Yesterday we had some pretty vicious storms. Luckily, Knoxville is in a valley. This means that most of the actual severe weather hits everywhere around us and we usually get away unscathed.
Last night Mindy and I went out to eat in West Knoxville. (If you live in Knoxville you should definitely go to Kaya Korean on Montvue. It is amazing.) As soon as we pulled out of the parking lot, a hellacious downpour began and we had to quickly make our way to the mall's parking garage.
We turned on the radio to hear the weather.I think the radio stations prerecords the people who call in to report the weather in their area just to fuck with the rest of us. I just can't accept that these people exist in real life.
Here is a sampling of what some of the callers said. I can't make this shit up.(Imagine the most redneck accent ever.)
" yeah. I just stepped outta mah trailer an boy oh boy that there lightning is craaaaaaaaaazy!"
"uhhuh. I'm over here on....this road.....an uh therr.....is water in the road."
"Man this wind. whoa. it sure is blowing hard. i ain't seen none of those funnel clouds yet."
" I'm in Greenback an therr is just rain errywhere. Winds blowing too."
" oh yeah im oher herr near the mattress store. You know the one near the boat place. The weather is bad herr"
I don't even know how these people function.
That is just a tiny sample. It was so redneck. It's the only thing I like about storms.
ReplyDeleteIt is so ridiculous. We need to record it next time.
DeleteWowza. Reminds me of Family Guy: IT'S RAININ' SIDEWAYS!!
ReplyDeleteIt's pretty much exactly like that.
DeleteThe bad tornado a few days ago in Harrisburg, IL is just 30 miles from here. We really got some crazy reports.
ReplyDeleteI bet you did. Did you all have a lot of bad spring storms last year too?
DeleteTornados really scare me.
ReplyDeleteI would never think to pick up the phone and call a radio station about the weather. I mean you can see what's going on, do you rally need someone to tell you that it's raining? I guess it's good for entertainment value.
I have always loved storms and they have never really scared me.
DeleteThe people who call in are pretty entertaining.
I just have to thank you for always posting such funny material. I was feeling a little stressed this very early morning, but I read your blog and I feel MUCH better.
ReplyDeleteI'm glad I could help.
Delete"is water in the road"... wow... really... haha
ReplyDeleteExactly. I was yelling at the radio for being so stupid.
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