When does the next ark leave?

[mojosmom]

Hoo boy! We have really gotten a pounding today. It was overcast this morning, cleared up early in the afternoon, and I was starting to think I'd get to that outdoor concert after all. Then the skies got darker, the phone on my desk beeped, and the PA announced that we all had to head for the nearest stairwell and go to the basement. Not a tornado, but severe weather. I grabbed my purse and a book, but the last turned out to be pointless as, shortly after we got downstairs, the power went out. About forty-five minutes later, we were allowed to go upstairs, get our things and leave. The power was still out.

The winds were bad. Tree limbs all over, traffic signals out. Listening to the traffic reports, I felt I didn't have it so bad, as there were no jack-knifed semis on my route, nor any reports of "roof in the road". Slow-going though. The weatherman says another line of storms is coming. At home now, the sky to the south is blue behind the clouds, but to the north it's very dark. So I have decided not to try for the concert.

Casa Italiana is having two classes in culinary Italian. I went to the first last night, and told Marco I'd come tonight "if it rained" (thereby necessitating missing the concert). However, I'm not going there, either. Not with that "roof in the road"! I'm staying home with the cats.

Tomorrow -- they're saying more of the same.

Comments

[martip.livejournal.com]

I'd hunker down with the kitties as well.

[madame-urushiol.livejournal.com]

Roof in the road? I don't blame you; I'd stay where I was too!

[kencf0618.livejournal.com]

That's the first time I've seen "Oy vey" in Hebrew script! It strikes me as a good candidate to add to my tattoo arm bands; I already have Latin and Sumerian.

Glad you're all right...

[holmesfan.livejournal.com]

Your weather sounds frightful. Stay in and take great care.
Hate to show such ignorance but will you please explain the meaning and/or origin of the expression "roof in the road". Certainly sounds really dramatic.

[mojosmom.livejournal.com]

"Roof in the road" means exactly that! A roof (or parts of one) blew off a building and landed in the street. Yep, really high winds.

[holmesfan.livejournal.com]

Thanks for that explanation. A sign of the times I suppose that one, well this one anyway, tends to look for hidden meanings in everything. In our country that sort of wind, which mercifully is relatively rare, does tend more to result in trees across the road.

[alrescate.livejournal.com]

Good heavens! I'm glad you made it home safe and sound.

[mysterylady36.livejournal.com]

I keep a little flashlight in my purse for just such an event. It's about the same size as a cigarette lighter and is purple and just the perfect size for reading. I think I paid $3 for it at Walgreen's. And I have to admit that I have gotten more use out of it when riding home from soccer games at night than for bad weather, but I'm prepared for either one!

[mojosmom.livejournal.com]

Good plan! I shall have to check out my local Walgreen's.

When the lights went out, people started pulling out their cellphones for light!