I predict bad weather a day in advance.

[ThomCat]

Night before last some of you saw me online all night, heavily medicated and considering going to the ER. I'm usually only in that kind of pain the day before really bad weather.

Last night we had vicious thunderstorms and apparently a tornado ripping through brooklyn. Train and subway lines are down. There is an advisory out to avoid the subways. There is flooding, there are damaged buildings and uprooted trees, and it's a horrible crowded mess.

Wow.

If you're here in NYC and you see me post that I'm in an unusual amount of pain, prepare for bad weather.

[malta blue]

1. How are you doing Thom?

I heard on the radio this morning that NYC was still going to be pounded today and then 100+ degree heat on the tails of the tornados.

Keep well and cool my friend.:pals:

[ThomCat]

6. I'm actually at work today.

I had to take a cab because there was no way I could get on the subway.

I'm in a pretty foul mood today because of the pain but I'm managing pretty well. :)

:hug:

[malta blue]

14. Well I see the subways are closed for the most part too

so smart thinking on the cab front.

I hope it cools down quickly for you.:hug:

[mikeytherat]

2. I have a barometric back (arthritis)

If my lower back is killing me, big storms are coming!

mikey_the_rat

[ThomCat]

8. I hope you aren't near here.

:(

There are a few of us here in my office who feel the weather, and we're all having a very bad week.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

3. i am stuck in brooklyn

[ThomCat]

9. I hope you can stay home without any difficulty.

I was out yesterday and my office would fall apart if I wasn't here today.

Please stay cool. :hug:

[In_The_Wind]

4. Ouch! Maybe one of my snapshots will brighten your day.

:loveya:

[ThomCat]

10. That's awesome!

That definitely brightens my day. :)

:loveya:

[In_The_Wind]

16. I'll add a little more sunshine for you ~

:loveya:

[skygazer]

5. Wow! Crazy weather!

I hope you're feeling more comfortable today.

I've been joking (semi-joking) for years that I can predict the weather. Same thing - every bone in my body aches when a storm is approaching. It even hurts to lie still in bed.


Pain sucks. :hug: :hug:

[ThomCat]

11. Yes, pain sucks.

I seriously think that a lot of people don't realize that pain hurts.

I would not wish chronic pain on anyone.

:hug:
I hope you have better weather where you are.

[VenusRising]

7. You're like a weather vane

But way cuter!!

:hug::loveya:

[ThomCat]

12. Thank you!

:loveya:

One of the VPs here at work think's he's being cool by challenging how accurate my pain is. Every time I'm out for a day he checks to see if we have bad weather within 24 hours. And whenever he has one of his bike trips scheduled he demands to know whether or not I feel any rain coming.
:eyes:

[VenusRising]

25. Does he pat you on the head and give you a cookie?

:eyes:

Next time, just tell him you feel great and let him get rained on.

:hug:

[Gormy Cuss]

13. It's a shame that you are so debilitated in the process.

Too bad you couldn't make good money off of that "talent," although it'd be better to be broke and pain free.:hug:

Sounds like a truly nasty weather event. No wonder you were such a wreck.

[ThomCat]

19. I don't think there's any money in a talent like this

And you're right, I would rather be poor and healthy. :(

Ah well. We deal with what we have to deal with. :)

[texas1928]

15. I know how you feel.

I have pain in both wrist and elbows, and when the weather is going to change, I start hurting at least a week in advance. As it gets closer and depending on the severity, my bullet wound on my chest starts to itch.

[ThomCat]

20. Bullet wound?

In your chest?

:wow:

I'm glad it wasn't more serious.

[texas1928]

24. It didn't kill me...

:shrug:

[Shine]

17. I'm sorry you have to suffer to offer such a service, ThomCat.

:hug:

Wishing you well.....

[ThomCat]

21. :)

Thank you. :hug:

I think there are enough of us here at DU who predict the weather that if we got organized about it we could market our aches and pains. :P

Do you think the national weather service would listen to us?

[Shine]

23. Yeah, maybe you could parlay that "skill" into some $$

:D

:hug:

[tmlanders]

18. Sorry to hear you are in pain, Thomcat

I have a similar problem. I get migraines when the barometric air pressure is either very low (stormy) or, worse, very high (nice sunny days!). I woke up in the middle of the night Sunday with great pain in my sinuses, which then morphed into a migraine. It's bad enough that I get headaches when it is crappy out. It's totally unfair that I feel crappy on the nicest of the nice days!

[ThomCat]

22. That has to be horrible. :(

Bright lights are a trigger for me, so I have to avoid direct sunlight on sunny days. But as long as I stay inside I'm usually okay.

I feel the change in weather when we go from bad to nice, but that passes after a day, so if we have a string of nice days I'm not usually doing too bad after the first day.

[TOhioLiberal]

26. Hi ThomCat...

...at least that's an explanation for all the pain the other night. Still sucks. A tornado? In BROOKLYN? :wow:

[ThomCat]

27. Yup. An explanation is nice.

It's better to know why than to not have any clue.

But I think I'd prefer to have no way of knowing the weather. :P