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Posted by spokyone on Thursday, June 24, 2010 8:06 AM

 A severe storm went through yesterday afternoon but Aledo missed the brunt of it. Boy scouts down from Rockford were at the local KOA. Most of the group went to the concrete shower house for safety. Four leaders decided to hold down the big awning. Yep. It got hit by lightning. They are going to be OK.

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Posted by JoeKoh on Thursday, June 24, 2010 6:37 AM

twas a dark and stormy night

we made it to work okay before the storm.we had to wait it out in our breakroom(also our tornado shelter).A part of Sauder's though lost about 30 ft of its roof.No one was injured as everyone was in a shelter.The town of Edgerton Ohio in willams county lost it's city hall and other buidings.I saw a few trees down on the way home but no damage here.Cw thanks for breakfast.Time for bed.Tonight is Friday!!! This weekend we get to see Carlie for the first time.She arrived just before the storms.

stay safe

Joe 

 

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Posted by cherokee woman on Thursday, June 24, 2010 4:43 AM

Good Thursday morning, everyone.  We have 83 degrees this morning, with some rain/t-storms supposed to come in sometime this morning.  Our projected high today is 90 degrees.  So we'll be a bit 'cooler' today, with rain coming in.  I might have a little bit of trouble getting my walk in this morning, depending on how much rain we do get.  Been trying to get a little bit of walking in, before it gets too hot and humid. 

Sarah is out on the train.  Got called out for a trip on the shortline to Cincy.  She had to be in at 6 p.m, Guess we'll see her sometime tomorrow. 

Coffee, juices and other morning beverages are fresh and ready to go, including mudchicken's blue Gatorade. 

On the serving station this morning:  bagels, bear claws, turkey bacon, sausage links & patties, scrambled eggs, buttermilk biscuits w/sausage gravy.  And, as per norm, there are boxes of cereal for anyone who wants a bowl or two of cereal this morning. 

Everyone have a good morning, and you all keep safe and take care.

 

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Posted by Modelcar on Wednesday, June 23, 2010 10:03 PM

switch7frg

you know if Connersville took a hit from that storm ?? Iam sure the town has changed in size over 50yrs. Been thru there last yr. twice and both times at night via the Cardinal.

                                    Cannonball

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So far in June we've been getting a repeat almost each day after the heating of the afternoon sets in and generates plenty of thunderstorms.  Some tornado's too.

Some parts of Indiana have had some rather bad flooding and some high winds with power lines and trees down.  Of course any place that takes a hit from tornados will be even worse.

We here have been lucky....The stuff has been real spoty.  Here the other day I had .4" in the rain gauge, and 5.5 miles to downtown Muncie it was almost 2".

As for Connersville....I have not heard of specific damage called out from down there.  In fact, we're getting some thunder right now....It was 92 plus degrees here today and of course with lots of humidity.

I'll keep my ears open, for any word from down in Connersville, and If I hear of any, i'll put it on here...

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Posted by switch7frg on Wednesday, June 23, 2010 9:49 PM

Question  Quentin; ~~ do you know if Connersville took a hit from that storm ?? Iam sure the town has changed in size over 50yrs. Been thru there last yr. twice and both times at night via the Cardinal.

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Posted by bubbajustin on Wednesday, June 23, 2010 4:17 PM

Afternoon all.

What a hot, and awful day. We got up to 95* today with a dewpoint of 79. I mowed, the lawn, and weeded the garden, and I was pooped! This humidity is awful. Although I really don’t mind working in it, it is just really uncomfortable. Might go for a bike ride later. See you all later.

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Posted by grampaw pettibone on Wednesday, June 23, 2010 4:13 PM

You don't know what you've got until you lose it, (Song by Ral Donner 1960). Last night, a tree fell on the power lines somewhere close by, and brought them down. we were without power for about an hour and a half. I can handle no lights, but no air conditioning in this weather is the pits. In less than an hour, the inside humidity felt like a swamp and things were getting dicey, at best. When Progress Energy got things back on line, there was a miniature praise-a-thon here. I grew up in a house with no a/c, and summers were relatively comfy. Have things changed so much in 60 years or is this another sign of getting old?

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Posted by blhanel on Wednesday, June 23, 2010 12:21 PM

Glub, glub, glub...

//heads off to trade tin shoes in for swim fins

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Posted by cherokee woman on Wednesday, June 23, 2010 12:17 PM

At 1:14 p.m., we have a current temp of 91 degres, supposed to get to 98 or 99 this afternoon.  (yeeuuuuch)  Although, we do have a little bit of a breeze blowing outside.  Definitely not cooling anyone or anything, though.

The menu for the rest of the day:

Meat loaf w/mashed taters & gravy, your choice of green beans, broccoli w/cheese sauce, creamed corn, and your choice of corn bread, buttermilk biscuits, dinner rolls or just plain ole bread, and a nice, cold garden salad.

Not much going on around our area.  I think everyone is staying in their homes, trying to stay as cool as possible.  Bet it is crowded today at the library, as they have nice central air to keep everyone cool. 

