We're actually having weather in central California ...

[ysengrin]

Tornado on the ground yesterday, funnel cloud (no touchdown) today, both well north of us. Thunderstorms here earlier today and yesterday.

I like being out where you can actually see storms boiling up -- reminds me of Texas :)

EDIT: and in typical Californian fashion, the local news is going ga-ga, giving us live footage of the news anchors surfing around in Google Earth trying to find buildings that might have been in the path of the funnel today (if it had touched down). Slim pickings, since it's out over farmland.

EDIT THE SECOND: Storms still must be unusual around here -- the radar the local station is using is pretty primitive compared to what I was used to seeing in Texas a decade ago. Guess they don't have the need to spend the bucks for advanced radar out here :)

Comments

[tobias-radjin.livejournal.com]

It rare to see a Tornado up here in vermont, also. Most times it doesn't touchdown and if it does, it's mostly a F-0 or straight line winds. California, loves to make "Big deal, Small Profit" out of nothing.

[gorn-captain.livejournal.com]

We have Doppler radar up the wazoo in Southern California. Between the flooding, hail, and potential mudslides in burn areas, there's plenty for the local news to cover. It was like looking at a tropical storm out my window yesterday.

It was pretty scary when we had a tornado warning in my area back in '05. Those things seem attracted to kind of house I live in, and I was staring down the logistics of fleeing with an an invalid family member at the time.

The only thing more scary were those tsunami warnings last week.

[kyryn.livejournal.com]

*is jealous* And here it is spring in north Texas and we haven't seen hide nor hair of a squall line so far. And, the nearest rain in the forecast is not until next Saturday. I shouldn't be having to water the lawn and gardens at this point in the year.