Severe weather threat tomorrow-panicking!

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Well, here in Kentucky, it turns out that tomorrow, severe weather is going to be on our doorstep.

If that's not enough, tornadoes are part of the threat! Everyone in my family is all laid-back about that, but me, I almost go into full-blown panic. As of now, I'm wondering what's to come. The shaking is here, as is the rapid heart-beating. I'm damn close to panicking already. We could just go to a basement somewhere, but we always end up in a garage because we have little to absolutely NO protection (no basement either).

People not from Kentucky reading this, consider yourselves grateful you don't have to live here.

I used to live over there- just stay in the center of the house away from windows. Try to get a hold of yourself! Are you old enough to drink/ Maybe have a little for your nerves or take your medicine if you have that. It will be fine- Kentucky has been around for a loooooong time now and wont blow away!

I also live in the area known to meteorologists as "Tornado Alley" It's really nothing to be terrified of - yes, they are capable of doing serious damage, more often to property than to people, but as often as not, they pass harmlessly by, or never even develop in the first place. If you get all panicky about it, you really are wasting a lot of emotional and physical energy for nothing. As long as you know to dive in a bathtub or inside wall closet and pull something over your head if you hear that freight train sound, there's really not much you can do until and unless that happens. Seriously, everyone I ever knew who built a Tornado Shelter in their yard, stopped bothering to go down there after the 15th or 20th time they herded their family into it and waited hours in fear for nothing. I'm not suggesting that you be naive and reckless, just realistic.

If it was really that immediate a danger, do you think so many idiots would be driving around with cameras looking for them and living to sell the video? I mean, yes, a tornado can kill you - but a plane can crash on top of your house too, do you sit around hyperventilating over that possibility? No, because the odds are in your favor. And the odds favor the possibility that if you don't go looking for one, you may never actually see a tornado in your life, except on television. They don't have brains, so they aren't out there spinning around with your home address on a list of @sses to kick.

Be prepared within reason, be alert and vigilant when and IF the need arises, and be smart if worse comes to worst. But don't borrow trouble, it just ages you prematurely.

Check where I live. At least you don't have to go outside and shovel snow in that mess. In the southerly states, an inch or two of snow can shut down entire cities. If we get 2 feet of snow, we still go to school.

Back in October 2006, snow came early. The trees still had leaves, and the combined weight caused branches to fall, which left 300,000 residents without power, or possibly phone service - in some cases for 2 or 3 weeks. My power and phone were down for a little over a week. There was significant cleanup, and without power to the sump pump our basement flooded.

Where in Kentucky are we talking about? I'm in southern Illinois a stone's throw from western KY, I haven't heard about any such thing, but it wouldn't be shocking. We'll see how it goes...

I'm in eastern Ky.

According to the Storm Prediction Center, I'm in the slight risk area. Moderate risk for parts of western, but I'll have to double check. Though slight means little chance, it's still something I have to keep an eye on. I believe the slight risk also extends to other states.

Well, today's the big day....*sigh*


I'll try to keep everyone updated when it arrives. I'm a nervous wreck right now.

Like I said before: those of you not from Kentucky reading this, consider yourself grateful you're not from here.
I envy those living in the Northeast and West coast. At least they don't have to deal with this crappy weather.

AspieCartoonist, Were you born somewhere else and just recently moved to Kentucky? Your heightened sense of panic over this weather sounds like someone who's never been in a thunderstorm before. Just seems that if you've grown up around this kind of seasonal nuisance, you'd be used to it by now.


At least it's not a howling smoke monster. Those scare the hell out of me.

Born and raised here. I think it might be a phobia or something. That or the trauma from having to go through one at an early age (a close-up view, too ).

Apparantly this monster storm killed some people in Mississippi. Condolances out for them.

Right now, we're under a tornado watch. While not a warning, it still bears watching. Anyone reading this in the bullseye of this storm, stay safe.