Hopeless Geek

I have no idea why, but last night God drained his pool on us. For four to six hours we had nothing but wet coming down on us.

Normally, I like a good storm, but the first wave from that storm included what the National Weather Service called “quarter-inch hail” that, by the time it got to us, was golf-ball-sized hail. Of course, I only realized this when I saw it on the ground … and heard it hitting the house and car.

Oh, did I mention the garage was full because we have things we have no place for just yet? So the two of us hit the garage and pushed it all towards the back and made room for the car. We got it mostly in and away from the storm (save a few inches that were protected by the roof and such) only to look at the hood and realize we were a little late. Three dents.

Of course, that’s for the whole car, so it’s not so bad. I managed to get some photos and video of the fun, though.

I apparently had a very old version of the WUnderground Widget installed because when I went to the site to add it for a new machine I discovered that it’s drastically different, and much cooler.

Apple’s widget is pretty, but this one’s functional. It has the local radar, local cams, weather alerts, forecast and the NOAA textual forecast for the day, all in one widget. I love it.