Oh, my house is a demanding creature as well.

Figured out Loki's warcry source of tonight: grey tabby, I'd guess male, hanging around my deck. Loki goes crackers.

So I'm listening to a Jamaican radio show on polyamory (multiple consenting partners) (that tag is part of the title), and I'm wondering who her audience is, and if she's going to get poly people calling in to talk about their lifestyles--I think where poly traditionally exists in Jamaica, it's really not something you talk about while it's happening. You just accept and work with its rules.

And if you asked the average bougie, they will be terribly horrified, even if that's how they grew up.

My in-laws in Tuscaloosa and out near Cullman have reported in that they're ok. But the damage in Tuscaloosa is really astounding. Don't know if anyone's posted this video yet, but it's one of the most terrifying things I've ever seen.

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I'm glad your family's okay, Hayden.

Thanks, Dana. I was away from the computer and news all day. Had no idea about all of this until my Mom called from South Alabama to see if we'd heard anything from Emily's side of the family. That was right after the storm hit. I was just there last week. Drove right through that intersection in the video - one of the busiest in the city - on my way out of town last Thursday morning.

Hayden, glad yours are ok. PJ's friend/replacement mom's mother lost her house in Fultondale, but survived. My nephew's school is closed until power comes back.

Sounds like CJ has made it past the first step for the Arapahoe Rescue Patrol. They called him to ask his t-shirt size. The first training session isn't until later in May, so he hadn't expected to hear from them until closer to that date.

Terrifying. I'm glad people and people's people are all right.

I would stand there and film the tornado. But not from the middle of a parking lot.

But not from the middle of a parking lot.

I wouldn't do it on purpose, but if my options were parkinglot vs stuck on a highway, I'd totally sit in a parkinglot and figure out possible exits in every fucking direction.

Of course, I wouldn't be filming most likely.

OK, need to go to bed. I have 9 meetings and need to work before that.

I know it's the shallowest, most selfish response to all the storms, but I do tech support for insurance adjusters, and we're already being seriously hammered at work, and I'm really hoping that the computers of all the folks out working in all this are working perfectly.