Lightning was cause to get off the phone and stay away from water when I was a kid as well. Country people have a different relationship to storms.
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I seem to remember being a teenager and rolling my eyes at parents (but I think not my parents?) who wanted us to get off the phone in a storm, when the phone was cordless.
Timelies all!
Health~ma to Drew.
I have the 365 cats calendar. Today's cat is named Loki, and his owner is named Sarah, from Baltimore, MD.
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I just stepped inside after hanging out on my balcony watching a severe thunderstorm roll through. (I figure I'm safe because I'm surrounded by buildings higher than I am.)
I even ate a few pieces of hail that I picked up.
I have the 365 cats calendar. Today's cat is named Loki, and his owner is named Sarah, from Baltimore, MD.
Ooooooooh
It astonishes me that multiple people are willing to name their cats Loki. I mean, I believe it, but it's like that time they called a hurricane Ophelia.
Also, I forgot my computer at work, so I either need to skip tomorrow morning's teleconference or get up super-early to be at the office by 7. Mother fudgebucket.
I named two cats Banshee and Jinx once. In retrospect, don't do that.
Just now my cat was sitting in an open window when some loud thunder came out of the blue. She looked around nervously and after a few seconds she decided to leave the window. But no hiding for her.
She's pretty mellow. When we had an earthquake at 4:00 am she was concerned but not freaked out.