Woke up to rain today, and storms on the way...no end in sight for today

United States
August 8, 2009 10:48am CST
Well I am in Michigan and hubby and I just checked out the radar and we are going to be dealing with rain all day today here...no end in sight and storms could get severe today they are saying. I worked all day in my back yard yesterday and was hoping to get some more done this morning before the rain started only it was raining first thing so now I have to wait until either tomorrow or monday--depending on when it stops raining. what is your weather like today? Did you have plans to do something and wasnt able to because of the weather?
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@stvasile (7306)
• Romania
8 Aug 09
It's really hot today, but that doesn't bother me very much as I wasn't planning on doing anything special... Next week, however, I'll be needing good weather in the region I'm going on the field for palaeontological prospecting purposes. I don't know any prognosis for that area and time interval, but I hope it's going to be sunny.
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• United States
8 Aug 09
oh I would love to go on a palaeontological prospect that sounds so cool... I hope you find something --if you do you have to let us know!!! I am very interested in that field --of course I never followed through with any classes but I guess you are never to old to go back to school.... thanks for the response and I hope your weather stays good for you next week!
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@stvasile (7306)
• Romania
8 Aug 09
Well, I've been digging out Upper Cretaceous vertebrates (like frogs, lizards, crocodiles, turtles, dinosaurs or mammals)in that area for five years now, and judging by my former experience, I'm not expecting to come back empty-handed . I'll let you know on my immediate findings once I come back, as some material requires more elaborate processing (screen-washing and browsing under the microscope).
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• United States
8 Aug 09
that sounds like so much fun...I hope you find something interesting this time!! and yes, please keep me informed of what you find!!!
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• United Kingdom
9 Aug 09
Oh how I would love to experience some of that weather over here in London!! Well, it's just so warm and it's very difficult to get to sleep at night. The only advantage that this really warm weather has had is the fact that I have been getting out there on my bike everyday and cycling sixty miles! I would love to have a balance though and get drenched at least once whilst out on my bike in order to cool me down. Andrew
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• United States
9 Aug 09
oh that is so great you are getting that much biking in....good for you!!! I try to get a walk in a couple times a week here with my kids, but some days I have so much to do around the house!! and the day gets away from me. Keep up the biking --that is so awesome!! thanks for the response and I hope you get some rain soon... at least today is sunny for us but going to be very warm.
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@webeishere (36313)
• United States
8 Aug 09
As usual those storms came from my area. Last night, (Friday) my wallas were shaking so badly from the storm. Lots of lightening and thunder with 60 MPH winds and the rain was nonstop for a few hours being a heavy downpour. No mpower outages near me thankfully and no injuries so far that I know of. Now today (Saturday) it is 90 and MUGGY as heck. HAPPY POSTINGS FROM GRANDPA BOB!!~
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• United States
8 Aug 09
ok, that is what they are calling for us for tomorrow...the rain today and some storms severe this afternoon and then tomorrow we will be hot/muggy and 96... crazy!!! thanks for the response and try to stay cool today!!
@thea09 (18305)
• Greece
9 Aug 09
Hi bookreadermon, well yesterday started off pretty much as always, relentless heat over 100 degrees and sticky unmovable humidity. It looked as though it might rain though. I was just on my way out to drop my son with at his friends house a fifteen minute drive away when the friend called to say bring a brolly it's pouring down. As we set off there were a few drops of rain but not enough for the windscreen wipers, but as we arrived in the next village it was pouring down, rain such as we haven't seen here for months. But as I left the village to return home I drove right out of the rain and returned to just a few scattered drops. It was still pouring in the next village though. So I think that qualifies as pretty wierd weather. The hope was the rain would cool the air which it did for a bit but the heat is soaring up again once more today. Maybe months before we see the next drop.
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• United States
9 Aug 09
wow that is unbelievable!!! I really hope you get some rain soon to cool it down... we have been colder than normal so the rain we got yesterday was still just chilly --only today after months of low 70 degree days we are getting up near 100 --just overnight I hope you get rain soon...and stay cool!!! thanks for the response and happy mylotting.
@cyrus123 (6363)
• United States
9 Aug 09
We've had some clouds and scattered showers today. It has been so hot here lately and it's good to see the rain because it will cool things off a little bit. I like rain, myself. I get tired of so much of it, though. To me, rain is relaxing. I like to sleep when it's raining, myself. It is aggravating, though, when you have to cancel your plans due to the rain. I'm just glad that I could get done what I had planned to do today. There are always errands to run. Kathy.
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• United States
9 Aug 09
oh that is so true!!! I didnt get much done yesterday and we had a pretty lazy day... but I did get some computer time!! I hope to get back into my yard today and see what else I can get done back there... before the summer is over and I cant do anything again. thanks for the response and happy mylotting.
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@ysobelle (202)
• Philippines
9 Aug 09
Hello bookreadermom ! I am so happy waking up early this morning here in the Philippines. The weather is so fine and i am planning so many things to do. I am planning to hear mass this afternoon.
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• United States
9 Aug 09
isnt is great when you wake up to a beautiful day -and on the weekend too, that makes it so much nicer!!! today we are going to be very hot --but at least the sun is out!! LOL thanks for the response and happy mylotting.
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@HelScream (2822)
• Philippines
8 Aug 09
I always set a target each day for my online earning and because of that i go by schedule , since we have a bad weather here and it was to windy yesterday we dont have a net connection for hours , net connection in our place is always disrupted if there is bad weather , so it leave no choice but to wait till the line is ok and do some other stuff to keep me busy so I wont have to wait till the net is ok... have a nice weekend my friend.
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• United States
8 Aug 09
so far, we havent had many bad storms so our connection is still good... of course I just had company over and had to visit a bit so I couldnt get anything done that way --and I have been so busy this week, I need to use the rainy day to catch up on my computer time!! thanks for the response and have a great weekend too!!!!
@anniefannie (1737)
• United States
10 Aug 09
it is so hot the last couple of days here and it is going to be today to heat index is to be around 100 and yes when it is that hot and humid i don't go out unless is very important and i can't get out of going.