You all enjoy your afternoon, keep cool and take care.

 

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Posted by JoeKoh on Wednesday, June 23, 2010 6:37 AM

morning

warm at work last night.calling for thunderstorms today.thanks for breakfast.time for bed.thanks again for all the birthday wishes.hopefully things go well with the arrival of our new niece.

stay safe

joe

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Posted by cherokee woman on Wednesday, June 23, 2010 6:10 AM

Good Wednesday morning, everyone.  Very nice pictures, Justin!  Thankfully, when I lived on the farm, we never had any flooding anywhere near like your pictures show!  If we had, I probably wouldn't be here today, as I can't swim a lick, as the old saying goes. 

Tom, thanks for taking care of breakfast.  I guess I've been up about an hour, but am moving very slowly this morning.  There's another old saying that goes "I feel like I've been run over by a truck."  Not a part of me, that doesn't ache this morning.

It's going to be another hot, hazy and humid day around here today.  And I imagine where most of you all live, also!  Everyone keep as cool as possible, and there's plenty of water, Gatorade, lemonade, iced tea so we can all stay hydrated.  Take care, and I'll see you all later.

 

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Posted by grampaw pettibone on Wednesday, June 23, 2010 4:57 AM

Good morning from Carolina. It seems that I am first here, so conside the place open. Breakfast is on the buffet bar and the drinks are at the gedunk (soda fountain) and cooler. Help yourselves.

Justin, that is some lake there that the crick made. I heard of a cow pasture not too long ago that flooded so bad that the cows swam over the fences and got out! I hope you folks don't see something like that. Nice pix by the way.

77 and cloudy in Carolina, expected to get into the 90s again and a thunderstorm again in the afternoon.

My cousin's son won the runoff for Rep nominee for Atty General in the gen election. That means dad is running for reelection to congress and son in his first election.

Everyone take care and have a great day.

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Posted by locomutt on Tuesday, June 22, 2010 10:20 PM

HAPPY BIRTHDAY Joe!!  Hope it's been a Great one. Happy B-Day Happy B-Day

[even if it was in the 3H weather]

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Posted by bubbajustin on Tuesday, June 22, 2010 5:42 PM

After returning home from VBS today I snapped a few photo’s of the flooding.

 

 

 

This is Coal Creek. It floods almost every rain we get, but NEVER this bad. This is a cow pasture in a valley the creek has cut out over many many years. See the the tops of the fence posts... they are up on a hillside, so i imagine that the water is a good 10 feet deep.

 

 

 

 
 
This is the far side of the bridige at Coal Creek. The water current is so strong here that it has washed old corn stalks out of the fields and bunched them up against the fence row.
 
 
 
 
 
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Posted by bubbajustin on Tuesday, June 22, 2010 5:26 PM

Afternoon all.

Happy Birthday Joe!

Mother Nature sure hammered us last night! I’ve never seen such a constant display of lightning! The little town in which I reside was hit by a super cell containing rotation. We had the fire radio in hand listening carefully. Several of our county policemen reported snapped power lines, and one of the fire departments got toned out (dispatched) to a fire containing flaming downed power lines. The storm passed, but not without flooding the surrounding low areas. Crops will be lost from this storm.

Have a good evening all.

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Posted by JoeKoh on Tuesday, June 22, 2010 3:31 PM

afternoon

well matt and I ventured out in the triple h weather and watched the csx tonka toys at work. they are replacing ties in defiance making it single track between sherwood and holgate.Cw thanks for supper.thanks again everyone for the birthday wishes.here mookie is some cake for you.Time to get things around for work.

stay safe

joe

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Posted by cherokee woman on Tuesday, June 22, 2010 11:33 AM

Here is our lunch/supper menu as per Joe's request for today:

Mookie, thanks for helping with the cake this morning.  And I bet you really enjoyed getting the rest of the chocolate frosting that was left in the mixing bowl!!Big Smile

BURGERS, HOT DOGS AND FRIES (with some garden salad added to the menu), and, of course, for dessert:  chocolate cake (cake is chocolate, and so is the icing!)

We had 62 people at Produce this morning.  Not much was delivered, though:  some potatoes, carrots, french onion dip and the big bags of chopped lettuce, along with stalks of romaine letuce.  But we did run out of everything, I believe, when we were through. 

I'm glad it was semi-cool this morning, as we had to have the produce outside.  The summer school session for the kids, called Fredom School, was going on in the gym, so we couldn't go in at all. 

Everyone have a good afternoon ,and I'll see you all after awhile.

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Posted by Modelcar on Tuesday, June 22, 2010 10:51 AM

Similar heat for this area is on the way....92 today and up to 95 tomorrow.

Overnight, we've accumulated 1.4" of rain....I heard none of it....Just a few lightning flashes / thunder.  But Jean said it carried on most of the night.

As of now, we're several inches over the "normal" rainfall to this point in June.  But boy....the fields of corn are sure liking it.  Extremely high and thick and nice and deep green.  Some 6' already in our central In. area here.  Very warm and humid temps. must be the ideal corn growing weather.  Our yard too.  As for that, I'm not complaining....I like it to to be green and healthy......I can sure mow it.

