Tuesday

The weather looks a lot worse on television than it does outside, although it has become very cold, it was in the 70s this afternoon, I went to the Senior Centre in a short sleeved tee shirt and thin skirt, but am going to bed with a hot water bottle.

The tornado shelter is all kitted out with piles of duvets and pillows in the bath, and battery operated lanterns.  Kate at the Senior Centre helped me programme my weather radio, but I have yet to see how it works, but come a tornado warning  I will take it into my shelter along with my toys, and my thermoses.  As this is the tornado season I will leave the bathroom set up as a shelter until it is over, which I think is in June.

The cause of tornadoes and extreme weather is very cold temperatures meeting very warm, moist air from the Gulf, like 14 in the Rockies meeting the hot air in Oklahoma and Texas.

Changing the subject for a moment, this is a photo of Korea taken at night.  You see the south is brightly lit up, and the north is practically in darkness.  That is because less than a quarter of the people in the north have access to electricity.   I think myself that the sooner the regime comes down the better it will be for the people.

I was out early this morning, I had some breakfast at the Senior Centre and went to the pool.   I managed to push against the current in the walkway quite well, I don't know if they reduce the force in the mornings for seniors.   Then this afternoon I was manning the desk at the Senior Centre.