And remember, if you hurt her, I will beat you to death with a shovel.

Willow ,'Conversations with Dead People'


Natter 53: We could just avoid making tortured puns  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


sumi - Aug 24, 2007 4:23:00 am PDT #6537 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!

I hear that my boss's house is flooded.


sumi - Aug 24, 2007 4:29:11 am PDT #6538 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!

Oh, the Mississippi may flood:

THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER AT MUSCATINE.
* FROM MONDAY MORNING TO THURSDAY AFTERNOON ...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS
CANCELLED.
  • AT 6:00 AM FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 12.7 FEET.
    * MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
    * FLOOD STAGE IS 16.0 FEET.
    * FORECAST...RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY LATE MONDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE
TO RISE TO NEAR 16.5 FEET BY TUESDAY EARLY AFTERNOON. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY EARLY THURSDAY MORNING.
  • IMPACT...AT 16.0 FEET...WATER AFFECTS THE LOWER PORTION OF THE
RIVERSIDE PARK PARKING LOT.

And here is the Kish's:

THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
THE SOUTH BRANCH KISHWAUKEE RIVER AT DE KALB.
  • UNTIL SUNDAY EVENING ...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.
  • AT 415 AM FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 15.0 FEET.
  • MAJOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MAJOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
  • FLOOD STAGE IS 10.0 FEET.
  • FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE RISING TO NEAR 15.4 FEET BY THIS
AFTERNOON. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE SUNDAY AFTERNOON.


brenda m - Aug 24, 2007 4:37:39 am PDT #6539 of 10001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there

No flooding around me. But a bar stool I had standing about six feet from the windows had a pool of water in the seat when I got home last night, so you can see how strong the rain was.

Naturally, I was up on the roof of the new place with the home inspector during part of this storm last night. Fun!


Jesse - Aug 24, 2007 4:48:09 am PDT #6540 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

BE CAREFUL, PEOPLE!!


sumi - Aug 24, 2007 4:50:01 am PDT #6541 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!

We just got an official university message about flooded parking on the east side of campus. Meanwhile the two major all-campus events that were supposed to happen have been cancelled. I wonder if they're really going to have Cornfest this year.


sumi - Aug 24, 2007 4:51:19 am PDT #6542 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!

This website for the Cornfest 10K race has pictures of the flooded course. (Why the race is cancelled.)


Aims - Aug 24, 2007 4:51:21 am PDT #6543 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.

We had dinner at the Zukey Lake Tavern [link] which sits right on Zukey Lake. Watching the storm come across the lake from Chicago was terrifying and thrilling. SHEETS of rain, magnificent lightning, and the click click click of hail.

It was Craxy.


Sue - Aug 24, 2007 4:51:33 am PDT #6544 of 10001
hip deep in pie

BE CAREFUL, PEOPLE!!

What she said. And stay dry.


tommyrot - Aug 24, 2007 5:00:03 am PDT #6545 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

I left my windows open yesterday. Luckily, not too much water got in so my Mac Mini didn't drown. Also, which is better: Corn Fest or Bean Fest?


Ginger - Aug 24, 2007 5:02:43 am PDT #6546 of 10001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda

Please to send the rain towards the southeast. Also, be careful.