It's pretty quiet around here today. I'm done with cleaning the house and doing laundry (Saturday is my normal cleaning day) and now we are just relaxing for the rest of the day. In other news...
- I just love owls in towels!
- And of course I love the animal live cams: eagles, snakes, and bears oh my!
- It is 101 degrees right now and it's supposed to reach 104 degrees by this afternoon...eeekkk!
- We will be going on a cruise to Alaska this summer. After not traveling anywhere for the past several years, it will be interesting (concerning) to see how travel has changed since then.
- Equally concerning (terrifying) is how fast AI is developing. Eventually AI won't need humans to maintain it. Then what?
- Another mystery...why don't delivery drivers (Amazon, UPS, etc) ever knock or ring the doorbell?? They just toss my packages on the porch and I am somehow supposed to know it is there?
- Yet another mystery (to me anyway) is how people can live in tornado alley and not have a NOAA weather radio that alerts you with an alarm when there are tornadoes in the area. I have sent three of these to people in tornado-prone areas because, while they say they "will just rely on alerts from their cell phones", what happens when high winds wipe out cell towers?
- Speaking of disasters, here are some good disaster apps to put on your phone.
- From the "this is creepy but very interesting" file.
- Finally, an informative YouTube channel I have been binging over the past couple weeks...Captain Steeeve!
I live in central Alabama and have been in tornadoes. I refuse to be awakened all night long by warnings for two counties away. I hear the warnings are more localized now, but I just don't want to chance it. I lived next to a tornado siren that was annoying. Our cell tower did not collapse until the tornado was blocks from us. Even then, I got the warning from radio announcer who ran into the radio building screaming like a little girl, "I can see it, it's headed straight for us." Since I live a few blocks from there, I turned off the stove and ran into the bathroom, and felt the walls vibrating. That was scary. The whole town was without electricity for a week, no tv broadcasts or means of communication. But, I don't want a radio. However, I could change my mind.
ReplyDeleteThe radio video I watched said the radio can be set for alerts for only your area--that would be annoying to hear reports for all of Alabama!
DeleteI usually get a notification on my phone when a package gets delivered. If the driver rings the doorbell, it unleashes holy heck with the dog barking. Maybe that's why they don't do it? We put a camera on the front porch, so whenever there's any movement, we get an alert on our phone with a video snip. It's very helpful!
ReplyDeleteThat's a good idea. We really should at least put up a ring camera or some sort of security system.
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