Thunderstorms....not a fun way to wake up

United States
May 23, 2019 6:34am CST
Happy Thursday Everyone! hope the weather is better in your neck of the woods than it is here. At 6am a boom of thunder woke me up. A pretty bad storm rolled through and I could hear little Mush scratching at my door. My daughter left for work so poor little Mush was scared. I got up and came downstairs and cuddled her to help ease her anxiety with the thunder. So, here I am, with a shaking dog and worrying that my daughter is driving to work in a horrific thunderstorm. An hour later and the storm seems to have subsided some but more coming later this afternoon. My daughter texted that her commute which is usually 2 hours is looking more like 3 and she's stuck in traffic. I wish she had stayed home. I'm finally making a pot of coffee and hoping it will help relax me. In the meantime, I'm also hoping the power stays on and I'm not spending the day here in the dark. Did you have a better start to your day than I did?
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@Hannihar (129022)
• Israel
23 May 19
@Marilynda1225 Sorry about your waking up to bad weather. I hope your daughter will have a time driving home from work. I am so sorry the weather was so hard for your dog. I am glad you were there to comfort the dog. It is very sunny here.
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• United States
23 May 19
My daughter had a terrible commute to work but it looks like her trip home is okay so far
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@Hannihar (129022)
• Israel
24 May 19
@Marilynda1225 I remember you said how bad it was and get her trip home was better than to work.
@simplfred (20614)
• Philippines
23 May 19
Bad weather at early dawn. Sounds terrible. Here, we are longing for rain.
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• United States
23 May 19
Too bad I can't send you some of our rain.
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@simplfred (20614)
• Philippines
23 May 19
@Marilynda1225 Well, maybe next month the cloud will start to cry here because it is the start of its season.
@snowy22315 (167862)
• United States
23 May 19
I woke up to sunshine and gentle breezes. I wouldn't mind a storm at some point though..to cool the air off. It is pleasant right now, but won't be later.
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@snowy22315 (167862)
• United States
23 May 19
@Marilynda1225 I don't think we will have any..it doesn't feel bad out there..usually when the air gets very humid and heavy is when the storms come in.
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• United States
23 May 19
It was a stormy morning but the sun is shining now but more storms for late afternoon
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@rakski (112993)
• Philippines
23 May 19
Morning to you. It is almost bed time here. No rain here. I am hoping that your daughter is safe. Stay warm and dry
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• United States
23 May 19
I have been having trouble sleeping so I am not sure where my day starts or ends anymore. My bad wake up moment was actually a few days ago when my phone was going off telling me to take cover because there was a tornado in the area. Today it is calmer from the looks of it. I am not a fan of severe storms. Lightning scares me.
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• United States
23 May 19
Tornado warnings would scare the heck out of me. Hope a tornado didn't hit your area. We continued to have thunderstorms on and off all day
• United States
24 May 19
@Marilynda1225 From my understanding it was not far from where I live. But it is difficult for me to really tell the distance. I am not very familiar with the area.
@LowRiderX (22912)
• Serbia
23 May 19
Happy Thursday!! And here it's cloudy, they announced rain and thunder...and I have a headache
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• United States
23 May 19
Sorry you have a headache and that your weather doesn't get bad
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• United States
23 May 19
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@LowRiderX (22912)
• Serbia
23 May 19
@Marilynda1225 Thank you, I slept this afternoon and now I feel better
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@Juliaacv (48250)
• Canada
23 May 19
No, that isn't a very nice way to begin a day at all. I hope that your daughter has safely arrived at work by now. I am sitting here just finishing up my cup of coffee and I was surprised, in a good way, to see that you are up and posting already. Hopefully Mush and you can get a well-deserved rest later on today after such an early wake up call. Its wet here, but its quiet wet-we have thick fog. And as I sit here it is getting thicker and thicker. I just turned a lamp on now because its getting darker out. We are expecting a very warm day today. I feel like I should call and book my car in to get the a/c filled up again.
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@Juliaacv (48250)
• Canada
23 May 19
@Marilynda1225 She's a real trooper keeping a job that takes so long to get to. My day wasn't so great either. I dropped the car off early this morning to have the a/c checked. He said the sooner I got it there the sooner he'd finish. I walked home, it is a 2 km walk and it was muggy, so the uphill walk was tiring. Around 3pm this afternoon I called and it still wasn't done, but he said that there was still a lot of freone in it, but it needed a new cabin filter. And he said he'd call between 5 and 6 as it would be done by then. He called right at 6 and said that he still doesn't have a cabin filter, so he won't have it finished until tomorrow. I told him that I have an appointment across town at 11 and need my car well before that to arrive in time. I have a bad feeling about this garage.
• United States
23 May 19
We had thunderstorms on and off all day so Mush is/was a wreck. It took my daughter 4 hours to get to work and I just wonder why she didn't turn around and come home. She really needs to find a job closer to home but we've had this argument too many times to count. Hope your day went okay
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@wolfgirl569 (92921)
• Marion, Ohio
23 May 19
Woke to storms also. But not too bad.
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@wolfgirl569 (92921)
• Marion, Ohio
23 May 19
@Marilynda1225 Hope they arent bad. We look clear until Saturday for now.
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• United States
23 May 19
Glad your storms weren't too bad. It's cleared up now but more storms for late afternoon
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@Courtlynn (67002)
• United States
27 May 19
We were sunny on Thursday. Thankfully. As i hate thunderstorms.
@Dena91 (15706)
• United States
23 May 19
We had a lot of heavy rain in the wee hours of the morning but no thunder. Glad you daughter got to work, though it took longer. Hope Mush has calmed down and the coffee relaxed you as well.
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• United States
23 May 19
It was a loud morning with the thunder and some very heavy downpours. It took hours for Mush to calm down but I did enjoy my coffee. It took my daughter 4 hours to get to work
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@JohnRoberts (109865)
• Los Angeles, California
23 May 19
That was a rude awakening!
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• United States
23 May 19
Very rude indeed!!
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@Janet357 (75678)
24 May 19
Well the weather here is much calmer and i just finished my coffee. Looks like it rains always in your place.
@Aansh13 (11251)
• New Delhi, India
23 May 19
Surely not a fun way to wake up.... Start was good... Almost at an end now... Wishing you a great day...
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