Here is my perspective on the sudden windstorm that started about three hours ago. I wasn’t paying attention to the weather obviously. When these storms come along, my house starts making creaking noises and you can hear where the seals are not too good on the door and some windows.
We are overdue for this from my perspective since it’s been three weeks or so since a good blow blew through the valley. The photos of the Strip are unprocessed sans a slight brightening. On another note, yesterday I made a delicious pot of fresh chili. Man, that was so good!
But, bonehead me went to bed and forgot to put it in the refrigerator! I looked up some food safety information and decided to dump the entire pot down the kitchen sink drain. That really sucked, but it’s better than possibly landing in the hospital! There is a replacement slow cooking at the moment.
Some of you know of my love for chili, don’t you!
I did that once with a pan of chicken- on the counter all night..right into the garbage in the morning. Those wind storms are really something!
Better to toss it than land in the hospital with food poisoning, Lisa! It’s a waste of money though. This storm only gusted to around 40, sometimes they gust up to 60 which is a little scary. You wonder if the roof tiles are going to blow off!
What a bummer that you had to toss the chilli. It’s not worth the risk.
Yeah, it sucked watching it go down the drain! A waste of money too.
Good atmospheric shots. The chilli was definitely a disaster.
Thank you, Derrick, yesterday’s windstorm gusted to 40mph, they can gust to 60 sometimes which has me wondering if some of the roof tiles are going to blow off!
John, I know now where these creaking sounds in my house come from during a strong wind. You said it all; the seals are not good. And like Anneli said, you made a very smart decision to dump the entire pot down the sink drain.
I like the mood in these wonderful photos!!!
Thanks very much, Kaya! I left the photos less processed this time. I need to replace these 26-year-old windows but the cost is just too high. I want nothing to do with hospital visits, been there too many times, Kaya. Just dump it.
That’s too bad about the chili. I think we’ve all done that at some time, but you made the right decision. You just can’t afford to get sick on that stuff.
Hi, Anneli, oh heck no man! I used to call my mom with questions like this and more, she always had the answers! I miss mom so much. The center of the chili was actually just barely warm but I tossed it anyway, it sucked watching all of that deliciousness go down the drain! 😩
Yeah, but you just can’t take a chance on food poisoning.
Absolutely not! Memories of past hospitalisations do not fade easily. The food and the noisy nurse stations are reminders. That and asking to be moved to a different room once because the old fart next to me would not turn his TV volume down, regardless of requests by me to the nurses. Gladly I was moved to a room with just one bed. Dump the chili, John! 👍🏻😬
That would be torture!
I was angry… But life goes on and things improved. 🤣