weren't 'air raid sirens' anymore. For a lot of years the old air raid siren, on the city square, was sounded every Friday at noon. We could hear it waaaay out in the county. Took forever to wind up/down. Now, we have tornado sirens that blare the first Monday of the month at noon, and also when there's a tornado in the area. They're called COWS, County-wide Outdoor Warning Siren/System, wtfe.
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06-26-2012, 08:46 AM
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and was also the call to the volunteer fire dept. With 1,2,3, or 4 blasts, volunteers from all over would head to that section of town to meet up with the fire truck and it's 1 full-time paid fireman/driver. That was back when the phones were still party line, so word spread quickly whenever the siren blew. It was a small town then, and fires were quite frequent. |
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06-24-2012, 08:33 AM
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We have to go back, Kate!
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Yeesh. That's a shiver down the spine sound alright. Haven't had any of that on my side of the valley.
But I know they'reve been bailing out shops and schools in Hebbers. Glorious sunshine out there right now. Yesterday you couldnt see for the rain. half expected to see animals marching two by two. Glad the weather calmed. Today was when the Olympic torch came through Halifax. Via the Bradford road, which took it along the outskirts of my village and past Stump Cross at the bottom of the hill, where my Bro and his family live. Local radio took a roving report from our Sophie, who was stationed in town at the Piece Hall for the ceremonial stuff. Quite exciting really.
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06-25-2012, 04:38 PM
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The Un-Tuckian
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Why were all the animals in UT's vid black?
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06-26-2012, 07:49 AM
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Wearing her bitch boots
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I'm ready for Tropical Storm Debby to move her ass. Elsewhere.
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06-26-2012, 03:30 PM
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as for the weather... it's cold and rainy, *again* today. I really want to get out and work in the yard, but it is just too miserable to do so. *grumblegrumble*
I must also say, I'm happy I am not on fire or under flood, so... thanks for that.
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06-26-2012, 03:56 PM
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Are you knock-kneed?
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My county just instituted a burn ban because of the drought/dryness. That means no more drinking a few beers by the fire in our new firepit at night...
 But they can't ban fireworks!
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06-26-2012, 03:57 PM
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Yeah, it sucks. I want rain!
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