It seemed like "War of the Worlds" this morning. Aledo tested the tornado warning sirens on schedule. However, a thunderstorm with gusty winds was passing by at the time. Hey Joe. Harrison Street in Davenport IA bagged another one. That 11'8" sign must look like 13'8"
Good Wednesday morning, everyone. Hope this is a better day for everyone.
We were getting a light rain shower last night, when I went to bed about 11:15 or so.
The library and the University of Louisville will remain closed today.
Coffee, juices, lemonade, iced teas, and hot water for hot tea are ready.
On the warmer bar this morning: bagels, bear claws, turkey bacon, sausage, scrambled eggs,
homemade hash browns, homemade buttermilk biscuits w/sausage gravy.
Mookie, I have your coffee mug clean and ready for you. Do you think we can find a dry spot in the garden this morning?
Everyone enjoy your breakfast, have a good morning, and take care.
good morning
Bob thanks for the picture.Cw thanks for breakfast.Q 136 is coming eastbound through defiance now.Time for a nap.Might have to go into town later today.we'll see.
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").
We are having a snizzle right now, but garden should be dried out by now.
100 for Saturday. That will be our first one this year. Could do without!
She who has no signature! cinscocom-tmw
MookieWe are having a snizzle right now, but garden should be dried out by now. 100 for Saturday. That will be our first one this year. Could do without!
I know what misting rain and spitting rain are, but snizzle?
I've been too distracted over the past several months and haven't checked into the diner, but I saw the flooding in Louisville on TV and had to make sure Paula, Walt and Sarah are all okay. It looks like you all have a lot of mud left behind. You okay?
tina
mbkcs've been too distracted over the past several months and haven't checked into the diner, but I saw the flooding in Louisville on TV and had to make sure Paula, Walt and Sarah are all okay. It looks like you all have a lot of mud left behind. You okay?
Hello, Tina! It's good to see you in here!! The three of us are doing okay. We are fortunate that we don't have too much mud right around our house. We're on a semi-high two-city lot, and the water runs off pretty well. I took a short walk up Oak St. around 4:30 yesterday, and had to walk in the street, because of several sections of the sidewalk having mud on it (got into the street after I slid on one of the muddy spots).
Walt did have a slight mishap when he went walking to the store yesterday afternoon. Skinned his right knee up real good, and it's swollen, and showing signs of bruising, but at least he was able to turn around and come back home, and is doing all right; just moving very slowly.
I found out that my sister, her husband and youngest grandson were out in that mess yesterday morning. She had a doctor's appointment, and had to keep it. Fortunately, they didn't have any real troubles getting to the doctor's office and back home. Still can't get hold of my twin, to check on them, though. Guess their phone is out of order, as all I get is a fast busy signal.
Send me an email, and let me know how you, Mark and rest of family are doing. And I'll do the same.
A very nice Indiana sunny morning here....The mess and trouble stopped basically just south of us yesterday. Just .45" of rain here for that overnight and all of yesterday.
We still need rain, but not in the form most folks received it south of us yesterday.
Looks like the rest of the week to be rather nice, but heating up at week's end....90's coming.
Weather stations were indicating flooding from Muncie south yesterday, but checked out White river yesterday evening and it was completely normal....rocks sticking up in river bed in some parts of it....So no massive rain occurred north of us to fill our river.
Quentin
mbkcs MookieWe are having a snizzle right now, but garden should be dried out by now. 100 for Saturday. That will be our first one this year. Could do without!I know what misting rain and spitting rain are, but snizzle? I've been too distracted over the past several months and haven't checked into the diner, but I saw the flooding in Louisville on TV and had to make sure Paula, Walt and Sarah are all okay. It looks like you all have a lot of mud left behind. You okay?tina
Okay Mookie, what is "snizzle?".........Sneezing Drizzle?
Tina, Thanks for checking on us; yesterday, along with our windstorm Hurricane last Sep. and the Ice Storm the first part of this year are days we will remember for quite awhile. (and not Fondly!)
If anybody is interested on seeing some of Louisville's goings on yesterday, try:
courier-journal.com There are several decent photos and articles on the damage.
Being Crazy,keeps you from going "INSANE" !! "The light at the end of the tunnel,has been turned off due to budget cuts" NOT AFRAID A Vet., and PROUD OF IT!!
locomuttOkay Mookie, what is "snizzle?".........Sneezing Drizzle?
