Hail

[The Mama Chicken]

We caught the tail end of the storm in Dallas that caused all those tornadoes yesterday. We even had a rotating cell overhead for awhile. Luckily, it didn't turn into anything but a hail storm. We got golf ball sized hail for about 15 minutes. Today I'll go out and see how the garden is. I'm hoping there isn't too much damage.
We had been hoping to get the barn built as our first big building project, but I think a storm shelter/root cellar will be first on the list now.

 

[Stubbornhillfarm]

So thankful that you and your family are all safe and I hope that your garden faired well too! I was actually watching the news at the gym this morning and they were showing all of the horrible tornado footage. I was running a list of "EasyGarden" people through my mind trying to remember who was from where.

Praying that all are safe!

 

[Southern Gardener]

We also got hail, but it was pea sized - thank goodness. Lots of rain, thunder and lightening but no tornados - we just missed that. So now my garden that was just drying out is now flooded again! Mama, I'd love to have a storm shelter too, but geeze they are expensive! Hope your garden is ok.

 

[digitS']

I once put a cellar under my wood shed. It wasn't the greatest idea in the world because I used, essentially, the same material that I later stacked in the woodshed to build the cellar. It was just that I cut the logs a little longer for the cellar.

You probably immediately understand the problem -- the cellar had a very short life. Luckily, it was under a little room so that I didn't have a couple of cords of wood falling in the hole when it did collapse . It was also during the summer so there wasn't any food stored down there . . .

Anyway, I was just wondering about a cellar built inside a barn. Perhaps it could go under the feed room . . . a well-constructed feed room is useful in and of itself - don't use logs!

I was just reading about the United flight in Louisiana and the injuries from turbulence, yesterday! I find flying uncomfortable enuf without terrible weather . . .

Steve

Do people in the quieter parts of the country feel a little "threatened" by radar pictures like this? Today:

 

[digitS']

If that too large picture from NOLA.com .

. . is a problem. Someone .

. . should just say so and I'll go back and delete it. Or, copy & shrink it. Or, something.

I'm never sure how picture size effects other viewers' reading of the forums.

Steve

 

[Southern Gardener]

Around Forney, Texas - sent by a friend.

I believe I'd be jumping in that Vette and leaving quick!

 

[thistlebloom]

That's very scary. Glad you and your family are okay Mama Chicken.
I don't believe I'll be complaining about the snow coming down today.

 

[The Mama Chicken]

We'll be doing the building ourselves. I'm lucky that my husband is a LEED certified builder. We're thinking of either earth packed tire walls or earthbags. Both are inexpensive, ecologically low-impact, and very sturdy. I imagine that having a concrete storm shelter built would be very expensive.
ETA- the garden is fine, no damage at all.

 

[digitS']

Well, your pictures have got mine beat, TMC! Is that a brick building?

Nope, never lived where tornadoes happen.

When my grandmother moved out of New Mexico, she lived in Oklahoma for a few years before coming to California. She lived right around the block from one of her sons in Sacramento. We were admonished: "Never, ever mention the word "earthquake" to your grandmother . . ."

Ha, ha, ha! I'll now go back to complaining about snow and slipping on my lawn while walking over to sweep the step outside the greenhouse!

Steve

 

[The Mama Chicken]

Well, your pictures have got mine beat, TMC! Is that a brick building?

Nope, never lived where tornadoes happen.

When my grandmother moved out of New Mexico, she lived in Oklahoma for a few years before coming to California. She lived right around the block from one of her sons in Sacramento. We were admonished: "Never, ever mention the word "earthquake" to your grandmother . . ."

Ha, ha, ha! I'll now go back to complaining about snow and slipping on my lawn while walking over to sweep the step outside the greenhouse!

Steve

Those aren't my pictures, thank goodness! I believe it is a brick building though, we have so many of them here. I'm originally from San Diego, so earthquakes are the norm for me. I kind of miss them. Tornadoes are MUCH scarier, in my opinion.