Springtime in Amarillo

TubaRay · Post by **TubaRay** » Tue Mar 21, 2006 8:33 am

How about that first day of spring in Amarillo?! What's up with that, Wayne? Laredo and Amarillo, both Texas cities, seemed to be on different planets for the first day of spring.

sc_curtis · Post by **sc_curtis** » Tue Mar 21, 2006 10:42 am

Then why does he keep sending hurricanes to Florida?

windshieldbug · Post by **windshieldbug** » Tue Mar 21, 2006 11:03 am

God doesn't hate Texas; He just hates the gulf. Texas just happens to be on the gulf. Remember- that's where the asteroid hit that killed off the dinosaurs, too!

LoyalTubist · Post by **LoyalTubist** » Tue Mar 28, 2006 3:42 pm

sc_curtis wrote:Then why does he keep sending hurricanes to Florida?

Speaking as a Native Californian, I think we have the rawest deal... EARTHQUAKES.

I have probably been in close to 500 earthquakes in my lifetime, mostly in California. I have also experienced earthquakes in Indonesia, in New Jersey (yes, I was there for it), and on the island of Guam (where everything permanent is made of a material that is so indestructable it's ugly!) I was hurt in the Sylmar Earthquake in 1971, but I love my home state.

Anyway, I have been in a number of hurricanes in Virginia and New Jersey (I remember the one that was supposed to hit Manhattan in September 1985, that would demolish Wall Street!) I went through several typhoons (another way of saying hurricanes) on the island of Guam. In one, it was a double eyed storm and the eyes went right over our house. I went outside that time (it was about 2 am) and it was beautiful with all the electricity out and the stars shining brightly! Oh, but that pressure gave me the worst headache!

In graduate school, in North Texas, I experiences the joy of tornadoes. I think I was near about five or six of them.

Funnel storms generally give a warning before they strike; even if it's only a few minutes, it's still a warning. Earthquakes are not nearly so communicative. Even when we Californians joke about them, we still respect the quakes.

In the 1994 Northridge quake, some people died, not from injury but by shock.

And I remember that the cat I had at the time had just been spayed and was still on medication to make her sleep. I took her to the local Cat Hospital a few days after the earthquake. My cat was the only cat in the office that didn't have bandages around its head! I heard the story over and over: The cat went berzerk and then it jumped through the window--into the glass. A couple of cats had casts on their legs because that window was on the second or third floor.

My cat was lucky to have been sedated.

Albertibass · Post by **Albertibass** » Tue Mar 28, 2006 3:59 pm

two weeks ago, it was 84 in baltimore. But four days after that great day, snow was in the forcast.

I wore jeans on the day it was 84, and then the day after that i wore shorts.....but it was a bit late (temp was like 60)

so yeah...im a bit late on things

LoyalTubist · Post by **LoyalTubist** » Tue Mar 28, 2006 4:10 pm

Well, Phil did see his shadow!

TubaRay · Post by **TubaRay** » Tue Mar 28, 2006 4:39 pm

LoyalTubist wrote:Well, Phil did see his shadow!

But did he hear the Pennsylvania Polka? That is the question.