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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm not mad at the weather service for advising people to get home and use caution. I'm not mad that my kid's activities were cancelled either. Better safe than sorry.

But I can still complain that this storm stressed me out enormously and totally upended my life and then turned out to be truly nothing at all. Didn't even blow the deck chairs around a little, no downed wires in my neighborhood, nothing. I just hate that I spent all afternoon yesterday feeling so incredibly stressed trying to figure out camp pick up and re-arranging dinner plans and making sure the house was ready for a storm. I have a stress hangover this morning for no reason![/quote]

I think it's possible you reacted to the forecasts with more stress than many others did.

For me, it was minimally disruptive. I biked home from work earlier than planned, but mostly because I had to get home in time to do a Zoom meeting that otherwise would have ended late enough for the weather to mess up my commute (and I did not want to be on a six-mile bike ride through a thunderstorm of any strength, let alone a tornado). I spent 10 minutes making sure there were no loose projectiles on the lawn and taking in some stuff from outdoors. My kids' activities were not canceled, and pick-up from the day camp bus happened to be right as the rain arrived, so I drove there instead of walking. We had dinner a little later than usual, mostly because we didn't want to go to the grocery store mid-storm. I made sure our portable phone chargers were plugged in and fully charged. None of that was particularly stress-inducing.

Your situation may well have been more complex! But maybe next time, you'll remember this one, and the prospect of another storm won't be as daunting.[/quote]

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