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Glad you're okay lh320.  Sounds like one of the tornadoes missed a major refinery by 100 yards?

all is good

things did get exciting for about 2 hours with 50 mph winds and hail and the guy on tv showing a possible track of a tornado right at our house

if I was a cat Id say we used up one of our nine lives

Had an exciting morning here in Houston

Front went through spawning several tornados one of which passed within 2 miles of my house

I told God if I wanted to live in Oklahoma I would have moved there sheeesh

We were supposed to get that here too.  Wound up only catching a flash flood, the wind never got crazy like anticipated.  Oddly, all the towns around us got it, but not ours.  

How in the world an entire system with that kind of wind can randomly leave out a 10ish mile radius of land is beyond me.  But I'm glad it did.  Happily, I did all that wind-storm prep for nothing.  

The rotation of Earth's inner core may have paused and it could even go into reverse, new research suggests.

The Earth is formed of the crust, the mantle and the inner and outer cores. The solid inner core is situated about 3,200 miles below the Earth's crust and is separated from the semi-solid mantle by the liquid outer core, which allows the inner core to rotate at a different speed from the rotation of the Earth itself.

With a radius of almost 2,200 miles, Earth's core is about the size of Mars. It consists mostly of iron and nickel, and contains about about one-third of Earth's mass.


https://columbustelegram.com/news/science/earths-inner-core-may-have-stopped-turning-and-could-go-into-reverse-study-suggests/article_8f47f899-5f28-5fc7-b677-feef72dea6fd.html?utm_campaign=snd-autopilot&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook_Columbus_Telegram&fbclid=IwAR175AtOq7N_FuQT9TYaC08DegFXIqhH_x2B1LNP1UJY6EpLh48FtKC0mgo

"We use geophysical inference methods to infer the Earth's internal properties, and caution must be exercised until multi-disciplinary findings confirm our hypotheses and conceptual frameworks," he explained

"You can think of seismologists like medical doctors who study the internal organs of patients' bodies using imperfect or limited equipment. So, despite progress, our image of the inner Earth is still blurry, and we are still in the discovery stage."

Why desalination won't save states dependent on Colorado River water (cnbc.com)
Why desalination won't save states dependent on Colorado River water (cnbc.com)

negative 5 here this morning

6 inches of snow yesterday morning

January is almost over

Spring is coming!

high of 22 expected in Kansas City this afternoon

45 is OK with me

above 40 I don't bother with gloves or a hat

45 and wet can be cold

I'm sure after a decade or so living in the south (not Austin) I'd think 45 was too cold

not moving to Florida

but, I'd like to visit this time of year