Jamastiene is...

[Jamastiene]

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I live under the "F" in Fayetteville. Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhh. The wind is blowing too hard for my tastes already. Please send good vibes my way.

*Jama whimpers and sobs*

[Gormy Cuss]

1. Oh F___!

Hang in there.

[Jamastiene]

2. My whole body is shaking already and it hasn't even gotten

here yet. There is a tornado warning already in that little red county down there on this map.



How can I finish my homework assignment in this state of mind? I hate strong winds. I can handle the rain and even snow, but wind scares the daylights out of me.

Thank you for your good vibes. I need all I can get right now. :hug:

[Jamastiene]

3. Kick.

And now, I have hiccups to top it all off.

[Gormy Cuss]

4. You need to breathe!

Concentrate on getting rid of those hiccups. It'll take your mind off the storm for a few minutes.
:hug:

[Jamastiene]

5. I'll be taking a deep breath in and holding it for 5 seconds.

Then swallowing. My ears always popl when I do that, but it usually works. I'm gonna have to go now. BB7 is coming on and I want to see if Janelle gets smarter while we still have power. I dread going out in the morning to go to class. I have one fifty minute class in the morning. Hardly worth the gas...

:hug:

[NewWaveChick1981]

6. Just hang on and you'll get through it...

:hug: :hug: I'm out of town, and my husband told me that we're supposed to get a lot of rain in the Greensboro area. Stay safe!

:pals:

[Jamastiene]

10. Thanks. I'll try to stay as safe as possible.

I just hope the wind isn't strong here. They haven't delayed or cancelled school that I know of yet. I watched BB7 and now I am disappointed on top of being scared. Chicken George, I'll miss you.

And I stumped my toes (4 of them) on the fan in my room on the way back in here to post some more before I go to bed. Outch!

:hug: :pals:

[bicentennial_baby]

7. we love you...

:hug: :hug: :hug:

[Jamastiene]

11. I love you too.

:hug: :hug: :hug:

My toes are mad at me though, so I can't speak for them right now. :eyes:

[Sugar Smack]

8. Oh, HONEY I'd forgotten that about you.

We'll keep you warm and safe with our posts. I'd forgot how bad weather can sometimes freak you out.

:hug: :hug: :hug: We'll be right here for you.

[Jamastiene]

12. Thank you.

Right now, I am hearing a super eerie calm before the storm. I'm not cleaning up though. I'll blame it on Ernesto if anything happens. That is one rule I have made up about bad bad storms. Don't clean up before one. It's bad luck. Or at least in my mind it is.

:hug:

[GoddessOfGuinness]

9. Hang in there, hon...

:hug::hug::hug:

[Jamastiene]

13. Thank you. I'm feeling that calm before the storm kind

of anxiety right now. It got really really calm here about 30 minutes ago. I'm suspicious of this storm. It's one of those squeaker types. It'll squeak right under the "hurricane" status radars and still do damage and cause flooding.

:hug:

[Redstone]

14. OK by me. Don't sweat the details. It's just wind.

Redstone

[Jamastiene]

15. I would probably be a little less afraid if I still

lived in a brick home, but I do not. Therefore...I am scared. Any damage comes out of my pocket. I do not know how far lint will go toward paying for repairs. :shrug:

[Redstone]

16. Ah, the straw house...hunker down, my friend, and take my hopes for

the best outcome with you.

Just be safe. Houses can be rebuilt. People can't.

Redstone

[Jamastiene]

17. True.

I just hope I can get my aunt out of here if it gets really bad. To be honest, they haven't predicted much more than heavy rain, but they have been oh so wrong before. Once they predicted 4 inches of snow and we got 19. :shrug:

Thanks for the well wishes. I need all I can get. :hug:

[Redstone]

18. Bail off DU then, and tend to business. Tell us tomorrow how you

made out.

This is not the time to be a tough guy, especailly if there are family meemberd involved.

Redstone

[Jamastiene]

21. Well, there is really nowhere we

can go, so :shrug:. My aunt doesn't seem too worried and Sunday Girl hasn't started hiding yet. That is odd to me. She can hear wind a hundred miles away normally.

[RevCheesehead]

19. Living under the F is bad enough...

But living under the F of Fayetteville is infinitely worse!
(at least Seagrove is nearby - I used to love going to the potteries!)

Hang in there, sweetie. :hug:

[Jamastiene]

20. Ooh yeah, Seagrove rules.

Even if I don't buy anything, just that area is so beautiful and the pottery ain't too shabby either.

Thanks, :hug:.

[Jamastiene]

22. Bad wind gust. The proverbial shit has hit the fan.

I'll be outta here shortly. Please keep sending me the best vibes you can. :scared:

[KitchenWitch]

23. Please be safe!

:hug:

[Jamastiene]

26. Heyyyyyyy!!!!

:hug: :loveya: :pals: and if I had a dog tail wagging wildly smiley, I'd use it too.

