I totally sympathize, even though as a native Californian, I'm accustomed to earthquakes. I've been through two big ones -- the 1971 Sylmar quake and the 1994 Northridge quake. I keep telling myself at least I don't live in Japan.
Things that frustrate us all
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I have been through major earthquakes in California, snowstorms in Connecticut, hurricanes and floods in Austin and Houston, but not one of them scared me like seeing a tornado when I was driving. I got away unscathed but it was definitely a, "Oh, this is how I die," moment.
Hurricane Harvey scared me because I was afraid our house might flood, but I was never afraid for my life.
I guess I would put tornadoes and wildfires up there on the "panic" list. Those are two things where I would really freak out.
Hurricane Harvey scared me because I was afraid our house might flood, but I was never afraid for my life.
I guess I would put tornadoes and wildfires up there on the "panic" list. Those are two things where I would really freak out.
Tornadoes are scary, and with good reason. Not only are they powerful and can cause massive damage and deaths, but they are unpredictable and you have no warning. Plus there's no way to really prepare for them or prevent them.
I'd definitely put that one on the 'panic list'.
I'd definitely put that one on the 'panic list'.
I thankfully live in an area where tornadoes rarely happen. But, fires are more common, especially with idiots burning garbage during a dry spell. We almost had to evacuate last year. Thankfully we didn't.
Ever since my basement flooded a couple of years ago I have become extremely skittish and paranoid whenever any kind of severe weather hits. I don't care if it's just showers - I fold up like a deck chair.
I probably shouldn't be like that - hell, it comes with the territory of being a homeowner - but I can't help it.
That said, I would never go back to renting an apartment. Owning a home CAN often be a massive pain in the ass, but I wouldn't trade it for anything.
I probably shouldn't be like that - hell, it comes with the territory of being a homeowner - but I can't help it.
That said, I would never go back to renting an apartment. Owning a home CAN often be a massive pain in the ass, but I wouldn't trade it for anything.
Absolutely nothing wrong with being that way. A home is a HUGE investment, so it's natural you'd want to protect it.
Whatever makes you feel more secure, you do it. Be that deck chair.
I get that. Last year we had a fire threatening our property and it was terrifying. This year I am preparing because I know it's potential. Owning a home (one I'm still building) is tough.
Some people got to learn the hard way.
And I'm sorry for that cause I'm that way a lot.
Luckily we don't have to deal with any of that where we are in AZ. AZ has gotten a few eartquakes, but they've all been tiny and mostly up in the mountains. We get a lot of wildfires in the state, but none of them have ever gotten close enough to our area to be a threat.
The scariest thing we've had to deal with was having our AC go out in the height of the summer when it was 120º out. Luckily when it has happened we've gotten it fixed fast enough that we didn't need to go to a find a place with AC for the dogs.
Our first summer here, in 1996, we did get hit by a record, almost hurrican level monsoon storm. We got stuck out in dust storm that was so bad we couldn't see more than a couple feet in front of us, and things went downhill from there. The one thing I remember the most clear was everybody running around with towels trying to stop the Niagra level waterfalls that were coming under all of the windows. And I think the winds actually did get up to around 75mph, which I believe would be minor hurricane level.
This reminds me of something you see a lot on social media that bugs me, when you get people who don't have experience with something trying to give advice to someone who's been doing it for years. I've seen it a lot with animals that get sick or who they're trying train. The moment the person mentions what they're up to, everyone suddenly wants to tell them what to do, even if they've never dealt with that kind of animal. What worked for your dog or cat, isn't necessarily going to work for a pig or a horse.
This is going to sound a little strange, so bear with me.
The Miami Heat are playing at Boston right now. (My wife is a huge Heat fan. I have always enjoyed basketball... it's really the only sport I can actually sit through. She has, of course, brought me more on board the Heat train.) To try to convince her we have a decent shot at winning, I had the idea of writing "PLA" on a plain cup in the kitchen, to help boost the spirit.
She got the joke immediately and loved the idea!
My frustration is... where exactly do my funny ideas come from? I'd like to know so I can activate it like a switch whenever I want.
The Miami Heat are playing at Boston right now. (My wife is a huge Heat fan. I have always enjoyed basketball... it's really the only sport I can actually sit through. She has, of course, brought me more on board the Heat train.) To try to convince her we have a decent shot at winning, I had the idea of writing "PLA" on a plain cup in the kitchen, to help boost the spirit.
She got the joke immediately and loved the idea!
My frustration is... where exactly do my funny ideas come from? I'd like to know so I can activate it like a switch whenever I want.
This is my wife. She can go weeks without any creativity ot ideas for her fiction or her business. Then it hits at random times and she has to put it down. I don't know where it comes from, especially since I'm a planner and struggle with impulsive behaviors. I wish I knew.
Well, that makes one of us?
(I'm guessing it's a basketball related joke? Which would explain why it goes right over my head, I guess.)
Not a basketball joke, a STAR TREK one.
Think Klingons...
Think Klingons...
My husband's version of trying to be "quiet."
The amount of noise he can make while trying to be quiet is astonishing. Drawers can't be opened--they are yanked open and slammed shut. Spoons aren't put in the drawer--they are thrown down into their spot.
The amount of noise he can make while trying to be quiet is astonishing. Drawers can't be opened--they are yanked open and slammed shut. Spoons aren't put in the drawer--they are thrown down into their spot.
Ah!Sorry, I guess I needed a bit of a nudge with that one!
No worries. Sometimes, even the funny jokes need a slight nudge now and then.
I don't mean to laugh, but this is ironic for me. There are times when I truly try to be quiet, but I end up making more noise trying to be quiet than if I just did things normally.
Particularly my walking... I walk pretty fast, and I have, shall we say, very heavy steps. You'd think a rhino was walking around, despite my best efforts to AMERICAN NINJA my way through the house. My mom, before the accident at work, could quietly and quickly move past you several times and you wouldn't even be aware of it. She truly was a ninja. I did NOT inherit that ability.
It might just simply be a guy thing... we just aren't as graceful as women, inherently.
allergy-induced headache for 3 days... need I say more?
Ugh. Been there. My sympathies.
Indeed. I used to be more heavy footed and as a teen I would make a lot of noise up and down the stairs. But, nowadays I am lighter on my feet and I attribute that to being a former retail manager who had keys on his belt and liked to see what my employees were doing. So I would step lightly and sneak up on them. My wife is the opposite. She has very high arches and lands on her heal harder because of it. It kind of bugs me
Nope. My allergies have been awful.