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o          @B.1 utt1:  Okay.  /
qw          @B.1 utt2:  How's the weather been out there? /  

sd          A.2 utt1:  {D Well, } the last three days it's been pretty rainy.  /
sd          A.2 utt2:  We went to the beach -- /  

b          B.3 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sd          A.4 utt1:  -- {C and, } {F uh, } it started, {F uh, } let's see, around four o'clock, /  

x          B.5 utt1:  <Noise> <<Sound like pans rattling>>. /  

sd          A.6 utt1:  {C and, } {F uh, } it had thunder and lightning,  /
sd          A.6 utt2: [ it was, + {C and then, } {D you know, } it was ] just overcast and rainy for, {F uh, } the next two or three days straight.  /
qo          A.6 utt3:  How about yours? /  

sd          B.7 utt1:  It's pretty normal for this year, {D you know, } {F uh, }  /
sd          B.7 utt2: they have tornados about once a week,  /
sd          B.7 utt3: {C and } it rains about every three days.  /
sd          B.7 utt4: The last two years before, they've had record rainfall.  /
sd          B.7 utt5:  By this time of the year they'd had enough rainfall for the whole year,  /
sd          B.7 utt6: {C but } this time we're only, {F um, } I think, maybe five inches ahead [ of, + of, ] {F uh, } normal. /  

b          A.8 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sd          B.9 utt1:  {C So } it's not been bad at all. /  

qy^d          A.10 utt1:  You're from Virginia? /  

ng          B.11 utt1:  I'm from Texas. /  

bk^m          A.12 utt1:  {F Oh, } from Texas. /  

ny          B.13 utt1:  Uh-huh.  /
%          B.13 utt2:  {C And, } {F uh } <throat_clearing>, -/  

sd          A.14 utt1:  I heard they had some flooding down there. /  

sd          B.15 utt1:  {F Um, } they had some flooding in Houston the other day, real, real bad --   

b          A.16 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          B.17 utt1:  -- [ over, + I think it was over ] the weekend. /  

b          A.18 utt1:  {F Um. } /  

sd          B.19 utt1:  The radar just looked nasty --   

b          A.20 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          B.21 utt1:  -- with a bunch of red splotches all across it. /  

sd          A.22 utt1:  {D Well, } the last couple of years, [ we're, + {F um, } we're ] over as far as our rainfall goes.  /
sd          A.22 utt2:  Before that it was really dry,  /
sd          A.22 utt3: {C and, } {F uh, }   

o@          B.23 utt1:  <Noise> <<pans rattling>>.   

+          A.24 utt1:  everybody was, {D you know, } talking about rationing water and doing this and  doing that.  /
sd          A.24 utt2:  Not really rationing water, but just cutting down. /  

+@          B.25 utt1:  Yeah,  /
aa          B.25 utt2: [ that's, +   

sd          A.26 utt1:  {C And, } {F uh, }   

+          B.27 utt1:  that's ] right. /  

+          A.28 utt1:  it seems like, {F uh, } {D you know, } the weather pattern is just shifting, and,  {F uh, } that, {F uh, } jet stream is moving, {F uh, } into our area, North Carolina --   

%          B.29 utt1:   ((   ))  There y-, -/  

+          A.30 utt1:  -- and across,  /
sd          A.30 utt2: {C but } it's, {F uh, } changing latitude. /  

b          B.31 utt1:  Uh-huh,  /
bf          B.31 utt2: {C so } you get a lot more rain that way. /  

aa          A.32 utt1:  {F Oh, } yeah. /  

b          B.33 utt1:  Uh-huh.  /
sd          B.33 utt2:  <<pause>> Brings in that cold air  /
sd          B.33 utt3: {C and } mixes it [ with the, + with the ] warm air coming off the Atlantic Ocean. /  

b          A.34 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

%          B.35 utt1:  That's what, -/  

sd          A.36 utt1:  It's finally cleared up.  /
sd          A.36 utt2:  It's just now [ st-, + still ] a little overcast,  /
sd          A.36 utt3: [ {C but } the s-, + {C but } the sun ] has finally started popping out. /  

b          B.37 utt1:  Uh-huh.  /
qy          B.37 utt2:  Is the temperature {D like } [ sixty-, + sixties ] to eighties there too,  /
%          B.37 utt3: {C or, } -/  

