May 7, 2010: Storms today – Alaska soon – Europe for summer!
Well, it is almost my birthday and that means thunderstorms! Usually. No different this year. Severe thunderstorms are likely today across our region – not a huge outbreak, but a line of storms. Expect gusty winds and some high winds.
Dry tomorrow and most of Sunday. Heavy rain possible Sunday night into next week. On and off chances – won’t rain all the time. We don’t need any rain.
The region is still cleaning up from a huge flood over the last few weeks. Parts of Kentucky and Tennessee will likely have damage in the BILLIONS of dollars. Terrible flood.
We will be leaving for Alaska in a few weeks. Taking my mother – we are going with Jason and Jess. Should be a nice trip. Hope the weather is okay. Prob be some cool nights and warm days.
We are going to Stockholm, Sweden in July – then Berlin at the end of July and first part of August. Going to explore and see what we can discover over there! No real plans – just go and explore. Hopefully the volcano won’t blow up. 
Airlines don’t mix well with volcanic ash. (I had to bring science in there somewhere)
We are going to try something different – in Sweden at least – renting an apartment instead of staying at a hotel. Julie got us hooked on www.homeaway.com Will give it a try and see what happens. An adventure I am sure!!!!
Need to figure out when we can make it up to Canada to visit Doug and others. Maybe later in the summer or fall.
Art Appreciation class will start in a few weeks – meteorology classes start next week. Signed up for another class in the fall. That will leave me just two classes away from the Bachelors Degree in Geo-Science.
So – some busy weeks ahead of us. Hopefully we don’t get too much severe weather in the coming weeks. Would be nice just to slide into summer without a huge severe weather event. Will just have to see how it goes.
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