I sure have missed you.

I lived through it. The wind got ferocious enough to wake me up one time but it died down to a strange calm after that. Whew, this time.

[Hissyspit]

24. I'm closer to the center of rotation than you are! I live at the top left

point in the 'y' - We'll be o.k. It shifted east and we haven't gotten any of that "yellow" or "orange" precipitation.

[Jamastiene]

27. Did you live through it too?

It turned out not to be so bad here after a few wind gusts. What was it like there?

[Hissyspit]

44. Pretty much the same, Jam'

Actually it looks like Baltimore, Maryland is getting it worse than we did right now.

The sky is really pretty right now, alterantely dark and forboding and bright and sunny.

[Jamastiene]

47. The sky was pretty much like that here today too.

It was still soggy wet outside from the rain, but no real flooding. I hope those people in Baltimore are somewhere safe right now. Is it me, or has the weather gotten more extreme lately than it used to be?

[Hissyspit]

49. No, it's not you.

[billyskank]

25. JAMASTIENE!!

:hug:

[Jamastiene]

29. Hey billyskank.

I lived through the night and managed to get to school for calculus class this morning. Sorry I missed you last night. :hug:

So far, that class has turned out to be weird for me. The teacher has us using Excel and a program called Derive 5 for all of the questions in the book. He gave us an assignment that is still bugging me. I have trouble figuring out the right domain and range for the asintopes and other noncontinuous graphs. I did 6 out of ten of them so far and I think they are right, but the last ones involve folding boxes and finding the equation that represents one thing in reference to another. I will look them over later in the day today probably. It's not due until next Wednesday.

He hasn't taught us how to "do calculus" yet. From what some other students who have had him already for this class say, he will stay on Derive 5 and Excel all semester and doesn't actually teach how to do calculus. I don't know what to think of that yet. :shrug:

[billyskank]

32. Glad you survived

:hug:

If you really want to know about calculus, I can try to explain it to you. :)

[Jamastiene]

34. I appreciate that.

When I get busy on it, I'll PM you if I hit a snag. Is that ok? So far, I *think* I am doing ok, but I like to understand a little better so I can do the word problems without having to look in the book for help so much.

[billyskank]

36. Sure

any time. :)

[LostinVA]

28. You'll be fine, you little sissy Rockinghamer

No, seriously, you should be okay.

Poor Wilmington -- I lived there through Fran and Bertha...

[Jamastiene]

30. Those were two ferocious ladies.

I remember them.

"sissy little Rockinghamer" :rofl: I'm speechless. That was a good one.

[LostinVA]

31. You people had a dry county until I was out of college

It sucked when we would drive down to the beach for break (this was before 40 went to Wilmington).

[Jamastiene]

33. Yeah, odd thing about our mixed drink referendum.

The "church vote" (called that by my former boss at the guitar store) was 666. Those of us who voted for mixed drinks won, but their final vote number was 666 people voting against allowing the alchohol, :rofl:.

[LostinVA]

35. It could have also been 69

[Jamastiene]

37. That would have been even funnier, wouldn't it?

:rofl:

I like they way you think. :evilgrin:

[LostinVA]

38. giggle

[citizen snips]

39. It is not bad where I live

It is over now but I hope that you are doing alright.

[Jamastiene]

40. I am doing fine now.

I do have a fear of storms, but it is worse when you don't know what to expect. I live in an area between Charlotte and the beach. It is an area that the Charlotte stations only cover when they feel like it. The beach stations, well of course, would have been hit worse than where I live. It's like having to watch a bunch of forecasts and guessing which one might apply to you or mixing them and not knowing what to expect. That was 90% of why I was so scared last night; not knowing what would affect my area.

Glad you are ok too. :hi:

[citizen snips]

41. I was scared last night too.

I hate when the hurricane hits at night. :scared:

[Jamastiene]

42. I know. It feels like it is sneaking up on you.

It is even scarier when it hits land and then goes back out over the ocean again. That's when it builds back up.

Maybe next time, we can form a hurricane hunker down party and keep each other's minds off the 'cane. :hug:

[citizen snips]

45. That sounds like a great idea.

[Jamastiene]

48. Let's make it a routine to keep each other from

going out of our minds with fear and worry then. I'd rather be chatting and comparing notes than freaking out all alone.

:hug:

[bigwillq]

43. So how was it?

Is it over with there?

Hope all went well.

:hug:

[Jamastiene]

46. Yes, it is over with now.

Believe it or not, I freaked out over a few wind gusts mostly because I didn't know how much of it we were going to get. Luckily, there was no damage and we had only about 6 strong wind gusts here. Parts of the town next door (to the east) had some limbs down, but nothing big.

:hug: