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Posted by grampaw pettibone on Wednesday, July 14, 2010 9:33 AM

Good morning. 83 degrees and sunny in Carolina, with 72% humidity to go with it, and the heat index is 97! We missed out on the fun last night when the storms passed well to the south of us.

One of my girls jumped ship this morning, and my gimped up self had to go out and try to get her back in. Finally gave up and she came back on her own!!

Everyone take care

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Posted by cherokee woman on Wednesday, July 14, 2010 11:43 AM

We currently have a temp of 85 degrees, with a heat index of 91, and later today, the heat index is supposed to be right at 100.  Very muggy outside. 

Here is the menu for the rest of the day:  Chinese.

1.  Beef w/broccoli

2.  Shrimp w/mixed vegetables

3.  Moo goo gai pan

4.  Chicken chow mein

5.  Srhimp w/cashew nuts

6.  Roast pork egg foo young

7.  Broccoli w/garlic sauce

8.  Chicken, beef or shrimp Lo mein

9.  Boneless spare ribs

All nine dinners are served with fried rice. 

Going to go outside after a bit, and wash our wastebaskets and the garbage bin.  With this heat, they'll all be dry in no time!

Everyone enjoy, have a good afternoon, keeping cool and take care.

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Posted by blhanel on Wednesday, July 14, 2010 1:06 PM

Willy2
Severe storms late this afternoon, which will head toward Brian in Cedar Rapids.

(sigh)

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Posted by Mookie on Wednesday, July 14, 2010 1:13 PM

Isn't it nice to have neighbors in Ne to send you all the good "stuff"

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Posted by Modelcar on Wednesday, July 14, 2010 2:20 PM

......Hot, hot, hot....91 plus and high humidity.  Sunshine.

New Patio door installed and finished.   Very pleased.

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Posted by spokyone on Wednesday, July 14, 2010 2:21 PM

 A local farmer told me his range gauge shows 30 inches of rain since he planted the corn. His fields drain well, so he is happy. This month the rain has come in downpours with not too much wind and no hail.

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Posted by Willy2 on Wednesday, July 14, 2010 8:45 PM

Well, had a temperature of 96 with a heat index of 115 degrees earlier today. Now another awesome storm, with over an inch of rain. I'm not going to make any friends saying this, but I love this kind of weather.

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Posted by Mookie on Wednesday, July 14, 2010 9:16 PM

Willy - that was quite a rain storm.  The spotters found a wall cloud west of us, but we really just got good hard rain for awhile.  No damage and lots of good water!  And we dropped from 95 to 73!  Ah.  Brian - looks like it is just about to your front door!  You are welcome!

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Posted by CNW 6000 on Wednesday, July 14, 2010 9:55 PM

We had more than 3" of rain in less than 2.5 hours and sustained winds (briefly) of around 50 mph, gusts around 65.  Trees (no, not Larry), powerlines, and lots and lots of street flooding will keep the PD/FD busy overnight.  Wait...it gets better, round 3 is just around the corner.

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Posted by blhanel on Wednesday, July 14, 2010 10:41 PM

Mookie
Brian - looks like it is just about to your front door!  You are welcome!

 

Watching the radar here- looks like it's fizzling, if you ask me.  Whatever is left should get here within the next hour.  They haven't even issued any watches for us yet.

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Posted by cherokee woman on Thursday, July 15, 2010 6:17 AM

Good Thursday morning, everyone.  Well, we're in for a scorcher today!  Starting out at 77 degrees F., going for a high of 97 (but the heat index will range anywhere between 100 and 105).  I am really glad that we now have air conditioning in our home!  Although, I may try to take a walk in just a little bit, before it gets too hot out there. 

Mookie, Willy, Brian, Dan:  hope you all fared well overnight! 

Coffee, juices and other morning beverages are freshly prepared and ready to go.  On the warmer/serving station this morning:  bagels, bear claws, BLTs, turkey bacon, sausage links & patties, scrambled eggs, papaya, kiwi, cantaloupe, watermelon, blackberries, blueberries, strawberries

Everyone keep cool, stay hydrated when you're outside, especially, be safe and take care!!

