Miraje, Thanks for posting this! I just came here to do it, and saw you already had. I think ANYONE who sees something potentially ugly popping up weatherwise should feel free to post if as soon as they become aware of it, and it isn't going to hurt my feelings any if someone else posts it before I am able. : ) I just want to be sure everyone always knows when potential danger is lurking!!!! I was busy in the kitchen all day baking cookies and making cake balls for a firefighter event tonight, and I had no idea such ugly weather is brewing until just now. Wind-driven hail up to the size of baseballs? Really??? How scarey is that? Now, the problem is by writing this, I'll be bumping down your thread with the weather page linked, so I'm going to go post a message with the scarey words Wind-Driven Baseball Sized Hail in the Subject line and refer everyone to this thread. I will be outside from 6 to 9 p.m. at the fire station and won't be watching the weather or posting about it, so please, y'all, look out for each other, watch the weather, watch your local news, watch the skies and warn each other if trouble is brewing anyone in our region, not just for us Okies, but for our friends in Kansas, Texas, Arkansas and Missouri who sometimes visit us here and participate in our discussons. Also, there is a 'Particularly Dangerous Situation" tornado situation in the middle of the country today, and a large, pontially dangerous tornado with hail may be on the ground in Kansas (not near Jay!) right now, so watch The Weather Channel if you have loved ones there or east of there. Dr. Forbes of TWC gave that area an 8/10 on his TorCon Scale. So, heads up everyone! This could be a bad day someplace fairly close to us. And, in case y'all don't think hail can hurt someone, I want to remind everyone that a young man who was a pizza delivery driver in the Fort Worth suburb of Lake Worth was struck in the head by baseball-sized hail and killed a few years back. He was safely indoors and had run outside to attempt to move his car when the hail started falling. Instead, he lost his life. So, take baseball-sized hail seriously, and especially if it is wind-driven hail becaue the wind will drive it at a very intense velocity, making it more dangerous. Now, I'm off to post the scarey-titled thread to get everyone to come read this thread. Dawn

TGIF to all! Susie, I'm really happy for you, glad your dream is happening! Annie, please give the B-Day girl a hug and tell her I'd love to buy her a drink...maybe next time I get down your way. You can probably get all your chores done because that's you...I know I couldn't! Diane...my healing prayers to those you are visiting. Obxgina... party on! Alexa, sounds like a bust Sat but rest on Sunday. Have fun! Lyra, hang in there! Are things still busy at your work? Linda, the only thing I can say about the cool, wet spring we are having is that the perennials are looking their best ever. Hey Gina...have a really good weekend! Ellen, you may need to rest up on Monday! Pat, I hear class reunions can be fun...haven't gone to any of mine. I have met up with some former classmates on Facebook though... Since I have to work every weekend, I have no plans! Kim is going to Ohio for her nephews HS graduation while I slave away. My weekend are now on Tues and Wed. and I still have deck planters to fill on Tues. It's been either too cold or raining on my days off so the plants are waiting for me, but they want to be in their new homes... The summer people are returning, it's been getting steadily busier at work. News Flash.....we have an occasional poster...mostly lurker (according to her) that stopped in at the store last weekend and introduced herself to me. It's MrsJack here on GW and she was really sweet. She lives across the state from me and I've encouraged her to post more. Gloria....Hi! Nancy

Three new photos I've added to our hallway. These I took three weeks ago in Alaska. I have several other photos I've taken on my travels hung in our hall as well. I've converted them to black and white, sent them out for professional printing and framed them. From left to right... St. Michael's Russian Church in Sitka, AK Flower in Icy Straight Point, AK Totem in Whale Park, Ketchikan, AK Jodi-

Heres the Mockingbird "hiding" in the brambles.....beautiful pix today everyone........ ~Kathy~