Sometimes Mother Nature gets it right...

[mapsedge]

Last night, Liberty experienced a microburst, a weather phenomenon defined as

A instance of severe weather characterized by extremely strong and many times damaging winds that newspeople never have the cajones to call a tornado

This microburst (wink wink, nudge nudge) happened at the intersection of 291 and 152 hiways, three blocks from my office and took out a dozen telephone poles.

Which means, in short, that my office is without electical power so I'm working from home this morning. A much needed break, let me tell you! My basement is chilly and dark, but it's also home. The dual monitor setup is definitely a plus.

I could get used to this.

Comments

[archway.livejournal.com]

~giggles!~ Enjoy!!!

[aerie13.livejournal.com]

When I was doing a show in liberty, there was a microburst. We watched it sweep through. Only took out electric lines and part of the hospital. Thank goodness it wasn't a real tornado. *wink*

[iarraidh.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I hope I can get used to this.

I start this week or next working from home.
Gonna be weird.

Microburst

[iarraidh.livejournal.com]

Dan Henry gave what I thought was the definitive explanation of a microburst.

He described it as a potentially severe thunderstorm cell that falls apart and fall down, making everything else go BOOM!

So it's a cell that loses cohesion and falls straight to the ground in one swell foop, and all that energy goes sideways in all directions.

Re: Microburst

[billthetailor.livejournal.com]

Dan Henry was a man you could count on for that sort of thing.

chilly & dark...

[themadblonde]

& this is a BAD thing in August HOW???