ny          A.38 utt1:  {F Oh } yeah,  /
sd^e          A.38 utt2: {D well, } right now, as a matter of fact I'm fixing to go play tennis.  /
sd          A.38 utt3: [ It's, + {F um, } I'd say it's ] at least seventy-nine, eighty, {D well, } about seventy-eight, seventy-nine degrees. /  

qy          B.39 utt1:  {F Um, } do you get east winds a lot of the time from the ocean  /
%          B.39 utt2: {C or, } -/  

nd          A.40 utt1:  {F Um, } {D actually } [ the, + {F uh, } the ] wind normally blows, let's see, {A let me think about this, } south, southwest. /  

b          B.41 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

b          A.42 utt1:  Yeah,  /
ar          A.42 utt2: {F uh, } [ {C but } a-, + {C but } {D actually } ] [ our, + I guess our ] weather pattern [ comes from the, + {F uh, } blows ] north east,  /
%          A.42 utt3: yeah -- /  

b          B.43 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sd          A.44 utt1:  -- you're right,  /
sd          A.44 utt2: it blows north east. /  

sd          B.45 utt1:  That's the way it does here most of the time. /  

b          A.46 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sd          B.47 utt1:  {C But, } {F uh, } sometimes it just comes straight from the north  /
sd          B.47 utt2: [ {C and then } it, + {C and  then } it ] doesn't veer off to the east until you get down to Houston, [ or, + or, ]  {F uh, } maybe [ mid, + mid-Texas -- ] /  

b          A.48 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sd          B.49 utt1:  -- depends on how strong the cold fronts are. /  

qw          A.50 utt1:  [ How f-, + how far ] are you from Houston? /  

sd          B.51 utt1:  {F Um, } {D well, } {F uh, } Richardson's a suburb of Dallas. /  

bk          A.52 utt1:  {F Oh, } I see,  /
qy^d          A.52 utt2: [ {C so } you, + {C so } ] [ you don't hav-, + you don't get ] anything off the Gulf, {F uh, } immediately [ from, + from ] the ocean. /  

ng          B.53 utt1:  Hardly ever, unless there's a hurricane or something like that. /  

b          A.54 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

%          B.55 utt1:  {D Well, } {F uh, } it's kind of early f-, - /
sd          B.55 utt2: I was going to say, the weather man [ on, + on, ] {F uh, } one of our stations was talking about the way that the weather's doing now is like tropical weather,  /
sd          B.55 utt3: {C and } he was afraid if it kept doing that, that they'd have [ er-, + early ] hurricanes this year. /  

sd          A.56 utt1:  {F Um. }  {D Well, } we've had some, {D you know, } [ pretty, + pretty ] rough winds.  /
sv          A.56 utt2: {F Oh, } {F uh, } [ Bangle-, + Bangladesh, ] boy, [ they, + they ] caught it bad <laughter>. /  

aa          B.57 utt1:  Yeah.  /
sv          B.57 utt2:  Kind of wiped them ou-, /  

sv          A.58 utt1:  {C But } we'll probably have our share of the hurricanes.  /
sd          A.58 utt2:  I know, {F uh, } Hurricane Hugo,  /
qy^d          A.58 utt3: you probably heard about that. /  

ny          B.59 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sd          A.60 utt1:  {F Uh, } last year. /  

sv          B.61 utt1:  Wiped everything out. /  

aa          A.62 utt1:  Yeah,  /
sd          A.62 utt2: {C and } they're still, {F uh, } <throat_clearing> rebuilding from that storm,  /
sd          A.62 utt3: {C and so } [ the, + the ] beaches here just get really beat up <<pause>>  /
sd          A.62 utt4: {C and } it usually comes this way <laughter>. /  

b          B.63 utt1:  Yeah. /  

sd          A.64 utt1:  It comes up from, {F uh, } Miami --   

b          B.65 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          A.66 utt1:  -- {F uh, } down [ around, + {E or, } {D you know, } around ] the Bahamas,  /
sd          A.66 utt2: {C and } it usually travels, {F uh, } northwest,  /
sd          A.66 utt3: {C and, } {F uh, } it'll go up the coast quite a ways before it finally hits. /  

qy          B.67 utt1:  [ Do y-, + do you ] get many tornados this time of year  /
%          B.67 utt2: {C or, } -/  

