Last night it stormed here. Andy, one of our Maltese, is terrified. He was walking around on my head and finally settled down on my pillow with his front feed on my throat. He would like for me to come downstairs and sleep on the couch with him but I don't plan on it. Before my dad moved in with us a couple of months ago our room was downstairs and I would move in there for him just so I could get some sleep. But you gotta love 'em!

Melissa, We went to Tulsa today and it was raining when we left and raining when we returned. My husband said he is now suffering from hydrophobia. The worst part was from Afton toll gate to almost Big Cabin. Cars and truck were pulled over on the shoulder because the visability was so poor. South of there it was OK. My husbands sister lives in an assisted living home in Colorado and she normally comes once a year for a visit. She likes to take the bus because she can go to the first relatives in Arkansas, then they take her to the next, then we pick her up. She was scheduled to leave Joplin today. Of course, I couldn't get any info from Joplin but finally did get a recording that said there was no service from there. So we took her to Tulsa and she is on her way home. Craig county is getting it worse than we are and mesonet has recorded 9.63 inches since midnight. Our mesonet reading is 4.58 since midnight but we have been in the donut hole a few times with the heavy stuff not coming right across us. We are getting heavy rain right now but it looks much worse down in Cherokee and Adair county, so I think they will get a lot of rain tonight. The Cheapo Depo area was OK when we passed, but we didn't go down the street by the park. You can probably fish the park from the McDonalds parking lot soon. LOL I checked the lake level this morning and again tonight and it has come up a little over a foot with 9 gates open. The flood control pool is only at 26.68 percent so that looks OK. There is not much coverage of the tornados that touched down in Delaware county because all the reporters seem to be covering Joplin. I have seen several different reports of damage in Cleora, West Silome, Zena, and some more structure damage on 412. At first they were saying Flintridge, but I never heard that confirmed. You guys be very careful because I think we have another night and day of this. There are flash flood warnings everywhere in NE Oklahoma and NW Arkansas. My plan is to be at home until it is over.

Wow, isn't it crazy all the different weather?? I'm in Washington State and we are cold lately but NO snow!! We had a wind storm throughout this weekend (my birthday weekend) which was sooo bad. It blew about 70-80 wind gusts and steady about 40 mph. It woke us up all night. Today its about 30 degrees and no wind no rain no snow!! Pretty boring huh? Cold and dry!! lol My dogs HATE this weather. They are both babies to the cold and especially the wind!! They HATE IT!!! lol I bundle them up (with sweaters and boots) and they don't care. They want their faces covered!! If any of you have boxers you will know what I mean with wanted their faces covered!! lol :-) Thanks, Elycia

We have been enjoying milder temps here. Milder to us is anything above freezing but we have been in the 40's and it did rain here last night. A lot of snow has melted but we still have areas where it will be at least a month before it melts all the way down. I can now see the ground in some spots and some of my plant markers. However, it is suppose to be a rainy weekend and may have some snow showers mixed in. At least the furnace isn't running 24 hours a day as the sun really makes a difference. A slow melt is better than a complete washout. Take it easy with the weeding and don't over do it. Thought you might enjoy this cartoon my daughter posted for me.