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Posted by CNW 6000 on Thursday, July 15, 2010 6:20 AM

Backyard under 7"+ of water, and so is the garden.  I'm gonna give up on veggies and switch to Koi.

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Posted by cherokee woman on Thursday, July 15, 2010 6:25 AM

Dan, hope the water isn't getting in your house!  That would not be a good thing.  Hope you all are all right!

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Posted by JoeKoh on Thursday, July 15, 2010 6:40 AM

morning

Dan hope you don't have to row row row a boat!!! The rain will be making its way over here to NW ohio by tonight.Cw thanks for breakfast.Time for bed.we have errands to do this afternoon.

stay safe

joe

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Posted by CNW 6000 on Thursday, July 15, 2010 7:28 AM

CW,
No water in the house at this point.  Water trying to find its way to the garage but I'm telling it that it's going the wrong way: "Ya shoulda turned left at Albequrke!"

Joe,
No boats (yet) but glad the 4x4 has sealed/vented axles and a high intake.  I felt like I was in a version of "Oregon Trail" with all the reborn streams around.  No wagon wheels broke or oxen died. Smile,Wink, & Grin

We're doing ok on our side of town now but the SW part may be worse off.  Several streets are closed as "Impassible" and there are many trees missing branches and power poles missing lines.  Aedan slept through the whole thing.

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Posted by blhanel on Thursday, July 15, 2010 7:40 AM

I'm glad it was someone else's turn- I don't think we even got wet here.

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Posted by CNW 6000 on Thursday, July 15, 2010 8:11 AM

Water happens.  Oh yeah, raining again.  Wondering if any RRs in WI will be having water issues.

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Posted by spokyone on Thursday, July 15, 2010 9:32 AM

 The Mississippi must have stopped all the rain before it got to Illinois.

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Posted by grampaw pettibone on Thursday, July 15, 2010 9:56 AM

Good morning and peace be with you. 83 and a hot index of 105 in Carolina at present, headed for 93 and a hot index of 109!! Kinda warm in our free state this AM.

Got up early and got the grocery shopping done, but it was already hot and sticky. Thank G-D I only have to go every 2 weeks or so. It took a while to get ready, tho. For a while I was seeing 3 of everything....

Everyone take care and stay sqfe

Tom

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Posted by cherokee woman on Thursday, July 15, 2010 12:07 PM

Dan, glad no water has gotten into the house!  Walt and I just came in from our front porch, and it feels like an oven, even though it is shaded by the pine tree.  Hate to think of what it is going to feel like out there between 4 and 9 p.m. tonight, when the sun is on the west side of us (which is the direction our front porch faces).

Here is the menu for the rest of the day:

1.  Sloppy joes

2.  Hamburgers

Both will be served with your choice of fries, potato wedges, and garden salad.

Desserts today:  ICE CREAM, ICE CREAM, ICE CREAM (I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream!)

Walt and I are both planning on short bus trips after a little bit:  him to the library for reading material, and me to the grocery for some more chicken for our supper here at home tonight.  It will be grilled on our little George Foreman Champ grill.

Everyone enjoy your afternoon, keep safe and take care, please!

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Posted by spokyone on Thursday, July 15, 2010 1:52 PM

cherokee woman
:  ICE CREAM, ICE CREAM, ICE CREAM (I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream!)

 

YEA! Chocolate preferred.

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Posted by Mookie on Thursday, July 15, 2010 2:30 PM

I'll bet I can get one dip of pistachio and one dip of swiss almond for me (which I can't do in real life - don't think they sell either one any more) and 2 dips of butter pecan for the Driver! 

Boy CW, that would be great!

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Posted by JoeKoh on Thursday, July 15, 2010 2:31 PM

can you hear us from NW ohio?? YEA ice cream.we are under a storm watch now.radar shows bright colors from Ft Wayne to Indy.We'll see what we get.time to get ready for work.

stay safe

Joe

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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, July 15, 2010 4:08 PM

Two thumbs up here in Alamo City for ice cream.....our temperature is currently 93, but with the humidity the "feels like" temperature is 108!!!!!