^h          A.68 utt1:  {F Um, } let's see,  /
sd          A.68 utt2: two years ago we had one,  /
sd          A.68 utt3: as a matter of fact it went within a mile of my house. /  

b          B.69 utt1:  {F Um. } /  

sd          A.70 utt1:  {C And, } {F um, } it was real odd.  /
sd          A.70 utt2:  The [ m-, + barometric ] pressure drops during a tornado,  /
sd          A.70 utt3: {C and } our, {F uh, } fire alarm went off. /  

b          B.71 utt1:  {F Huh. } /  

sd          A.72 utt1:  {C So } of course that woke everybody up,  /
sd          A.72 utt2: {C and } we knew what was going on, to, {F uh, } {D you know, } go downstairs or go into the [ bedro-, + bathroom ] and, {F uh, } take cover. /  

b          B.73 utt1:  Right. /  

%          A.74 utt1:  {C But, } {F uh, } we get, {F uh, } - /
ny          A.74 utt2: yeah,  /
sd^e          A.74 utt3: [ [ we're, + we're, ] + {F uh, } we get ] our share of tornados. /  

b          B.75 utt1:  Uh-huh.  /
%          B.75 utt2:  {C And, } {F uh, } the, {F uh, } {F uh, } - /
qy^g          B.75 utt3: [ you, + you ] aren't in the mountains or anything like that, are you? /  

nn          A.76 utt1:  No,  /
nn          A.76 utt2: huh-uh. /  

qy^d          B.77 utt1:  [ There's just hil-, + there's just hills. ] /  

sd          A.78 utt1:  We're about two hours from the beach. /  

b          B.79 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sd          A.80 utt1:  {C So, } {F uh, } {D you know, } [ it's, + {F uh, } barometric pressure I believe is ] higher in the mountains,  /
sd          A.80 utt2: {C and } [ we cat-, + we catch ] [ some winds, + {D you know, } a few winds ] coming off of them, I think. /  

b          B.81 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

^h          A.82 utt1:  {C But, } {F uh, } let's see,  /
qy          A.82 utt2: you all just had a tornado, {F uh, } over close to Oklahoma and Texas? /  

ny          B.83 utt1:  Yeah,  /
sd^e          B.83 utt2: [ they, + they ] had a lot of them.  /
sd          B.83 utt3:  They had [ a, + a ] huge one that was on, {F um, } INSIDE EDITION the other night, in, {F uh, } the southern part of Kansas. /  

b          A.84 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sd          B.85 utt1:  {F Um, } they took a bunch of film of it.  /
sd          B.85 utt2:  It, {F uh, } kind of chased them.  /
sd          B.85 utt3:  It was a few hundred yards away  /
sd          B.85 utt4: {C and } it chased them under an underpass,  /
sd          B.85 utt5: {C and } it was tossing around the car --   

ba          A.86 utt1:  {F Oh, } gosh. /  

+          B.87 utt1:  -- right before it got there,  /
sd          B.87 utt2: {C and } it tore up the people inside the car. /  

bh          A.88 utt1:  {F Oh, } did it? /  

sd          B.89 utt1:  {C And } [ the n-, + the camera ] man on the news crew held the camera out,  /
sd          B.89 utt2: they were hiding underneath the underpass,  /
sd          B.89 utt3: {C and } he held the camera out as the tornado went by. /  

b          A.90 utt1:  {F Um. } /  

sd          B.91 utt1:  {C And } [ [ y-, + the, ] + the wind, + ] {D you know, } it had a mike on it,  /
sd          B.91 utt2: {C and } the wind and  everything was incredible. /  

sd          A.92 utt1:  {F Um. }  Boy I would have like to have heard that.  /
sv          A.92 utt2:  That [ cou-, + would ] have been  something. /  

sd          B.93 utt1:  I'm surprised they didn't, [ they, + because we ] saw it on the news a couple of days in a row  /
sd          B.93 utt2: [ [ {C and } that, + {C and } you know, ] + {C and } that ] was way up in Kansas. /  

b          A.94 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sd          B.95 utt1:  {C But } over here, [ it's a lot, + it's a big thing ] about tornados and people that get pictures of them. /  

b          A.96 utt1:  Uh-huh.  /
sd          A.96 utt2:  I used to live in Amarillo originally. /  

