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January 13, 2006

Early Warning System

So I was sitting in the living room last night after dinner, vaguely watching tv when Smokey came streaking by. He was running from window to window like a total spaz....even more than usual. He finally settle nervously in the window beside my chair, and peered out of the blinds at me with that "Here's Johnny!" look on his face. All a-quiver, he turned & stared intently out the window.

What's gotten him so cranked up, I wondered. Then I heard it. The staccato tick-tick-ticking of hail bouncing off the window panes. Then the thunder and lightning started. We were having a thunderstorm, which always gets him wound up.....I suppose because we've have so few of them in his lifetime due to the drought.

It doesn't scare him so much as get him all excited. I think he's not sure what it is, but he wants to catch it and kill it. Or at least bat it around for a little while.

The nice thing is that he's much more accurate than the National Weather Service. It was a good 10-15 minutes after he started spazzing out before they issued a thunderstorm warning for our area.

When you live in Tornado Alley like we do, that 10-15 minute advance warning could come in handy.

Posted by Rita at January 13, 2006 04:59 AM

Comments

Good kitty. Kitty deserves a treat.

Posted by: Keith at January 13, 2006 08:00 AM

Wow, that's cool. I've noticed that my two cats also get really exciting before a nasty T-storm comes through. Between the two cats and the (albeit rusty) farmboy instincts, we're often ahead of the weather guys. I agree, an extra 10-15 minutes is _very_ handy to have.

Posted by: Bob at January 13, 2006 09:55 AM

And I would've given him one too Keith if I hadn't been afraid I'd pull back a bloody stump. He was a little too agitated for that.

I hope he stays like that. Samantha just ignores storms unless the thunder gets really loud. You know how she is, pretends to be blase about everything.

Posted by: Rita [TypeKey Profile Page] at January 13, 2006 10:00 AM