I'm reminded of Detroit TV weatherman Sonny Elliot, who delighted in combining weather terms to create nonsensical words. "Cold" and "Breezy" might become "Colzy" or "Brold".
I think I've been out in snizzle before....
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Walt is right - it is like a bad sneeze leaning more toward the drizzle. It was short-lived. Don't want to get anything too wet, you know.
Considering all the rain that Walt, Paula and Sarah have been getting in their area, I would imagine that some peope in Louisville have a lot of water in their basements and a lot of mud as well. I feel for them and I hope another 100 years will pass before this sort of thing happens again in Louisville.
I think I should be counting my blessings. I am sitting high and dry here in Sioux Falls, and I couldn't believe how nice it was outside when I stepped out my front door at 10:30 this morning. Although I do think the weather could turn nasty here by the end of this week, both in terms of temperature and high humidity. I wish I could "can" the nice weather we have been experiencing the last couple days and ship it to Walt, Paula and Sarah.
Ray
afternoon
well the csx tonka toys are still out on track 1 today.saw a mini version of a rail grinder out working.Dispatcher has single track between defiance(FC) and sherwood. We saw q 113 go westbound.They are usually a mid morning train through here.We also had to give hugs as we found out our former neighbor passed away last night.Cw thanks for supper tomight.Time to get things around for work.
We are in our 39th day of 100 or more degree temperatures here in Alamo City for the year... a new season record.
And no rain in sight. We are smack in the middle of the "exceptional drought" area.
MurrayWe are in our 39th day of 100 or more degree temperatures here in Alamo City for the year... a new season record.
.....That's hot for a long time. Here, we've been under normal most of our Summer so far.
Trivia rail stuff:
We have a cut of rail carrying cars probably 1/4 mile worth, parked here on the siding at "Vernon" location on the Frankfort line. Just by a rough count {as I drove by}, I see 6 miles of new rail to be put down someplace....They have been parked there now for several days.
Just dropping in to give a quick hello. No, I haven't fallen off the face of the earth, time just doesn't allow me to drop by as often. Until next time.........
Railfan1 (Lance), welcome back! Hope you can drop in a little bit more often.
The rain seems to be totally out of our area. Even though there was a chance of our getting a little bit more rain today, we haven't gotten any. Our high today only made it up to 82 degrees. Now, we will be warming up each day, with a predicted high tomorrow in the mid 80s, and Saturday or Sunday, into the low 90s.
Supper tonight will be leftover spaghetti casserole, with fresh salad and garlic Texas toast or you can have Italian bread.
Ray, there has been quite a few people pumping out their basements today, along with the Library, U of L's Belknap Campus (the one downtown), and the hospitals in the downtown area. During the 6:00 news, they showed U of L still pumping out water, they had been pumping since yesterday afternoon.
Everyone have a great evening, and guess I'll go check emails, since I haven't done that since early this morning. See you all in the morning.
Glad to hear all you folks are on high ground and are reasonably dry .We would be glad to trade some heat ( 110F ) for your rain. 33 days and counting of over 100deg. days. However that is what the desert is . Every 100deg. dayis one less this summer. Some times we wish still go where the climate suits our clothes like when we were truckin'. Be aware of snakes run out of their home by water.
Respectfully, Cannonball & Shirl
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Good Thursday morning, everyone.
Cannonball, have no fear: If I come upon a snake (unless it's a little bitty garter snake), you'll hear my yelling all the way to Arizona!! I don't particularly care for any snakes, but I can handle looking at the garter snakes.
Coffee, juices, lemonade, iced teas, Gatorade and hot water for hot tea are all freshly made and waiting.
Breakfast this morning: bagels, bear claws, and sausage/egg/cheese on homemade biscuits, English muffins on the warmer bar, and the boxes of cereal are on the counter.
U of L's Belknap campus will be opening back up today, but the main library location will still be closed today. The last time I checked, their main phone line was still down.
If any of you have meal requests for today's lunch and supper, please let me know, o.k? And everyone have a great morning, and take care.
Good mornin everywoun. 77 and partly clear at the jetport this lovely day, headed for the 90s and thunder later. I've been up for a while working on some legal forms and trying to get a few things in order so my assistance won't expire. Ain't bureaucrats great..... Everyone take care and keep cool
Tom
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Cool but clear here in the north woods of NY this morning. With several doors and windows open, the furnace kicked on....