b          B.97 utt1:  Yeah -- /  

%          A.98 utt1:  {C So } I'm, -/  

qy^d          B.99 utt1:  -- you can really see them well there. /  

ny          A.100 utt1:  Oh yeah.  /
sd^e          A.100 utt2: <laughter> [ We used to sit out, {F uh, } + especially in Borger, we use to sit out ] on our back, {F uh, } picnic table and watch them come out of the sky through the funnel clouds -- /  

b          B.101 utt1:  Yeah. /  

sd          A.102 utt1:  -- {C and } the only time we got worried is if it hit the ground.  /
sd          A.102 utt2:  {C But } otherwise we'd just sit back there and watch them go in and out of those clouds. /  

sv          B.103 utt1:  It's really strange the way it does that. /  

b          A.104 utt1:  Yeah. /  

sv          B.105 utt1:  Especially the way it starts.  /
sd          B.105 utt2: It starts, {D you know, } just like a little swirl in the clouds,  /
sd          B.105 utt3: [ {C and, } + {C and, } ] {F uh, } then it just grows from there. /  

b          A.106 utt1:  Yeah. /  

sd          B.107 utt1:  [ [ {C And } it, + {C and, } ] + {C and } usually it's ] not even raining when it starts.  /
%          B.107 utt2: It's just. -/  

aa          A.108 utt1:  Yeah,  /
sd          A.108 utt2: you'd be amazed at how clear the sky was,  /
sd          A.108 utt3: {C but } the clouds are just really, {F uh, } {F uh, } rolling --   

b          B.109 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          A.110 utt1:  -- kind of just real pillowy, I guess. /  

aa          B.111 utt1:  That's right,  /
sd          B.111 utt2: {C and } they're black,  /
sd          B.111 utt3: {C and } sometimes they're even green colored. /  

sd          A.112 utt1:  {F Oh, } {D well } I was in that, {F uh, } big tornado went through Wichita Falls. /  

b          B.113 utt1:  {F Oh, } yeah. /  

%          A.114 utt1:  {C And, } {F uh, } the sky, - /
sd          A.114 utt2: {E I mean, } we were right in the middle of it, when, {E I mean, } signs and telephone poles were dropping all around us. /  

b          B.115 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sd          A.116 utt1:  {C And } a whole roof of a restaurant came off. <laughter>  /
sd          A.116 utt2: {C And, } {F uh, } it was [ a eerie, + {F uh, } a real eerie ] blue-green color. /  

b          B.117 utt1:  Yeah. /  

sd          A.118 utt1:  {C And } the lightning was almost continuous, just, {F uh, } {D you know, } as if you put your hand on one of those electric, {F uh, } things that causes lightning. /  

b          B.119 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sd          A.120 utt1:  {F Uh, } I think it was called the storm. /  

aa          B.121 utt1:  Yeah,  /
aa          B.121 utt2: that's it. /  

sd          A.122 utt1:  {C But, } {F um, } [ the s-, + the whole sky ] was full of that eerie blue-green, {F uh, } lightning. /  

ba          B.123 utt1:  Wow.  <<pause>>  /
sd          B.123 utt2: {C And } [ that's about, + that's ] what we get this time of year, just, [ all the way, + sometimes all the way ] through June,  /
sd          B.123 utt3: [ the last, + especially the last ] two years, [ it's rained, + {F uh, } {D what, } I think it rained ] nine inches [ in, + in ] [ one, + one ] of the Junes the last two years. /  

b          A.124 utt1:  {F Um. } /  

%          B.125 utt1:  {C And } this year, - /
sd          B.125 utt2: [ u-, + we usually ] get about five inches in May,  /
sd          B.125 utt3: {C and } [ it's, + it's ] over that. /  

b          A.126 utt1:  Uh-huh.  /
sd          A.126 utt2:  We haven't got that much rain,  /
sd          A.126 utt3: {C but, } {F uh, } when it rains, [ it's, + it's ] been downpouring. /  

b          B.127 utt1:  Uh-huh.  <<pause>>  /
b          B.127 utt2: All right,  /
fc          B.127 utt3: {D well } I hope you have good weather the rest of the summer. /  

fc          A.128 utt1:  <Laughter> You, too. /  

fc          B.129 utt1:  Have fun playing tennis. /  

fc          A.130 utt1:  Okay,  /
fc          A.130 utt2: thanks. /  

fc          B.131 utt1:  Bye-bye. /  

fc          A.132 utt1:  Bye. / 
