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> A major (for here) thunderstorm just passed directly
> overhead about 45 minutes ago. Fierce winds, a LOT of
> rain,some hail, thunder and lightning about a half second
> apart. I battened everything down, no damage here, check in
> Kay.
>
> Beverly, in the usually mild NW U.S.A
>
>

> BEI Design wrote:
> > A major (for here) thunderstorm just passed directly
> > overhead about 45 minutes ago. Fierce winds, a LOT of
> > rain,some hail, thunder and lightning about a half
> > second apart. I battened everything down, no damage
> > here,
> > check in Kay.
> > Beverly, in the usually mild NW U.S.A
> Uh oh. It'll come from you to me, then. We've had
> storms all week now! Please try to steer them some other
> direction, if you would be so kind.

> Pogonip wrote:
>> BEI Design wrote:
>>> A major (for here) thunderstorm just passed directly
>>> overhead about 45 minutes ago. Fierce winds, a LOT of
>>> rain,some hail, thunder and lightning about a half
>>> second apart. I battened everything down, no damage
>>> here,
>>> check in Kay.
>>> Beverly, in the usually mild NW U.S.A
>> Uh oh. It'll come from you to me, then. We've had
>> storms all week now! Please try to steer them some other
>> direction, if you would be so kind.
>
> No fear, this one was moving fast from southeast to
> northwest. They were talking on the TV stations about
> possible tornado sightings! The weather maps were really
> ugly, huge orange-yellow cells moving NE, right over the top
> of me and mine. We are all ok, no damage no injuries. The
> temperature dropped over 20 degrees in about 10 minutes.
>
> My DSisterIL (in Damascus) lost internet, phone and power
> for a while, but everything is back to normal now. My
> DSonIL was driving from his work location (Sherwood) to home
> (NE Portland) at the height of the storm, he arrived safely
> as well. Younger DD and her DH were in a movie theater, and
> came out to drenching rain and wind (no jackets of course it
> was well over 80 degrees earlier today), so they had to dash
> across the parking lot and got soaked, some limbs were blown
> down at their home but nothing major.
>
> It was really intense while it lasted.
>
> Beverly
>
>

> BEI Design wrote:
> > Pogonip wrote:
> > > BEI Design wrote:
> > > > A major (for here) thunderstorm just passed directly
> > > > overhead about 45 minutes ago. Fierce winds, a LOT
> > > > of rain,some hail, thunder and lightning about a
> > > > half
> > > > second apart. I battened everything down, no damage
> > > > here,
> > > > check in Kay.
> > > > Beverly, in the usually mild NW U.S.A
> > > Uh oh. It'll come from you to me, then. We've had
> > > storms all week now! Please try to steer them some
> > > other direction, if you would be so kind.
> > No fear, this one was moving fast from southeast to
> > northwest. They were talking on the TV stations about
> > possible tornado sightings! The weather maps were
> > really ugly, huge orange-yellow cells moving NE, right
> > over
> > the top of me and mine. We are all ok, no damage no
> > injuries.
> > The temperature dropped over 20 degrees in about 10
> > minutes.
> > My DSisterIL (in Damascus) lost internet, phone and
> > power for a while, but everything is back to normal now.
> > My
> > DSonIL was driving from his work location (Sherwood) to
> > home (NE Portland) at the height of the storm, he
> > arrived safely as well. Younger DD and her DH were in a
> > movie
> > theater, and came out to drenching rain and wind (no
> > jackets of
> > course it was well over 80 degrees earlier today), so
> > they had to
> > dash across the parking lot and got soaked, some limbs
> > were
> > blown down at their home but nothing major.
> > It was really intense while it lasted.
> > Beverly
> That's a lot of violence. Nature on a rampage. Glad you
> were spared the worst. We don't get tornadoes here
> (knock wood) and they scare me worse than anything. I
> can take hurricanes, blizzards, even earthquakes (so far,
> anyway), but tornadoes are skeery.