Looking at that map this morning, I'd be really worried

[malaise]

if I were in parts of Texas, Louisiana, and Arkansas and above


Ten persons are already missing from tornadoes in Texas overnight

Stay safe DUers

[drray23]

1. uh oh. I better look at the weather predictions

I live right at the border between VA and NC and there is that big blob off the coast stationed further south. If it goes north, it will land in my backyard more or less... Time to batten down the hatches.

I have not kept up with the news on that. I thought it was a simple tropical storm rather than a hurricane force perturbation. You are saying it already spawned tornadoes ? that is worrisome. I hope those people will be found alive.

[malaise]

10. What's left of Ana is supposed to go out to sea and disappear

Stay safe

[dixiegrrrrl]

20. Tornadoes were in the Texas/Okalhoma storms.

The tropical storm is slowly moving NE.
Problem with those storms is that they do move slowly, dumping huge amounts of water as they go.

[titaniumsalute]

2. IS It me or does this weather map look

like a big flaming dinosaur getting ready to eat Indianapolis?

[bigwillq]

3. Ha. It does.

[sufrommich]

4. Now that you've pointed out Godzilla, I can't

unsee it.

[giftedgirl77]

5. Ahhhhmazing....

[rpannier]

9. Impossible

All dinosaurs were vegetarians so eating Indy would be out of the question
Ken Ham says so
I guess crocodiles got their taste for meat later on... they evolved

on note: Yes. Yes it does look like it

[BillZBubb]

29. T Rex had those big, sharp teeth to chew on leaves!

[daleanime]

11. The Wraith of Gay Godzilla.....

[Kelvin Mace]

27. Wouldn't that be

"Gayzilla"?

DIBS!

[daleanime]

33. It's all yours....

[DamnYankeeInHouston]

6. His fire is coming out of the wrong end.

[n2doc]

8. Well, he just passed through Texas

Must be the beans

[House of Roberts]

7. I'm looking at that in motion.

Typical line thunderstorm system, that will intensify as the day heats up. The southern end near Houston is already severe.

[dixiegrrrrl]

22. That trail of storm in lower E. Texas cutting over to La.

is a frequent track for storms that end up in my lil town.
They tend to move on a SW to NE angle, and degree of that angle determines if we get hit.
That same angle is what creates tornado alley in Ala from Tuscaloosa to Birmingham.

[malaise]

25. Stay safe sis

[dixiegrrrrl]

31. I stay up at night if storm is coming...

just in case.
But my neighborhood is in a very ( knock on wood) protected spot.

[WillyT]

12. Yep...

[malaise]

15. Nice map

[randys1]

30. Your title made me think you were going to have a map showing where idiots vote

against themselves.

But this is scary too

[Lochloosa]

13. Are there any Walmarts in it's path?

[malaise]

14. No but there might be an Abbott

[dixiegrrrrl]

21. There is a Wal-Mart in almost every county in the South. n/t

[MiniMe]

16. You forgot to mention North Carolina

[malaise]

17. Ana's remains are supposed to head out to sea

but you will get some heavy rain

[ananda]

18. It's dark and threatening to rain a flood here right now.

Yay!

[malaise]

19. Stay safe

[Binkie The Clown]

23. Where are all the preachers saying god is punishing Texas? n/t

[malaise]

34. Good grief look at the map now

purple is ominous - batten down folks

[Hell Hath No Fury]

24. My sister is in Denton, TX --

and she has been getting pretty roughed up the past month and a half. She's been flooded three times and had a tornado do a fly by yesterday. Looks like more is heading her way. I'll take my CA earthquakes, thank-you-very-much.

[malaise]

26. Couldn't believe what I saw there last night

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Damn. Tell her to batten down the hatches - this too will pass

[Hell Hath No Fury]

35. Just saw the new radar and it looks like a bit of a lull --

with a lot more coming in the next few days.

She is a wildlife rehabilitator and she has gotten 60+ cottontail rabbits in in just the past 2 days! Most were from nests that had been flooded out and most will need hand feeding. She also has 70+ rescued domestic rabbits housed in her yard space -- they have been having to deal with the weather challenges as well. Her volunteers have been sandbagging like mad, but the ground is saturated and the rain comes down too heavily/too fast for them to take care of the rushing water completely.

It's a damn mess.

[malaise]

36. Wow - how will she deal with more bad weather

Tell her to stay safe and keep her rabbits safe as well.

[Scootaloo]

28. What the hell is happening down in Colombia?

[malaise]

32. Some very seasonal storms

and here in Jamaica, we'd do anything for a piece of that right now - still that looks like a lot of water. We had some serious bush fires last week and everyone is worried about land slides when the rain arrives later this week. That said, everyone also wants some rain.

May/June is the time of year where we have serious floods in Central America and the Northern Caribbean,

[malaise]

37. Well would you know it

One week later land slides have killed over sixty people - heard it on regional news a few minutes ago

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/may/18/colombia-mudslide-death-toll
<snip>
An avalanche of mud and debris roared over an alpine town in western Colombia before dawn on Monday, killing at least 58 people in a flash flood and mudslide triggered by heavy rains.

Residents were stirred from bed in the dead of the night by a loud rumble and neighbours’ shouts of “The river! The river!” as modestly built homes and bridges plunged into the Libordiana ravine. Survivors barely had enough time to gather their loved ones.

“It was rocks and tree trunks everywhere,” Diego Agudelo said, adding that never in 34 years living next to the ravine had he suspected such a tragedy was possible.