08/13/2026
As I can't do much posting on my own due to power conservation, I wanted to share this to make sure you got the heads up! 💜
I hope everyone is hanging in there. It's been rough and for many of us it's going to be quite a while before we see power. Trees are down everywhere and NIPSCO is having a hellish time trying to get work done; still, overnight they did restore power to 20,000 or so customers, so that's the positivity I'm going to cling to right now while I sit in the sauna that is my living room. (This humidity seriously has no chill.)
Welcome to Thursday, darlings.
Boy oh boy, HAS IT BEEN A WEEK.
We've had a derecho, a couple tornadoes (official confirmed total is 83 so far and that might change later today as surveys are done), widespread wind damage, enough rain to make Noah start nervously checking Home Depot for lumber prices, historic flooding, and yet, somehow, Mama Nature is STILL not finished with us.
At this point we're genuinely concerned, deeply unimpressed, and would very much like to cancel our subscription to whatever Temu weather package Evansville "accidentally" signed up for.
In fact, we'd REALLY like to exchange it for the basic Fall plan, please.
You know the one.
Crisp mornings.
Picturesque fall foliage.
A gentle breeze.
Pumpkin patches.
Hoodie weather.
Maybe one dramatically placed leaf floating across the road like we're living in a Hallmark movie.
But we get it, people in the Hell want ice water and all that.
Speaking of water...
WE'VE GOT MORE OF IT COMING.
Yet another bow echo segment of storms is moving in from Iowa in a sinilar pattern to what we've seen the last few days (we weren't joking when we said we're dealing with a ring of fire set up) and that means additional rounds of heavy rainfall, damaging winds, hail, and even spinny bois will be possible later this afternoon and into tonight. With the chance for additional torrential rainfall in areas already struggling with historic flooding, Flood Watches for counties generally along and south of US-30 have now been extended through Friday morning because apparently Indiana wasn't sufficiently marinated.
We're done, Mama. The chicken has done absorbed the seasoning and we are now super soggy.
The GOOD news - and we're going to clutch this tiny nugget of positivity against our exhausted little hearts - is that the overall severe weather threat currently looks to be on the low side. The SPC has most of central and parts of southern Indiana highlighted under a Marginal Risk (Level 1 out of 5)
However...
Some of pur most severe days have happened under the banner of a Marhinal Risk, so this isn't an invitation to let down your guard. And, after this week's derecho, that definitely doesn't mean we completely ignore the wind.
Trees across the region have already taken an absolute beating. Some have damaged trunks or limbs, compromised root systems, or are standing in ground so saturated you could probably stick a straw in the yard and take a drink... Except don't do that. Please.
It may not require particularly impressive winds to bring down already-weakened trees and limbs.
So take a look around your property today. If you have damaged trees, hanging limbs, exposed roots, leaning trees, or soil that's visibly compromised around the root system, give them some space when the wind starts blowing.
And now... It's time for today's installment of: THINGS WE REALLY SHOULDN'T HAVE TO SAY, BUT HERE WE ARE
Darlings.
Sweet peas.
Beloved members of the ISC Dysfunctional Weather Family.
WE. DO. NOT. DRIVE. THROUGH. FLOODED. ROADS.
Not in your truck. Not in your SUV. Not because "I've driven this road a thousand times." Not because "It doesn't look that deep." Not because "Rally's fries slap!". Not because "I've got four-wheel drive."
Four-wheel drive does NOT magically transform your little F-150 into the USS FAFO.
Floodwater can hide washed-out pavement, collapsed culverts, debris, holes, and currents you cannot accurately judge from the driver's seat. And it takes far less moving water than most people realize to make a vehicle lose traction, become stranded, or get swept away.
There is absolutely nothing on the other side of that flooded roadway worth gambling your life over. And when you make that gamble and lose, you're not necessarily gambling with only your life. You're potentially asking firefighters, police officers, conservation officers, EMS crews, swift-water rescue teams, and other first responders to enter dangerous floodwaters to come get you... And it's expensive. So much so that upon receipt of that wonserdul invoice you'll turn into the Tiger King and dramatically sigh "I'm never going to financially recover from this." and rightfully so.
So we're going to say it loudly for the people already eyeballing that ROAD CLOSED sign like it's merely a suggestion:
TURN AROUND. DON'T DROWN.
Take the detour. Be late. Call your boss. Miss the appointment. Let the DoorDash order die.
Whatever is waiting on the other side of that water can wait... Even Rally's.
Meanwhile, we'll be right here keeping a suspicious eye on the atmosphere, monitoring tonight's rainfall and storm potential, and wondering exactly which deity Evansville offended enough to earn this week's Indiana Weather Apocalypse Deluxe Packageâ„¢.
We're tired to the point that our caffeine intake has become a personality trait, and we're (the collective we, including all of you) approximately three more inches of rain away from developing gills.
But we're here.
As always,
Stay Aware. Stay Safe. And Don't Get Twisted.
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