Here is a couple of radar shots of the Tornado Warned Storm that was closest to my house.  Weather Radio was saying a couple of homes in Godley (on the radar) were hit and destroyed, I guess the news will show that tonight if true.

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This is close…

http://spc.noaa.gov/products/watch/ww0148.html

Tornado watch #148 was just issued for our area today till 9pm.  Radar is indicating clear skies and some storms starting to fire out west..

EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 200 PM UNTIL 900 PM CDT.
   
TORNADOES…HAIL TO 3 INCHES IN DIAMETER…THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 80 MPH…AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

DISCUSSION…SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN DEVELOPING ALONG SURFACE DRYLINE OVER NORTH CENTRAL TX IN THE NEXT HOUR.  THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY BECOME SEVERE RAPIDLY IN ENVIRONMENT OF HIGH CAPE VALUES AND FAVORABLE VERTICAL SHEAR.  SUPERCELLS
CAPABLE OF VERY LARGE HAIL AND TORNADOES ARE EXPECTED.  THREAT WILL LIKELY PERSIST THROUGH MUCH OF THE EVENING.

http://spc.noaa.gov/products/md/md0521.html

Looks like things might be getting rough around here in a little bit.  According to this it looks like a tornado or severe thunderstorm watch will be issued…

Here is one thing they mention:
THIS HAS RESULTED IN STRONG SURFACE HEATING WITHIN A MOIST AIR MASS.
   THUS…FURTHER DESTABILIZATION IS EXPECTED AS MLCAPE VALUES INCREASE
   TO GREATER THAN 1500 J/KG.  and this
MODERATE INSTABILITY AND INCREASING DEEP LAYER SHEAR VALUES WILL SUPPORT DISCRETE
   SUPERCELLS.

Outside it’s really humid and clearing up nicely..  =)  Yeah

Edit:  Just got this from the hazardous outlook:
GIVEN THE AVAILABLE INSTABILITY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING…MANY
STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL OR LARGER AND
DAMAGING WINDS. A FEW TORNADOES WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE…ESPECIALLY
IN THE MODERATE RISK AREA. IN ADDITION TO ANY SEVERE WEATHER…VERY
HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ACCOMPANY SOME OF THE STORMS WHICH WILL RESULT
IN AN ISOLATED FLASH FLOOD THREAT THROUGH THIS EVENING.

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Today we had another game.  We finally won a game 4-1.  We played a lot better than the past, and the girls were winning headers and the 50/50 balls.  They did such a great job.  Hopefully they wont forget too soon how we played and carry over what we learned today in to tomorrow’s game and all future games..

Looks like my mom’s surgery has been moved up from May to April, so it looks like I get to head home to Seattle sooner than later.  It’s been since last July since I have been home last and I’m looking forward to it. 

I also hope I will be able to check out a Seattle Sounders game while I’m there..

So I was cracking up this morning as I was laying in bed watching the news avoiding what I really had to do which was to get up and get ready for work.  I like to procrastinate doing that.

So the news popped on and talked about this lady who’s couch caught fire because she was smoking.  Here is a little part of the news article (nbc5i.com):
“The woman tried to extinguish the fire herself before calling 911. Firefighters said they found her overcome from smoke inhalation and administered CPR before taking her to the hospital in critical condition.”

But here is the really interesting part..  She was smoking while on an oxygen tank.!!!!!!!!!!!!!
HELLO…  I think she is pretty luckly to be alive and not in a ton of pieces in her living room…

And one last thing, she didnt have a smoke alarm installed so the guy that was renting a room had no idea that there was a problem.

Link:  http://www.nbc5i.com/news/15709498/detail.html

So this morning I had to show up and check in by 8am to serve as a juror.  The last time I had to do this was back say about 16-17 years ago in Seattle.  I made a joke to a co-worker about 1 1/2 months ago as he got called up to serve on a jury panel, and I told him, “thank goodness I haven’t been called to serve since I moved to Texas.”  Sure enough, 2 weeks after that fateful conversation, I get a summons in the mail “Sweet”

So this morning dragged on and on.  They had us all in there like sardines in a can.  I believe she mentioned something about 750 people but only 700 chairs.  It was like sitting on the worst airline with the worst seating.

So I get early so I don’t have to stand, and sit and listen.  About 11ish she just calls a group of 70 to sit in these black numbered chairs.  Part of me was like “OK this is it, I will get picked for this one”  No pick, so all the jurors move to these black chairs and next thing the bailiff said.. “Fill out this questionnaire and then you will be reporting to court ________ blah-blah_______ at 9:00 am tomorrow morning.  LOL, you should have heard the moaning and groaning on that one.  At that point I was happy to be NOT PICKED.  Then she said all of the next group of names make your way to the back of the room and you will be dismissed..  AWESOME!!!

So I received my whole $6 for my close to 5 hours of service sitting there.  Then I was free…………..

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