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[SharkE]

Amarillo, Tx area hasn't had any appreciative amount of rain since 9-21

had few inches of snow that wet the whistle of the ground is all.

If it does anything to break the constipated skies I'll go out and dance in it.

[SilleeMee]

@On It 

Do you have a safe place to go when bad storms roll in?...like a cellar or basement?

[Goodie2shoes]

Stay safe ! we had possible strong storms on the way yesterday but they fizzled out. 

[On It]

@Kachina624 These fires are devistating and beyond frightening. The grip this megadrought has on the Southwest doesn't seem to be relaxing at all. I have tried to follow the news about the fires on the TV apps, but keeping up is difficult. I don't know Northern New Mexico towns and landmarks very well.

It is hard to imagine a fire taking months to extinguish. I hope Las Vegas can be protected. Bandelier would be a tragic loss. We lived in Ruidoso for several years and our son's gifted and talented class toured Los Alamos and the labs. His teacher's father was a scientist there. We then went to Bandelier. It is of such historic value that I can't imagine it being damaged.

My husband spent several days on the ranch that became the Valles Caldera Preserve. We have a photograph of it hanging in our home. Some time after his visit, I believe it became a preserve during the Clinton Administration. Seeing all of these areas that hold such dear memories being at risk is so sad. My heart goes out to those whose homes and livelihoods are being threatened.

[On It]

@SilleeMee We do not have a basement or cellar. We will be in an interior downstairs bathroom that has no windows. I just hope it doesn't come to that. Hopefully, I can post good news later, but we do get power outages during these storms. Thank you for your concern.

[Sooner]

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@hckynutjohn wrote:

Weather box is in the corner of our screen more time than not. Think our local channels just like taking up 1/4 of our screen to distort the picture. Guess they think we viewers don't remember what channel we are watching. "Possible heavy rain", really?  

"High winds and possible tornado in the area", I get. Possible rain?  Way overdone around here to suit me.

hckynut  🇺🇸

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@hckynutjohn Don't knock it.  Just be thankful if the tornado isn't headed your way.  Or the softball sized hail. Either one will make you forget about what's on tv.  

[Kachina624]

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@SharkE wrote:

Amarillo, Tx area hasn't had any appreciative amount of rain since 9-21

had few inches of snow that wet the whistle of the ground is all.

If it does anything to break the constipated skies I'll go out and dance in it.

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@SharkE    I heard they're going to "seed" the clouds in several Southern NM counties this summer hoping to make some rain.  I don't know why they don't do the whole state.  There's nothing down there but flat prairie and oil wells.  Maybe oil money is paying for it?

The last "normal" year I remember for rainfall was 2006.  It's been drought ever since.  Getting worse.

[Spacrazy]

Woohoo @SharkE  that rain dance will do it every time !

[hckynutjohn]

@Sooner 

 I am knocking it for the ridiculous "possible heavy rain". And I am supposed to do what with that info? Raise my house from the foundation/see if I can find a boat, what?  And, it's strange that it doesn't stay on the screen during commercials. Hmm! 

We have a weather radio, and out in our area, we have a very good view of the sky. If it is serious enough when it comes to "possible tornado" in the area? The channel will go directly to the meteorologists, not a box distorting the picture.

If I am concerned about high winds or a tornado, we will be down in our completely underground basement, watching a program we DVR'd maybe 2 days ago.

All our TV viewing is from programs we prerecorded, not live. As I said "heavy rain possible"? We live miles from a river, and it would have to rise about a 1500' elevation to reach us. By then our whole city will be under water.

I'll stick to our weather radio and our good view of the sky and the clouds.

hckynut  🇺🇸

[AuntG]

I agree with @hckynutjohn that possible heavy rain probably doesn't need a special announcement. Where I live, they use a 1 to 5 scale put out by the weather center in Norman, OK.