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| brightmeadow |
Posted - Aug 21 2007 : 5:56:16 PM
Well, everyone here is safe, but in two days we have had tornadoes and floods. Someone said we got three inches of rain in 20 minutes, altough I don't know where to check.
My back yard was a river overnight. Yesterday I drove home from Parma and ended up driving right through the side of a tornado (although I didn't know it was a tornado at the time! Just that I couldn't see the road and I was hydroplaning a lot!)
Tonight I went out and picked most of the tomatoes that had split from the rain. There were lots of them. and the zucchinis are growing again..... LOL...
You shall eat the fruit of the labor of your hands - You shall be happy and it shall be well with you. -Psalm 128.2
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| ktknits |
Posted - Aug 24 2007 : 05:27:00 AM
We had those same Chicago storms pass through here in NW Indiana too. Flooding & downed lines & trees all over. My husband had to go to Kentucky yesterday, and he said central & southern Indiana, Illinois and Kentucky are sooooo dry! And we've had soooooo much rain here in the northern part of the state--way more than we need! It's amazing what differences there can be in just a hundred miles or so.
More rain and storms are on the way for us again today--hold onto your aprons, girls!
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| katie-ell |
Posted - Aug 24 2007 : 05:14:54 AM
Crazy weather hit the entire Chicago area yesterday afternoon! We had winds of 71 mph -- uprooting trees, tearing the crossing gates off from train/street crossings, wires down everywhere. Edens expressway (I-94) was closed for a time -- flooded! We feel fortunate -- no damage on our property. But one of our customers lost 8 trees, including at least one century-old oak.
I know our fellow midwesterners in Ohio have such masive flooding -- my heart goes out to you all.
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| brightmeadow |
Posted - Aug 23 2007 : 6:44:05 PM
There are some pretty awesome pictures of the flooding on our local newspaper's site at http://www.mansfieldnewsjournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/gallery?Avis=B7&Dato=20070822&Kategori=PHOTOGALLERIES&Lopenr=708220802&Ref=PH Click next to page through the gallery, and then there are many more galleries.
The main downtown post office, the sorting center for the region, was closed. Thirty employees had their personal cars submerged. There were flash floods in almost every community around here. It seems we were very lucky not to have damage.
You shall eat the fruit of the labor of your hands - You shall be happy and it shall be well with you. -Psalm 128.2
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| Patsy |
Posted - Aug 22 2007 : 08:23:24 AM
Good to hear you are okay Brenda. I am in East Central Illinois and we haven't had rain for awhile but just about 100 miles north they have had flooding. I want some rain but not that much thank you.
May God bless those who love the soil,
Patsy
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| Miss Bee Haven |
Posted - Aug 22 2007 : 07:27:09 AM
I'm glad you made it home safely, Brenda. You must have been terrified, driving through that awful weather.
"If you think you've got it nailed down, then what's all that around it?" - 'Brother Dave' Gardner |
| Maryjane Lee |
Posted - Aug 21 2007 : 5:59:28 PM
Glad to hear you are doing okay there Brenda! Some really crazy weather out there! Sounds like you will need to can some tomatoes !
Hugs,
Maryjane Lee
The Beehive Cottage~
est. 1971 |
