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OT ~ Wind chimes
Well Tom!?! Gracious sakes, the nerve of the pols! They
didn't know what they talking about then - with the hill cut down, I mean. I've always thought that tornadoes followed a "draw" in the land .... not far wrong according to your story. I hope you have a very quiet spring and summer of '04. My chimes aren't ringing They are swaying in the west wind but no sound!! Wonder what in tarnation is wrong? Any ideas? Nedra http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Pines/4836 http://community.webshots.com/user/nedra118 "Tom La Bron" wrote in message ... Nedra, Of course, we don't head for the shelter when those special wind chimes start ringing consistently, but I am a lot more likely to turn on the TV to see if the weather people are saying that something may be in the offing, weather-wise. I am a transplant to this area via marriage and there was an old Indian tale that no tornado would hit Pawnee. Well, even in my short stay in the town this had been proved pretty accurate. Well, the State of Oklahoma, in their infinite wisdom, decided to make the road less curvy west of town and chopped 60 feet off the top of the hill west of town. That very fall after the road was finished and in mid October (late in tornado season) a tornado made its way through town via the cut made in the hill by the state highway commission. Thank you State of Oklahoma. Since that time we have seen tornadoes over Pawnee about three times since the October hit, luckily none of them set down, but before then we had never seen one over the town. We used to see the tornadoes west and north of town never over the town. What was really interesting is that no one that I knew had ever complained about the curviness of the road. The hill that had to be driven as a lot less steep that want we now have to deal with now that we go over the hill instead of around it, and when there is ice on the road it is the devil to drive. In fact, I really liked that stretch of road for it was really scenic and the only really problem that I ever found with it was that the cell phone cut out and you drove that section, and other than that it was a good road. What we have to suffer for progress. Tom L.L. ---------------------- "Nedra" wrote in message link.net... I would much rather hear Chimes than a tornado horn ... I suppose either can be very frightening though. I know you are in Oklahoma, Tom. My Mom is from there - Skiatook (sp) actually - and she knows all about tornadoes. Missouri is no slouch in that department but I think you all have us beat. Nedra http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Pines/4836 http://community.webshots.com/user/nedra118 "Tom La Bron" wrote in message ... Nedra and Jan, Wind Chimes can also be very useful. I have a set that is placed under a certain overhang here at the house and if these Chimes get to singing really continually, I know that the wind is coming from the "wrong" direction and that we will probably have to be making a run to the " 'fraidy hole" for safety. It is almost as good has the tornado horn across the road, for signally worry-some weather. Tom L.L. ------------- "Nedra" wrote in message link.net... Oscillating fan!! LOL! Now that's an idea.... I've heard about your snow. We are unseasonably warm, at least for a couple more days. I do wish we would get snow. I love snowy weather... even when I had the 30 mile commute. Oh well... maybe we'll have another mild winter. Nedra http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Pines/4836 http://community.webshots.com/user/nedra118 "~ jan JJsPond.us" wrote in message news Yes ... and my chimes came today!! They are hanging on the overhang at the deck. The winds have died down alot. I can't hear a thing ... Yet!!!! C'mon breezes! Nedra When I first hung mine it was calm. I used the baby monitor to hear even the slightest noise. DH went on an errand and said he wouldn't have been surprised, when he got back, to find the oscilliating fan out there. s Got breezes (and more snow) now, and don't even have to use the baby monitor to hear them. ~ jan ~ jan |
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OT ~ Wind chimes
Jan,
Guess I had better check on the velocity of the wind. I am also on the look out for a baby monitor. They didn't have such new fangled things when my boys were born in the early 50s ;-) I Have to hear these chimes.... lol Nedra http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Pines/4836 http://community.webshots.com/user/nedra118 "~ jan JJsPond.us" wrote in message ... Reading that gave me chills.... or it could be that it's now 15F out and the heat pump has gone into set back mode for the night. Glad wind coming from the wrong way, only signals colder weather here..... probably why my chimes have been ringing all day. ;o) ~ jan Nedra and Jan, Wind Chimes can also be very useful. I have a set that is placed under a certain overhang here at the house and if these Chimes get to singing really continually, I know that the wind is coming from the "wrong" direction and that we will probably have to be making a run to the " 'fraidy hole" for safety. It is almost as good has the tornado horn across the road, for signally worry-some weather. Tom L.L. ~ jan |
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Nedra,
