Saturday, January 19, 2008

   A storm brews and it's not Bohemian

A pretty intense storm drew in during the night, keeping me awake for most of it* worrying the windows would explode >.>; They'd warned about the upcoming weather on telly/in the papers but it's one thing to be told it's gonna blow and another to hear the winds rip into the house O.o;

* The only reason I know for sure there was sleep going on is because the one deliciously vivid dream of absolute wonderfulness I experienced kept replaying in my mind while trying to fall asleep again. MmmmmMmmmm, purrilicious =_^_= <- upside-down flushed smiley of satisfaction

But yes. Throughout the night and into the morning there were lots of wind and huge gusts of dive-bomb winds. During breakfast I saw debris flying, mainly this material which I cannot find a word for in my English dictionary... *googles* Styrofoam? Why didn't I know that word *furrows brow* It's not like it hasn't been dropped a million times in documentaries about scale models used for movies. Strange.

Ok, so a lot of styrofoam was flying by. Some got stuck in our poor hedge plants.
I didn't bother going out to save them since new debris kept coming in constantly. Seeing how fast these blocks of foamyness flew by my additional thought were that they could be nasty to get in the head. Then one of our neighbours came knocking, telling us that most of the styrofoam had broken loose from a prepped foundation nearby .... and in these were sharp nails with fish hook-like ends that, in these winds, could easily pierce though bodyparts and get stuck (unless they went straight through).....

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The first thing that went through my mind was to forewarn my sister who was coming over. Followed closely in second was 'stoooooopid people'. This storm had been sufficiently covered on newscasts and in the papers a couple of days ahead. As it drew nearer the public was even cautioned not to go out unless necessary and I'm assuming the advise to tie things up, in order to reduce damage, was given too. Even if that's not the case I imagine/hope/expect people to make use of their common sense.

A building contractor really should know well enough to make sure his site was secured. The flying styrofoam of desctruction suggests it wasn't. Further more I am of the opinion that in these situations you keep on standby even if it is the weekend; you either check up on the foundation or keep yourself available if others try to contact you about the havoc your site is causing. Augh.

As of now, 10 in the evening, there are still strong winds blowing. And my ability to think clearly seems to be going along for the ride. I've rewritten and revised the last part of the above paragraph for what seems like 10 times but can't wrap it up neatly for the life of me, haha. I hope it make sense now *rubs eyes*

Arrr, a sneaky cold decided to take advantage of my weakened state today but my hope is it'll be gone quickly with sleep and light medication *nod nod*

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TeeCee: *amused grin* You'd make an adorable pokémon =) And thank you for the wallpaper compliment!

Ichigo: Wow, really? =^_^= That makes me all kinds of happy and pleasantly surprised. Was it the whimsical that sold it? lol *smooooch*

Swishyoo: When I saw your name just now I couldn't help but think of Hamtaro and the sound they make when they're cleaning their faces *squeees* At least in the German dub ^^; Thank you! :3

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