On the railroad tomorrow. If everyone shows up, I'll have an easy day as conductor. I'll do the paperwork, they can do the work work...
Headed for a cousin's house on Sunday for my aunt's 80th birthday. Will also get to see my uncle for the first time in several years, as well as his kids (who I managed to see several years ago during a visit to MI). If my daughter and her family come up, they'll get to meet for the first time in some cases. We've all been kind of spread out...
switch7frg Be aware of snakes run out of their home by water.
Cannonball:
That is one negative of Az.....Those nasty Sidewinders and the others too...Loved the sunshine out there when I was involved in running automotive tests down thru the desert southwest of Kingman, and up around {the very old route}, thru Oatman, and so on....Rattlers out on the road pavement at night warming on the still very warm road surface....and all the rest of it....Loved all the sunshine {almost everyday}, and so on....but those creepey things...Absolutely, not for me.
PS...Understand you were referring to things in the mid west from the floods, which reminded me of such creatures in Az...{above}.
Quentin, you are right. Many folks forget about other things like wild life of all kind, while coping with the flood. Next thing ya' know~~~~ GOTCHA. CW is aware of this. Here in the desert the ( Mohave max) rattler is the worst of the worst. Have any kind of day ya' want. Respectfully, Cannonball
cannonball today is a good day its friday!!! weather guessers say hot and sticky with some thunderstorms this weekend.Thats okay we need the rain.Cw thanks for supper tonight.matt and I have a couple errands to do in town.
Paula / Walt.....Have you noticed the Ohio River rising measurably since all that water fell in your area and of course in southern Indiana as well...Up stream. Or could it handle the increased flow without much problem....?
ModelcarPaula / Walt.....Have you noticed the Ohio River rising measurably since all that water fell in your area and of course in southern Indiana as well...Up stream. Or could it handle the increased flow without much problem....?
Not too noticeably; according to the paper, the Upper and Lower Gauges at the Locks and Dam are not very much above normal for this time of year, including Tuesday's Deluge.
edit: Did see in today's paper, (had not heard this before) that the old L & N Headquarters building is closed due to flooding from Tues.; about 6 feet of water in their basement.
[It's owned by the Commwealth of Kentucky's Cabinet for Human Resources now, but the old L & N sign is still up on the east end of the building, and is lighted at night.]
Walt, is your lawn watered enough? Sure would be a shame for it to die because it doesn’t have enough water…
Seriously, I hope that any troubles that that nasty storm brought you would be resolved quickly, and safely. We just had LOTS AND LOTS of wind. I’d say 55mph-60mph.
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bubbajustin Walt, is your lawn watered enough? Sure would be a shame for it to die because it doesn’t have enough water… Seriously, I hope that any troubles that that nasty storm brought you would be resolved quickly, and safely. We just had LOTS AND LOTS of wind. I’d say 55mph-60mph.
Let's just say that we won't have to water the flowers and veggie plants for Several Days!
(lawn generally only gets watered when it rains.)
We had two rounds of storms tues.; the morning one brought that 6" of rain, and the middle afternoon one brought a bit more rain with some strong winds also.
It's been a beautiful day here, with temps in the mid 80s, with plenty of sunshine.
Joe and everyone else, how does open-face roast beef sandwiches w/mashed taters, gravy, corn on the cob, green beans and your choice of cole slaw or salad sound for supper? Hope you all approve, as that's what I've fixed for tonight. And for dessert, we have: yellow cake w/chocolate icing, peach cobbler w/ice cream, and cookies: oatmeal raisin, sugar, chocolate chip and M&M.
I did hear on the 5:00 local news, that it looks like our main library (the one we always go to), more than likely won't be opening back up until sometime after Labor Day. Guess we'll have to find another location to visit for awhile.
Everyone have a great evening, keep safe and take care.
morning
well the weather guessers are calling for rain this afternoon.mamma is going to the store this morning.Breakfast is ready with all the juice and coffee too.help yourself and have a great day. stay safe
Good Friday morning, everyone; and Joe, thanks so much for getting breakfast together this morning. I seem to be going in very slow motion this morning; just cannot get in the correct gear this morning.
I hope everyone had a good night last night, and hope you all have a very nice morning. Think I'll go out to the garden, and spend some time out there.
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