tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post4942940857679442367..comments2024-03-29T03:36:27.656-04:00Comments on Murder is Everywhere: Brrrrrrr.......Ovidia Yuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05749549092493567689noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-25720993483810288312011-01-19T17:23:17.608-05:002011-01-19T17:23:17.608-05:00Hi Beth - I totally agree with you on the tornadoe...Hi Beth - I totally agree with you on the tornadoes, probably a fear rooted from childhood in my case after seeing the wizard of Oz. Am I remembering it correctly that she was swept away by a tornado or was it a hurricane? In my mind's recollection it was a tornado.<br /><br />Hi KAren - that is the difficult thing about writing books where weather plays a role. Here people would find it odd to read about snow in the summer and summer in the snow. They would however be more fond of reading about warmth when cold than being reminded of winter during the summer. Be thankful your city has not spent loads of money on snow removal equipment that would just sit around for years. There are much better ways of spending money!<br /><br />all the best YrsaYrsa Sigurdardottirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05889410114439001207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-44776013938491110062011-01-14T22:17:25.336-05:002011-01-14T22:17:25.336-05:00Yrsa, I have to laugh because I was reading "...Yrsa, I have to laugh because I was reading "My Soul to Take" this week when we were trapped inside (my daughter's school closed all week) due to snow and ice. I live outside Atlanta in the Southeast U.S. and we don't have snow removal equipment -- I scraped my driveway with a garden shovel. But the book was set in summer so I had more snow than Thora. :DKaren Russellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16826935910848113399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-58118490433019506262011-01-12T19:56:30.122-05:002011-01-12T19:56:30.122-05:00Yrsa, we are finishing up our second blizzard in a...Yrsa, we are finishing up our second blizzard in a little over two weeks. There is about 22 inches of snow outside our door, although that is probably only a snow shower in Iceland.<br /><br />There is the cliche about weather in New England: if you don't like the weather, wait a minute and it will change. It is true.<br /><br />There have been devastating hurricanes but we aren't like Florida or the Gulf Coast. We don't have the mudslides like they do in California or the extremely dry conditions that cause the forest fires in the west.<br /><br />We don't get earthquakes.<br /><br />The weather phenomenon that frightens me the most is tornadoes. They are so unpredictable in their paths and they develop so quickly, that there isn't any way to be prepared. Running to the store for bread and milk isn't going to help. Homes on one side of a street can be reduced to toothpicks while on the other side only a few leaves have fallen from the trees.<br /><br />Our unpredictable weather is just fine. <br /><br />BethAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com