***Official 2022 Weather Thread***

[dafarmer]

Don’t they have indoor plumbing? Next they will hook a hose to your house.

 

[cycloner29]

House is like 10 years old. They are just strange folks.

 

[CoachHines3]

The storm didn’t wake me up at 11, it was our frugal neighbors turning on their outdoor light by their side door of the garage, which happens to be near our bedroom. I decide to see what the heck they were doing. It is pouring rain out she has a raincoat on, she pulls a downspout end off and starts collecting water out of the gutter and pours it into an empty 5 gallon kitty litter container. WTF! It’s no wonder I have a drinking problem with the strange neighbors on each side of me.

to be fair collecting rain water is actually a pretty good idea.

now.. there are way better ways to do it. doesnt seem very efficient haha.

 

[cycloner29]

If sitting outside in a raincoat collecting rainwater in a household dishpan, while it’s lightning out, and filling a 5 gallon bucket up a quart at a time isn’t strange I don’t know what is. I don’t know why they just don’t get a rain barrel as the tend to do this every time it rains.

 

[Gunnerclone]

If sitting outside in a raincoat collecting rainwater in a household dishpan, while it’s lightning out, and filling a 5 gallon bucket up a quart at isn’t strange I don’t know what is. I don’t know why they just don’t get a rain barrel as the tend to do this every time it rains.

Is there a painter/artist living in that house?

 

[3TrueFans]

If sitting outside in a raincoat collecting rainwater in a household dishpan, while it’s lightning out, and filling a 5 gallon bucket up a quart at isn’t strange I don’t know what is. I don’t know why they just don’t get a rain barrel as the tend to do this every time it rains.

They just want a little rainwater but not an entire barrel full, just enough to boil some pasta.

 

[cycloner29]

For all I know they could have a full greenhouse of pot plants in their house!

 

[ScottyP]

Do the neighbors have a steel roof? Otherwise, the rainwater they are collecting is likely full of shingle material.

 

[Al_4_State]

The little town of Taopi, MN which is about 3 miles across the border north of Mitchell County, got more or less wiped off the map last night. Bad deal.

Storm damage in Taopi, Minn, initial survey suggests EF2 tornado

ABC 6 News reporter Emily Pofahl is in Taopi, Minn Wednesday morning showing the damage

www.kaaltv.com

 

[BCClone]

If sitting outside in a raincoat collecting rainwater in a household dishpan, while it’s lightning out, and filling a 5 gallon bucket up a quart at isn’t strange I don’t know what is. I don’t know why they just don’t get a rain barrel as the tend to do this every time it rains.

do they wash the kitty litter pan first? That seems to be the most disgusting part of it.

 

[BCClone]

The little town of Taopi, MN which is about 3 miles across the border north of Mitchell County, got more or less wiped off the map last night. Bad deal.

Storm damage in Taopi, Minn, initial survey suggests EF2 tornado

ABC 6 News reporter Emily Pofahl is in Taopi, Minn Wednesday morning showing the damage

www.kaaltv.com

Never heard of that town.

 

[barometriclow]

The little town of Taopi, MN which is about 3 miles across the border north of Mitchell County, got more or less wiped off the map last night. Bad deal.

Storm damage in Taopi, Minn, initial survey suggests EF2 tornado

ABC 6 News reporter Emily Pofahl is in Taopi, Minn Wednesday morning showing the damage

www.kaaltv.com

Is the Rusty Rail gone?

 

[NoCreativity]

Never heard of that town.

Everytime I'm watching severe weather coverage they point out hundreds of towns in our own state I've never heard of.

 

[Al_4_State]

Is the Rusty Rail gone?

The building appears to be still standing. Bar's been closed for 30 years.

My parents met in the Rusty Rail, so I quite literally owe my existence to it.

 

[CRcyclone6]

If what I read was right, their census in 2010 was 58. Not a big town at all, not much left.

 

[Al_4_State]

Never heard of that town.

It's on Highway 56 between Adams and Le Roy. Just north of the Stacyville/McIntire/Meyer area.

There are no businesses there anymore. When I was a kid there was still a bar (The Chief Taopi) and (allegedly) Minnesota's smallest post office.

 

[CloneFanInKC]

The storm didn’t wake me up at 11, it was our frugal neighbors turning on their outdoor light by their side door of the garage, which happens to be near our bedroom. I decide to see what the heck they were doing. It is pouring rain out she has a raincoat on, she pulls a downspout end off and starts collecting water out of the gutter and pours it into an empty 5 gallon kitty litter container. WTF! It’s no wonder I have a drinking problem with the strange neighbors on each side of me.

Cheers

 

[nfrine]

The storm didn’t wake me up at 11, it was our frugal neighbors turning on their outdoor light by their side door of the garage, which happens to be near our bedroom. I decide to see what the heck they were doing. It is pouring rain out she has a raincoat on, she pulls a downspout end off and starts collecting water out of the gutter and pours it into an empty 5 gallon kitty litter container. WTF! It’s no wonder I have a drinking problem with the strange neighbors on each side of me.

Are they Hoks?

 

[Ms3r4ISU]

The building appears to be still standing. Bar's been closed for 30 years.

My parents met in the Rusty Rail, so I quite literally owe my existence to it.

Were they in a good mood when they told you?

 

[Al_4_State]

Were they in a good mood when they told you?

It was usually while I was driving through with my mom when she'd go to get groceries in Austin on a Saturday or something like that.