 

 

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Posted by Deggesty on Thursday, July 15, 2010 5:32 PM

When I came home from my walk this morning, I found water running off the roof--and we have had no rain for several days. The float that shuts the swamp cooler fill water off had water in it, so it did not float as it should. I took it off, drilled a couple of holes in it (I know not how the water got in), dried it out, plugged the holes, let the plugs dry (I hope), and put it back on. We shall see if I saved myself the cost and installation labor of a new valve (you cannot buy just a float).

We expect to hit 100 degrees tomorrow, without rain in sight. Willy, can you help us out?

I had an interesting experience in the past two weeks. Two weeks ago today, I pushed what I thought was simply some greenery out of my way as I was walking (there is not supposed to be any growth within seven feet above the sidewalk); I gained a few rose thorns in my hand.  A few days later, I was running a fever which I have now overcome. Yesterday, I saw our doctor, and he told me that it is possible to get an infection from rose thorns. I had never before heard of such.

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Posted by Modelcar on Thursday, July 15, 2010 7:42 PM

JoeKoh
we are under a storm watch now.radar shows bright colors from Ft Wayne to Indy.We'll see what we get.

 

Well Joe, we got it a couple of hours ago and I can tell you we received .7" of rain, and some wind.  Just some leaves down in yards.....Lasted a half hour or so.

And Spokyone....You're right on....Chocolate is preferred.  In fact, I just finished off a dixie cup of same right here at the computer board.  And it was very good.  Simply, Meijer's chocolate ice cream.

Noted our high today {before the rain}, was 95.5 degrees with extremely high humidity.

 

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Posted by cherokee woman on Friday, July 16, 2010 5:06 AM

Modelcar

Noted our high today {before the rain}, was 95.5 degrees with extremely high humidity.

Good Friday morning, all.  Quentin, I'm not sure about the .5, but our high yesterday was 95, and with the humidity, it felt about 105 degrees.  Last night, at 10:00 p.m., it was still 90 degrees.  We have gotten some rain overnight, started somewhere between 1 and 3:00 a.m.  Still looking for some scattered showers/storms throughout the day.  Projected high today is to be 90, 91 degrees.  Humidity is still high, though, so it's going to be another muggy, muggy day around Kentuckiana.

Johnny, you're right:  I've never heard before that you can get an infection from a rose.  Hope you are doing better! 

Coffee, juices and other morning beverages are freshly made and ready to go.  On the warmer/serving station this morning:  a few bagels & bear claws, along with an assortment of doughnuts.  Don't worry, Mookie:  we also have plenty of the chocolate covered, cream filled long johns we both love to eat!! Smile  There are also some brownies, with a blue border of icing on them. 

Everyone have a good morning, keep safe and stay cool.

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Posted by JoeKoh on Friday, July 16, 2010 6:52 AM

good morning

Q I called my dad and they got nothing out of what was in Indiana.we got a sprinkle.

the weekend is here.going to be a triple h weekend.have some errands this morning then it's train time.will keep plenty of water on hand.cw thanks for breakfast.

stay safe

Joe

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Posted by tree68 on Friday, July 16, 2010 8:50 AM

The front that ran through Joes area yesterday got here this morning and is doing a nice job of wringing itself out.  Since it started a couple of hours ago, we've gotten an inch and a quarter of rain. 

We've been getting some bumps and rumbles, too.

It's supposed to clear up later, but it also looks like I could get wet working on the railroad this weekend.

Time to figure out what I'm going to do today...

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Posted by grampaw pettibone on Friday, July 16, 2010 9:40 AM

Good morning from Carolina. 82 and sunny this morning, headed for 93 and a hot index of a hunnert. It's been quiet here, for a change. All the storms have been moving south of us for the past few days and we have been spared the artillery.

Everyone have a great day

Tom

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