[Mari]

Originally Posted by Brokenfriend

I went to the capital city of my state,and had a dental appointment. I had a good checkup. No problems.

On the Interstate on the way home,there was a powerful thunderstorm. There was lightning,ran,and hail. I pulled off the interstate till I could see the road.

Then when I got to a Wal-Mart to shop,there was another thunderstorm. I could hear the thunderstorm in the Wal-Mart. When I went to the car,it had stopped raining. Then I headed home,and drove into another powerful thunderstorm with heavy rain. I pulled over until I could see in front of my car again. I gassed the car up,and drove home. I got the groceries into the house and another powerful thunderstorm went over with lots of lightning. Four storms with black clouds,and lots of lightning.

I looked at Nightly News on a small battery powered Auvio TV. Wow!!!
BF

Steve,

That's a cool TV!

I am glad that you pulled over when the storms hit when you were driving.

Keep taking care of yourself.

M

[Theta Z]

You are a brave and intrepid traveler, Steve, even with pulling over!
I would have been tempted to pull into a motel!
Glad you weathered all those storms okay. How are your nerves?

[Brokenfriend]

Originally Posted by Theta Z

You are a brave and intrepid traveler, Steve, even with pulling over!
I would have been tempted to pull into a motel!
Glad you weathered all those storms okay. How are your nerves?

Theta Z Thank you. I like that word Intrepid. There was a Air Craft Carrier called the Intrepid that served in WWII,and Vietnam.

My nerves are doing well. After going through a number of things like that,I feel that progress was made, and situations like that bring strength. BF

[Brokenfriend]

Originally Posted by Mari

Steve,

That's a cool TV!

I am glad that you pulled over when the storms hit when you were driving.

Keep taking care of yourself.

M

Mari Thank you. This is the third time this Spring,now Summer,that Sat. service was interrupted,and I used that little TV to find out what was going on. BF

[Theta Z]

Originally Posted by Brokenfriend

Mari Thank you. This is the third time this Spring,now Summer,that Sat. service was interrupted,and I used that little TV to find out what was going on. BF

It was important, living in the Gulf coast region, to have one such little battery operated tv, to watch the tracking of the storm.

In recent years now with such frequent and severe weather all over the country,
it is a good thing to have handy in foul weather.

[Brokenfriend]

I was working at a Supermarket on 9/11/2001. I heard about the event all day. Allot of people didn't come to work,and I stayed there all afternoon,and till after the store closed. Customers told me all day about the event,and what happened during that terrible morning.

After that event,I decided to buy a small Radio Shack battery powered TV. I brought it to work,and looked at what was going on at work during lunch after that day,or had it on standby after those days. I left it in my locker.

When TV went digital,that TV wasn't good for anything,so I bought this little digital AUVIO TV that has almost a 3,and 1/2 inch screen. I put my glasses on,and the screen is so clear. Progress!!! BF

[Mari]

After the US went digital, it was impossible to find a battery operated tv for a while -- I know because I looked.

Now if a storm comes, most of us can see what is happening with our tablets or phones . . . . as long as the phone has battery power.

When I was a teenager, my parents had no television.
We used to listen to the radio and track the storm on the handouts the grocery stores handed out at the beginning of the season.
I got very good with longitude and latitude.


Mari

[waves]

Originally Posted by Mari

When I was a teenager, my parents had no television.
We used to listen to the radio and track the storm on the handouts the grocery stores handed out at the beginning of the season.

Yes! Pin the tail on the hurricane! II grew up with those! We also got them free from the grocery stores.

I miss them. Not that I have an imminent need for them since moving out of hurricane territory, but I sometimes track storms "back home".

WunderMaps and the like are great, but I enjoyed the very hands-on process of putting pins in the paper map. And with these, even if the radio died, you could at least still see the info you had gathered so far.

waves

[Theta Z]

Originally Posted by waves

Yes! Pin the tail on the hurricane! II grew up with those! We also got them free from the grocery stores.

I miss them. Not that I have an imminent need for them since moving out of hurricane territory, but I sometimes track storms "back home".

WunderMaps and the like are great, but I enjoyed the very hands-on process of putting pins in the paper map. And with these, even if the radio died, you could at least still see the info you had gathered so far.

waves

As far as last year, the paper hurricane tracking maps still are out there on the Gulf Coast South, in newspapers, drugstores, hardware stores, etc.
We kept one on the side of the fridge, with a kitchen magnet.