......Well, the rain really put a damper on the Summer Heat Festival here in Yorktown. It has pretty much moved beyond us now, but it stopped all the hot air balloon activity and the carnival is not "flooded" with customers and folks are just kind of walking around wondering what is next.....Believe tomorrow is to be better. Would be nice....Quite a bit of money was {is}, spent annually to put all this together. It {this year}, is a small town America function and would be nice if they could at least get 2 days of activity out of this long weekend schedule of the Festival. Rain gauge only had .7" , but that was enough to cause all of above.
Drove down by it all an hour or so ago with the wife and granddaughter to get a piece of mail in the post office and witnessed the above discribed activity....or {non} activity.
Quentin
Murray wrote:...along with an area-wide fireworks ban.
That's a nice feature about living near large bodies of water - even if it's dry (and it isn't) we can always launch the fireworks over the lake (Ontario) or river (St Lawrence).
Larry Resident Microferroequinologist (at least at my house) Everyone goes home; Safety begins with you My Opinion. Standard Disclaimers Apply. No Expiration Date Come ride the rails with me! There's one thing about humility - the moment you think you've got it, you've lost it...
Well, just got home from letting Driver drown some plastic worms in our city lake, which is a dam and full of fish right now. He caught 8 bass and one game warden, gun and all. I didn't realize they have them carry sidearms...maybe it is for an occasional bear/deer/really violent fisherman?
Since it is always catch and release at our house, I will have to hunt through the fish and puppy platters and see what tastes good. Hmmm..
Willy - boss has figured out he has a good work and will now work you non-stop!
Brian - did Dan float by yet? Traded your tin for flippers? Drought or flood - what ever happened to happy medium?
She who has no signature! cinscocom-tmw
Willy2 wrote: Nice day today. Tomorrow looks hot and then a small chance for thunderstorms on Sunday. Iowa looks to get the brunt of that chance, though.
Nice day today. Tomorrow looks hot and then a small chance for thunderstorms on Sunday. Iowa looks to get the brunt of that chance, though.
Yeah, just what we don't need around here. At least next week looks dry for the whole week (knock on wood).
Brian (IA) http://blhanel.rrpicturearchives.net.
Hi all! Know I haven't been around this afternoon: we've had some rain, not really a whole lot; but did have quite a bit of thunder & lightning. Se Mutt and I stayed off the computer. We're supposed to have some more rain, possibly thunderstorms, coming in about the next two, three hours(?). They say we might even have some high winds, too. Sure am glad we had that humongous oak tree cut down in the back yard last year!
For tonight, I've got our FRIDAY FISH FRY ready. On the warmer bar:
Cod, haddock, hallibut, perch, bass, catfish, shrimp, fries, hushpuppies, and on the cold section, cole slaw, and the following pies: apple, blueberry, cherry, peach and pecan.
You all enjoy your supper, and stay safe and sound tonight, for anyone in the path of the rains.
I wasn't supposed to work until 5:30 PM today, but at 10:30 this morning the manager called and asked me to come in because they were going to be a bit understaffed at Arby's today. So, I worked until 3:00 PM and now I get to go back from 5:30 PM to 11:00 PM. Busy day, but the green stuff keeps coming in. I'm scheduled for 35 hours next week and then the week after that we're going on vacation, so I'll get a break.
Willy
There - back from town and shopping for some home-fix-up stuff (remodelling a bedroom into a guest room).
Pushing 90 here today, but very nice otherwise. Threat of thunderbumpers but the radar isn't showing anything headed my way yet.
Heard CSX switching in town, but I'd been to the grocery store and didn't want the milk to suffer in the heat.
Back to work - have some plaster work to do in the upstair bathroom, too....
afternoon
cloudy and muggy outside.we had some rain move through this morning and more coming later.going to help mamma clean for we have company coming tommorow.Depending on the amount of rain matt might or might not have T-ball tommorow.Mookie 2 pumpkins were parked facing westward with empty coal hoppers.
stay safe
joe
Deshler Ohio-crossroads of the B&O Matt eats your fries.YUM! Clinton st viaduct undefeated against too tall trucks!!!(voted to be called the "Clinton St. can opener").
As I sat watching the evening news in New England I was shocked to see what has been going on in the mid west and the story of the Boy Scout camp being hit by a twister broke my heart.
I send out prayers for all those who are hurting from the loss of those 4 young men and I pray that anyone in these areas stay safe and that this mess passes soon.
I'm leaving and don't have much of an appitite so I'll take a cup of coffee to go.
May God watch over these poor people.
Jess Red Horse.
Mookie wrote: Wow - Friday the 13th - maybe it will be someone's lucky day?
Wow - Friday the 13th - maybe it will be someone's lucky day?
I didn't realize what day it was until I saw your post- LOL.
No such luck around here. One bit of good news, though- it appears that maybe the river has reached its crest at 31.1 feet, a little over a foot below their latest prediction. Now if we could just get it to go down faster, and get the railroads up and running again...
.....Well, we've just had another downpour in the last hour or so....Kinda sad as this small community {10,000}, of Yorktown has a big weekend that needs good weather. "Summer Heat"...formally conducted at the Muncie airport....lots of hot air balloons, carnival, booths and in general, a big weekend for here but so far the weather has stopped the first scheduled event....a large group of hot air balloons were to rise and be active this morning after a big community breakfast, etc.....But a bit of wind prevented that balloon activity.
Now another line of storms to head this way and thru here later today....Possible hail, and all that's possible to come along with it.