Tornadoes are tricky. Topeka, Kansas had the same kind of Indian tale that the town was protected because of a hill. It had worked for decades until the Summer of '64 or '65. I was right outside of Topeka in a car headed south to visit my Dad with my Mom and Brother in the car, when a Tornado bore down on Topeka. This time though when it got to the hill, instead of ricocheting off and bouncing out into the plain, it divided in to two smaller Tornadoes circumvented the hill, and rejoined on the other side to take out a wide swipe out of Topeka all the way to the Capitol Building where it knocked out a piece of the Capitol Dome, which would be seen from miles away. So the moral is that these Indian tale are probably based on a certain amount of fact, but Tornadoes don't necessarily follow the facts. I am too hoping for a quiet Spring, but it probably won't happen. Tom L.L. -------------------- "Nedra" wrote in message hlink.net... Well Tom!?! Gracious sakes, the nerve of the pols! They didn't know what they talking about then - with the hill cut down, I mean. I've always thought that tornadoes followed a "draw" in the land .... not far wrong according to your story. I hope you have a very quiet spring and summer of '04. My chimes aren't ringing They are swaying in the west wind but no sound!! Wonder what in tarnation is wrong? Any ideas? Nedra http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Pines/4836 http://community.webshots.com/user/nedra118 "Tom La Bron" wrote in message ... Nedra, Of course, we don't head for the shelter when those special wind chimes start ringing consistently, but I am a lot more likely to turn on the TV to see if the weather people are saying that something may be in the offing, weather-wise. I am a transplant to this area via marriage and there was an old Indian tale that no tornado would hit Pawnee. Well, even in my short stay in the town this had been proved pretty accurate. Well, the State of Oklahoma, in their infinite wisdom, decided to make the road less curvy west of town and chopped 60 feet off the top of the hill west of town. That very fall after the road was finished and in mid October (late in tornado season) a tornado made its way through town via the cut made in the hill by the state highway commission. Thank you State of Oklahoma. Since that time we have seen tornadoes over Pawnee about three times since the October hit, luckily none of them set down, but before then we had never seen one over the town. We used to see the tornadoes west and north of town never over the town. What was really interesting is that no one that I knew had ever complained about the curviness of the road. The hill that had to be driven as a lot less steep that want we now have to deal with now that we go over the hill instead of around it, and when there is ice on the road it is the devil to drive. In fact, I really liked that stretch of road for it was really scenic and the only really problem that I ever found with it was that the cell phone cut out and you drove that section, and other than that it was a good road. What we have to suffer for progress. Tom L.L. ---------------------- "Nedra" wrote in message link.net... I would much rather hear Chimes than a tornado horn ... I suppose either can be very frightening though. I know you are in Oklahoma, Tom. My Mom is from there - Skiatook (sp) actually - and she knows all about tornadoes. Missouri is no slouch in that department but I think you all have us beat. Nedra http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Pines/4836 http://community.webshots.com/user/nedra118 "Tom La Bron" wrote in message ... Nedra and Jan, Wind Chimes can also be very useful. I have a set that is placed under a certain overhang here at the house and if these Chimes get to singing really continually, I know that the wind is coming from the "wrong" direction and that we will probably have to be making a run to the " 'fraidy hole" for safety. It is almost as good has the tornado horn across the road, for signally worry-some weather. Tom L.L. ------------- "Nedra" wrote in message link.net... Oscillating fan!! LOL! Now that's an idea.... I've heard about your snow. We are unseasonably warm, at least for a couple more days. I do wish we would get snow. I love snowy weather... even when I had the 30 mile commute. Oh well... maybe we'll have another mild winter. Nedra http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Pines/4836 http://community.webshots.com/user/nedra118 "~ jan JJsPond.us" wrote in message news Yes ... and my chimes came today!! They are hanging on the overhang at the deck. The winds have died down alot. I can't hear a thing ... Yet!!!! C'mon breezes! Nedra When I first hung mine it was calm. I used the baby monitor to hear even the slightest noise. DH went on an errand and said he wouldn't have been surprised, when he got back, to find the oscilliating fan out there. s Got breezes (and more snow) now, and don't even have to use the baby monitor to hear them. ~ jan ~ jan |
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OT ~ Wind chimes
My chimes aren't ringing
They are swaying in the west wind but no sound!! Wonder what in tarnation is wrong? Any ideas? Nedra No sound that you can hear thru closed windows, or no sound even when you're standing on the patio outside? Mine has two wooden disks to bong the pipes and below those hangs the wind catcher to move the wooden disks against the pipes. How about yours? ~ jan |
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I can't hear anything inside which is about 5 feet from the deck where