Trouble is, along with all of the above....there have been some areas here in Indinana that have had power line....tree....building roofs, etc....damage from a few tornados and simply high straight line winds.

Jean's patch of Cosmos wild flowers at the one spot we have them, are sure growing and producing those nice flowers too....

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Posted by tree68 on Tuesday, June 22, 2010 10:05 AM

Papa gets some private time.  The newly expanded family is off on a shopping excursion.  But, I found I have a leaky tire, so off to the tire shop (free repair coupon in hand) to deal with that and a few other things I could stand to take care of.

Hot here today, but the forecast is for hotter tomorrow.  Might have to head back north just to cool off.

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Posted by Mookie on Tuesday, June 22, 2010 9:08 AM

Wow - if it is Tuesday, it must be chocolate! 

Happy Birthday, Joe.  We had more rain in your honor.  Sending it on to you.

A chocolate fountain!!!  Now I know what to put on my Xmas wish list.  Approve

Lurch and a Jeep - were there nuptials we didn't know about, Sir C?  Net always in position.  Unfortunately not always the right position. 

Despite the 3H weather, we are off to bookstore.  Almost out of books to read and that would be a major disaster.  Plus need a big cup of coffee to continue thru my day. 

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Posted by Willy2 on Tuesday, June 22, 2010 7:33 AM

Happy Birthday Joe! Happy B-Day

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Posted by blhanel on Tuesday, June 22, 2010 7:10 AM

Good morning, all, and Happy B-Day, Joe! 

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Posted by JoeKoh on Tuesday, June 22, 2010 6:40 AM

thanks for the birthday wishes.I need to call my Godmother today .Our family shares alot of birthdays.another triple h day here in nw ohio.last night the lights flickered at work and mother nature released a downpour of rain.made it through the night though.Thanks so much for lunch and supper CW.Thanks for helping with the cake mookie.Going to take a nap then take it easy in the AC today.

stay safe

Joe

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Posted by cherokee woman on Tuesday, June 22, 2010 5:06 AM

Good Tuesday morning, and Happy Birthday, Joe!!!!Happy B-Day Happy B-Day Happy B-Day Happy B-Day  I hope it is a very good day for you, and may all your birthday wishes come true!!

Coffee, juices and other morning beverages are fresh and ready to go.  On the serving station this morning:

pancakes, syrup, blueberry muffins, along with the bagels, bear claws, bacon, sausage, eggs, etc.

The birthday cake is almost ready to take out of the oven, and it will be iced and decorated by lunch time.  (And yes, Mookie, Joe asked for a chocolate cake. )

Not sure what our temp is right now, but north of us, in Indiana, they have a severe weather watch out, for severe thunderstorms (should be expiring right about now), kind of doubt that we'll see any rain from it, though.

Everyone have a good morning, and take care.

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Posted by grampaw pettibone on Tuesday, June 22, 2010 4:05 AM

Happy Birthday Joe Happy B-Day. May you have many more, and a great day today Happy B-Day

Tom

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Posted by chad thomas on Tuesday, June 22, 2010 1:53 AM

bubbajustin

Today I had Vacation Bible School (VBS). I was made the official photographer of the event, which lasts all week, and I’m excited to be a part of glorifying the Lord our God to the younger children of our community.


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Posted by mudchicken on Monday, June 21, 2010 11:52 PM

Mookie:

Better get out the really big & tough net. Lurch will be dragging an old Jeep eastward to the mothership, then going back west of Tinshoes and east of Willy.

(just discovered how bad Iowa's NGS/USGS control monumentation can be. Go much north of US-30 and the UP/CNW transcon and its like the government geodecists/mappers gave up. Whole quad sheets without monumentation...gonna be a rough week for mudchickens doing serious GPS) Ever been to Paton, IA?

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Posted by grampaw pettibone on Monday, June 21, 2010 9:31 PM

I am beginning to wonder if CSX has a problem on the A Line. There has been no radio traffic of any kind since I turned the monitor on around 6PM

Tom

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Posted by grampaw pettibone on Monday, June 21, 2010 9:29 PM

Mookie, you'd better sit down for this. A restaurant near here called Golden Corral has moved to the far side of town into bigger quarters. We visited them for the 1st time over the weekend. They have all sorts of new stuff, including a CHOCOLATE FUDGE FOUNTAIN. The thing stands about 2 feet high, and flows continuously on all sides from top to bottom with hot fudge. You just walk up to it and stick a big spoon or cup into the stream and get as much as you want. I think I shall return to this place!

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Posted by bubbajustin on Monday, June 21, 2010 2:46 PM

Afternoon all.

Today I had Vacation Bible School (VBS). I was made the official photographer of the event, which lasts all week, and I’m excited to be a part of glorifying the Lord our God to the younger children of our community.

It sure is humid today. Storms came through this morning about 7:45am, knocking out power to our house for about 30 seconds. There is also a medium sized limb that ended up falling into our yard. That will have to be cleaned up later I suppose... Whistling

Have a good evening all!

-Justin

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