I can relate to weather anxiety. Thunderstorms used to frighten me as a child. I think it was the noise. As an adult, I had a few close calls regarding tornadoes, so thunderstorms still cause some anxiety for me.

Today's forecast here is mid to upper 70s and waves of thunderstorms with dry periods in between. Ember gets anxious during rainstorms, so I will spray Feliway in her carrier again and leave the carrier out for her to crawl into. It makes her feel safe and secure.

Racing through the house and knocking things down.

Wait - thinks are quiet. TOO quiet. I'd better check on what they are up to!!

comes from picking up my concern. She might have noticed me watching the sky through my window that faces west and gives a narrow view of southwest. But I only do that for thunderstorms. Ember gets nervous over all rain, even without thunder and lightening.

Right now, she's curled up inside her carrier although it's not raining yet. The sky is a light gray color. The atmosphere, even inside, is humid.

The storm chasers/meteorologists and the really bad stuff looks to be on track to pass well to the south of you. There will winds be and thunderboomers, probably hail to some degree but the most intense and worst of it will be around Lansing.

Snuggle up and keep the candles handy.

I don't mind run of the mill thunderstorms but tornados terrify me. The township was skirted by one last year AND the year before. They were headed towards us but then shifted north. I still haven't quite figured out how I would corral up the kidcats to get them down the basement.

We had a bad storm pop up out of nowhere, last Summer, and it took out a lot of the weaker branches and trees so if the wind picks up, HOPEFULLY there won't be much damage.

I feel about the same. I lived on the other side of Lake Michigan for several years, and drove all over the midwest states for even longer, I have seen my share of bad thunderstorms and tornadoes. The best thing to do is pay attention.

I think you have it under control, though. You have a plan, a place and preparedness... those are the essentials and you have those covered. It should be coming on soon but things could weaken by the time they get to you.

I'm home all day so I'll be here with you.

to our west which should stabilize the atmosphere enough to avoid the worst of it. It is spookily warm, though -- it's 61F at 8:30 am. Yikes. I'm keeping an eye to the sky and have broken out the cat carriers just in case we need to get to the basement. I'm concerned about the area around Jackson and Ann Arbor, though. LOL, so much for that prediction. My weather radio just went off telling me we're under a Tornado Watch until 4:00 p.m. Great.

That is more precise and in keeping with what I recall them saying. I was trying to avoid a long report. It's complicated, these weather events are hard to describe this early. But thank you for clearer info!

My late husband always joked that I was a "weather psychic" because my intuitions about the weather were often more accurate than professional meteorologists. It's weird, lol.

I developed it when I was running back and forth across the continent every week, it was a survival thing. It is any day but most people don't pay attention like we do. Seriously, I bet you look at a minimum of three weather related info sites when you first get online in the morning. I do.

I'm not always articulate before 8am.

check right after I make coffee and I have the Grand Rapids NWS Office tab open all the time on my browser. True confession: I watch livestreams like Ryan Hall Y'all for hours even when the weather is happening nowhere near me. I'm watching Andy Hill, Ryan Hall's sidekick on YouTube right now. I'm glad he's covering the storms in Michigan.

Weather has always fascinated me and I thought about pursuing meteorology but I suck at math so that torpedoed that career path. It's good to know I'm not the only one!

Exactly who I was watching! They are good. Ryan has personality but he and Andy make a good team, and they're young! I'm sure Andy is older than he appears but he looks really young. They both know their stuff so I'm thankful they do what they do.

I go hardcore with the raw satellite and then NWS analysis after that, I check the alerts page/map and then my local. If it looks like there's stuff they cover, I go to the "chasers" as I call them and see what's up. They have great technology/maps and are in touch with so many on scene chasers that you really have real time coverage with knowledgeable people. What more could you ask for?

ginger cat named Midas (because he's a "golden cat" ) that he showed us last night, so he's A-OK in my book. He just ended his livestream which made me relax about the weather that's supposed to be coming our way. I look at the weather maps too, and the Forecast Discussion is the first thing I read on the NWS tab. I love rain and storms as long as they're not severe, and I get edgy if the weather is "nice" for too long. I could never live in a place like the desert Southwest -- I would either go nuts or be in a bad mood all the time. I'm definitely a pluviophile. Brandon Copic is a good chaser -- I wonder what happened between him and Ryan Hall that made them part ways. Weather drama? I can't watch Reed Timmer, though, unless it's in small doses. Too manic for me, even though he's a Michigander that grew up in Ada, just outside of Grand Rapids.

BUT, it can turn on a dime so I'm not going to let my guard down.

like that! Sending vibes that all is well.

get onto her back and turn her motor on and massage my friend with her motor. that cat would also be on port and starbord to prevent her from tossing and turning. u got some loving cats.