they are swinging! I need to go out on the deck and look at the gorgeous full moon anyway ... may as well make it a hearing trip too. My chimes are built the same as yours, Jan. Nedra http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Pines/4836 http://community.webshots.com/user/nedra118 "~ jan JJsPond.us" wrote in message ... My chimes aren't ringing They are swaying in the west wind but no sound!! Wonder what in tarnation is wrong? Any ideas? Nedra No sound that you can hear thru closed windows, or no sound even when you're standing on the patio outside? Mine has two wooden disks to bong the pipes and below those hangs the wind catcher to move the wooden disks against the pipes. How about yours? ~ jan |
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OT ~ Wind chimes
I can't hear anything inside which is about 5 feet from the deck where
they are swinging! I need to go out on the deck and look at the gorgeous full moon anyway ... may as well make it a hearing trip too. My chimes are built the same as yours, Jan. Nedra http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Pines/4836 http://community.webshots.com/user/nedra118 "~ jan JJsPond.us" wrote in message ... My chimes aren't ringing They are swaying in the west wind but no sound!! Wonder what in tarnation is wrong? Any ideas? Nedra No sound that you can hear thru closed windows, or no sound even when you're standing on the patio outside? Mine has two wooden disks to bong the pipes and below those hangs the wind catcher to move the wooden disks against the pipes. How about yours? ~ jan |
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OT ~ Wind chimes
I can't hear anything inside which is about 5 feet from the deck where
they are swinging! I need to go out on the deck and look at the gorgeous full moon anyway ... may as well make it a hearing trip too. My chimes are built the same as yours, Jan. Nedra That's good, I was wondering if they'd let something off. Hope you heard something on your full moon check. ;o) No moon here, been snowing since 8am. ~ jan |
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Gorgeous full moon - chimes barely audible
I'll give 'em time to get warmed up .... lol Could be my ears are faulty in the hearing department. Nedra http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Pines/4836 http://community.webshots.com/user/nedra118 "~ jan JJsPond.us" wrote in message ... I can't hear anything inside which is about 5 feet from the deck where they are swinging! I need to go out on the deck and look at the gorgeous full moon anyway ... may as well make it a hearing trip too. My chimes are built the same as yours, Jan. Nedra That's good, I was wondering if they'd let something off. Hope you heard something on your full moon check. ;o) No moon here, been snowing since 8am. ~ jan |
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Gorgeous full moon - chimes barely audible
I'll give 'em time to get warmed up .... lol Could be my ears are faulty in the hearing department. Nedra http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Pines/4836 http://community.webshots.com/user/nedra118 "~ jan JJsPond.us" wrote in message ... I can't hear anything inside which is about 5 feet from the deck where they are swinging! I need to go out on the deck and look at the gorgeous full moon anyway ... may as well make it a hearing trip too. My chimes are built the same as yours, Jan. Nedra That's good, I was wondering if they'd let something off. Hope you heard something on your full moon check. ;o) No moon here, been snowing since 8am. ~ jan |
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Gorgeous full moon - chimes barely audible
I'll give 'em time to get warmed up .... lol Could be my ears are faulty in the hearing department. Nedra Uh oh, now that would be a bummer. ~ jan |
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Yep .. you are so right about the hearing loss. It happened when
I inadvertently shot the house while cleaning my sawed off shot-gun. That happened years ago and all the docs tell me is that I destroyed the nerves in my ears. DRAT! No fix for it either At least none of the neighbors have complained. I'll have to wait on them to tell me if it's too loud :O) Nedra "~ jan JJsPond.us" wrote in message ... Gorgeous full moon - chimes barely audible I'll give 'em time to get warmed up .... lol Could be my ears are faulty in the hearing department. Nedra Uh oh, now that would be a bummer. ~ jan |
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Wind Chimes
Hi Pixi, You can search Google and come up with loads of wind
chimes. There are other threads here named "OT Wind Chimes" and "Pond Gifts - Whatya get for Xmas". Most of the chimes are keyed ... Jan posted a link - it's where I got my wind chimes ... and you can hear a sample. The link is: http://pineridgeonline.com/chimes/weatherland.shmtl Good Luck. Nedra http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Pines/4836 http://community.webshots.com/user/nedra118 "Broomhilda" wrote in message k.net... I have heard about a type of windchime that is tuned????? Probably read about it here. I don't recall what they were called. Can someone help me? I am really Pixi from West Virginia but was forced down south for the winter. Love this group. You have been so much help to me. Broomhilda |
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Wind Chimes
Good Morning Nedra!