{I don't mean to compare our bad weather stopping a good weekend festival here with the tragedies near by of flooding, etc....}. Maybe the weather will improve by tomorrow. Festival runs thru Sunday.
Mrs. Tails-a-draggin' in again. It was so quiet around here last nite, I woke up in the middle of the night to see what I wasn't hearing!
Cooler weather, followed by more normal hot and humid now in the future. Looks like maybe the worst is over rainfall-wise. Now we wait for all that water to head south and make another mess.
Must dust two pieces of furniture today. Getting ready for company next weekend. Mr. & Mrs. Houston and family will be visiting for the weekend. Guess they are bringing their own pool, since Mrs. Houston said they were going to be swimming. I will lifeguard, since I never learned to swim even after many summers of lessons and trying. But I can really drowned professionally!
Tom
COAST LINE FOREVER
It is better to dwell in the corner of a roof than to share a house with a contentious woman! (Solomon)
A contentious woman is like a constant dripping! (Solomon)
.....The warmup is coming fast today....Partly cloudy, and A line of dangerous storms are to form again this afternoon and make their way across our central Indiana location. My outdoor temp. readout indicated 94 yesterday afternoon.....
Rising about as fast as gas prices.....For us, a new high: $4.19 yesterday
Good Friday morning, everyone! Well, we never did get any rain around our house last night. Think it just passed right on over us, and went somewhere else. Mutt and I were sitting out on the front porch, and could smell the rain. But, nary a drop did we see.
Cannonball, thanks for the kind words. You know what I always say: "The more, the merrier" in here!! Everyone is always welcome.
Coffee is ready, hot water for tea, and I've fixed fresh oj, oj/tangerine, pineapple, and grape juice for this morning.
And on the breakfast bar this morning: cake doughnuts, glazed doughnuts, chocolate covered, cream filled doughnuts, chocolate covered creamed filled long johns, and the following danish: apple, cherry, peach, raspberry, blueberry; along with bagels and bear claws and cinnamon rolls.
Think I'll head out to the garden, and sit in one of the rocking chairs, and watch the trains go by this morning, before I start baking a large chocolate cake for our birthdays this weekend.
CW; A strange thing happened on the way to the forum ( LOL ) . A few of my driver friends e mailed me and wanted the address of the Diner . Word gets around thru the pipeline about different weather lerts that are confusing. Beaver Squeezer wanted to know more of local Diner patrons current weather . I passed this on to Dixie Belle as well.She said her will pass it around. ~~~ Good news travels fast .
Respectfully, Cannonball
Y6bs evergreen in my mind
jeaton wrote: The storm front is a bee line from Cedar Rapids to Delavan. We are just getting the dregs though. Two storms today-45-60 minutes each and only 2 inches of rain. We will be fine as we are on high ground.
The storm front is a bee line from Cedar Rapids to Delavan. We are just getting the dregs though. Two storms today-45-60 minutes each and only 2 inches of rain. We will be fine as we are on high ground.
Jay - Stay safe!
Does kind of put you between a rock and a hard place, though. High ground is exactly where you don't want to be during severe weather....
Best to all.
Jay
"We have met the enemy and he is us." Pogo Possum "We have met the anemone... and he is Russ." Bucky Katt "Prediction is very difficult, especially if it's about the future." Niels Bohr, Nobel laureate in physics
cherokee woman wrote:Shhh, Larry!! I'm kind of happy with the way things are going, and everybody is getting used to the new name, even though we'll always think of it as The Depot Diner & Coffee Shop.
Just thinking about our hosts. They get concerned when the thread gets too big.
tree68 wrote:Blueberry Pie? I'm in!Just noticed that the Cafe is up to 100 pages. Probably about time to "remodel" again.
Blueberry Pie? I'm in!
Just noticed that the Cafe is up to 100 pages. Probably about time to "remodel" again.
Shhh, Larry!! I'm kind of happy with the way things are going, and everybody is getting used to the new name, even though we'll always think of it as The Depot Diner & Coffee Shop.
I've got more open-faced roast beef sandwiches w/mashed taters, gravy, etc., set out on the warmer bar, and Joe, your container is in the fridge for work tonight!
It's beginning to cloud up outside, guess our rain will be coming in soon. Just hope there is no bad thunder, lightning, and high winds. The garden doesn't need that much extra water, and wind.
Glad to see that Mookie and Willy made it in, along with the others who have made it in here this morning!
I've got lunch ready (inbetween loads of laundry). On today's menu:
leftover roast beef from yesterday, now on the warmer bar as open-faced roast beef sandwiches 2/mashed taters and gravy, shellie beans, creamed corn w/your choice of biscuits or cornbread, and nice garden salads and cole slaw.
Brian, Mookie, Dan, et all, hope your areas become a little bit dryer soon. And for our forum friends who live out in California, I hope you all get some rain, to help put out those fires!
Joe, my memory is beginning to fail me I think: how "old" will Matt be Saturday? I know of at least three birthdays for this weekend. So, I'll need two or three tall men to help decorate the Cafe/Diner tomorrow night (Friday).
Good morning everyone.
It is a beautiful weather day here in the North East, a nice cool breeze, sunny and not too hoot at all, a good day to spend outside playing with my Jack Russell Terrorist.
I watched and taped a great show last night on the National Geographic channel about the Alaska Rail lines , The series is called "Tougher in Alaska", I'm thrilled I taped it, it is a must see for anyone modeling the Alaska rail Lines.
Have a great day....hummmm, is that blue berry cobbler I smell???
RRKen wrote:.405 inches in the last hour and a half. How long can you tread water?
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