Severe thunderstorm watch lifted for Southwest Ohio. Thundering here still. Heavy rain.

Indiana has been hit so hard tonight (as was Illinois). The storms are riding along the Ohio River. Insane night.

On a lighter note, the fun thing about my body with all of my medical conditions...I'm basically a human weather radar. Right now, the pressure in my head is feeling it.

Thundering here now. Cincinnati and Ohio Valley folks, be ready.

YouTube channel, live for storm watch

I'm gonna be keeping an eye on the sky for as long as it takes. So, my Ohio and Kentucky people get ready.

I'm still watching Ryan Hall. My current prediction. He said we're looking at severe thunderstorms, possible tornadoes, and the storms MAY weaken. But we'll see.

I hope everyone in Illinois and Indiana is staying safe. This storm outbreak is crazy.

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The Storm Prediction Center issues Day 1 Slight Convective Risk at Jun 21, 19:57z for portions of ILN at Sun, 21 Jun 2026 19:59:20 +0000 via IEMbot Additional Details Here.

Weather outlook for me: Today and tonight. Showers and thunderstorms are expected from late this afternoon. Heavy rainfall and flooding will be possible. A few storms may also be strong to severe, with a chance for damaging winds, and a low chance of a tornado.

I also made gazpacho for dinner tonight. It's been a while since I made it. I thought about making watermelon gazpacho (since I have some watermelon that needs to be eaten), but decided against it. Maybe I'll try making it someday.

When you have multiple chonic health conditions and the two best things arrive in the mail. A wedge pillow and a symptom tracker. 😄

Tornadoes don't wait for the final whistle. 🌪️ If a warning is issued, move quickly and calmly to a designated shelter or into an interior room. Have a meet-up plan with your group in case you get separated.

I only got 3 hours of sleep last night. I had to help Grandma today. I'm exhausted.

10,000 people are without power in Ohio and Northern Kentucky. There were reported 70-80 mph winds in the storm system that just went south of me (I'm in Southwest Ohio).

Well, I never slept. We almost got hit AGAIN. They extended our tornado watch until 11 am. I THINK I can finally crash now, even if it's only for a couple of hours.

I think I might try to sleep for a few hours if I can. I'm just waiting for the adrenaline to wear off. That was probably the closest I've ever gotten to being hit by a tornado in my thirty-two years of living here.

They cleared us out of the tornado warning. Still not out of the woods yet, I fear, because of the storms still in Indiana. But I hope that what just came through was the worst of it for me. I'll still keep an eye on it.

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According to radar, 1:12 am is when the tornado-warned storm will be on top of me. Hopefully, I'll get lucky. I can't believe this isn't even the last storm of the morning for me.

Under a tornado warning now. The storm in question hasn't even reached us yet.

Tornado warning not that far from me. The storm producing it is about an hour away, and they're acting like it isn't weakening. I'm going to have to keep an eye on it in case I have to wake up my parents and grab the dog.

Tornado watch until 5 am. It's gonna be a long night for me.

The weather here is going to have to be watched. Severe storms and 70-mile-an-hour winds. I'll probably lose power.

(1/2) I spent time with Grandma today. She's doing a lot better. My dog, Tucker, had a vet appointment this afternoon. That wasn't such good news.

Grandma came home from the hospital. Mom and I are so relieved. Considering her age, pneumonia could have been deadly. But she's finally home and resting. Mom and I are in caretaker mode tomorrow.

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Also, I want to take a moment to hope that everyone in the path of these severe storms stays safe (they might hit me around 4 am)

I just found out my 88-year-old grandmother is in the hospital with pneumonia. Not good...Although her husband thinks they'll only keep her there overnight and send her home tomorrow...My Mom's understandably very worried.

I just got back from the therapy pool. Unfortunately, there was a grandma there with her two rambunctious grandkids. Jumping over and over into the shallow end (where the therapy is). But I managed, and I feel better.

I finally finished my pottery bowl. I painted it today. It's imperfect and kind of meh... But that's okay. I find beauty in imperfect things. 😁

I made a huge anti-inflammatory salad for dinner tonight. Full of produce and herbs from our tiny garden. I added some avocado and smoked salmon as well. I've also been writing an LGBTQ+ love story with two disabled leads. AND I've also taken up pottery again after not doing it since childhood.

My blood results came back. I'm negative for the JAK mutation, and my EPO is normal. My RBC, HGB, AND HCT are still high. Secondary Polycythemia, it is. I have another appointment with a nurse practitioner at the HOC on the 24th. Maybe she'll listen to me about my low oxygenation being the cause.

Mom said I have white hair (like a white patch towards the back of my head, a couple of strands at my temples, and in the front). She finds it hilarious. I was like "No, I don't! I'm only 37!" 😂 Hopefully, if my red hair dying experiment works out, it'll cover them, lol. I joked that it was stress.

They drew more blood and sent out labs to test my EPO and to see how my bone marrow is being affected. As of now, they're standing by the diagnosis of Secondary Polycythemia; they just don't know the underlying cause yet. I was not a fan of the doctor at all. He was just odd, and he didn't listen.

I'm so nervous about my appointment this morning. I'll let everyone know how it goes once I get back. Also, on a totally unrelated note...I'm thinking about dying my hair red again. I don't know if it will work (I also don't know if the pool water will turn it green lol)

Went to the therapy pool this morning, and I had a blast. Tomorrow is my hematologist appointment, and I actually wrote down my RBC count, Hemoglobin, and Hemocrit levels dating from the early 2000's to the current bloodwork. Just to let him know I've had this problem for years & my PCP ignored it.

Facts.

I'm making baked chicken, roasted broccoli, and quinoa for dinner tonight. 🤤🤤🤤

7 months sober from alcohol today! One month closer to a full year.

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With my hematologist appointment on the 3rd, my dog Tucker has a vet appointment on the 4th, and I have a water walking class at the indoor therapeutic pool on the 5th. I'm really looking forward to the 5th. ☺️

Fucking President Snowflake!!