Thank you so much. Your windchime source is good enough for me. That Heaven's Harmony one sound almost like an organ in the background. May I ask where you are located? Pixi "Nedra" wrote in message nk.net... Hi Pixi, You can search Google and come up with loads of wind chimes. There are other threads here named "OT Wind Chimes" and "Pond Gifts - Whatya get for Xmas". Most of the chimes are keyed ... Jan posted a link - it's where I got my wind chimes ... and you can hear a sample. The link is: http://pineridgeonline.com/chimes/weatherland.shmtl Good Luck. Nedra http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Pines/4836 http://community.webshots.com/user/nedra118 "Broomhilda" wrote in message k.net... I have heard about a type of windchime that is tuned????? Probably read about it here. I don't recall what they were called. Can someone help me? I am really Pixi from West Virginia but was forced down south for the winter. Love this group. You have been so much help to me. Broomhilda |
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Wind Chimes
Yup, Chapel Bells was what I got for Xmas in the forest green tone. They
are lovely, but no wind lately to hear them. ~ jan ~Keep 'em Wet!~ Tri-Cities WA Zone 7a To e-mail see website "Nedra" wrote in message Hi Pixi, You can search Google and come up with loads of wind chimes. There are other threads here named "OT Wind Chimes" and "Pond Gifts - Whatya get for Xmas". Most of the chimes are keyed ... Jan posted a link - it's where I got my wind chimes ... and you can hear a sample. The link is: http://pineridgeonline.com/chimes/weatherland.shmtl Good Luck. Nedra http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Pines/4836 http://community.webshots.com/user/nedra118 "Broomhilda" wrote in message k.net... I have heard about a type of windchime that is tuned????? Probably read about it here. I don't recall what they were called. Can someone help me? I am really Pixi from West Virginia but was forced down south for the winter. Love this group. You have been so much help to me. Broomhilda |
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I think in WV we always have wind. Especially in the winter. Had to stop
growing azaleas because they got killed every winter even though wrapped in burlap. Love to sleep outside there with the wind in my face at night. Not in winter though.. Even I can't stand that much cold. Pixi "~ jan JJsPond.us" wrote in message ... Yup, Chapel Bells was what I got for Xmas in the forest green tone. They are lovely, but no wind lately to hear them. ~ jan ~Keep 'em Wet!~ Tri-Cities WA Zone 7a To e-mail see website "Nedra" wrote in message Hi Pixi, You can search Google and come up with loads of wind chimes. There are other threads here named "OT Wind Chimes" and "Pond Gifts - Whatya get for Xmas". Most of the chimes are keyed ... Jan posted a link - it's where I got my wind chimes ... and you can hear a sample. The link is: http://pineridgeonline.com/chimes/weatherland.shmtl Good Luck. Nedra http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Pines/4836 http://community.webshots.com/user/nedra118 "Broomhilda" wrote in message k.net... I have heard about a type of windchime that is tuned????? Probably read about it here. I don't recall what they were called. Can someone help me? I am really Pixi from West Virginia but was forced down south for the winter. Love this group. You have been so much help to me. Broomhilda |
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