4/26/2016 Severe Weather Check-In Thread
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Comments (19)I think we ended up with 6.1" yesterday, bringing our May total so far to about 13" and our year-to-date total in the upper 20s. The flash flooding damage is massive, and we cancelled our Mother's Day cookout/dinner as Tim and Chris were out with the fire department working motor vehicle accidents, reporting flooded roads so our county commissioner could send out guys to barricade those roads, and participating in a high water rescue in which one of our firefighters(so proud of him!) came across a person about to be swept off a bridge and into a creek that would feeds into the Red River fairly close by and rescued her from the vehicle, and the rest of our firefighters rushed there to help him and to try to save the car from washing away (and also to try to prevent other people from driving into that flooded roadway). Other than that, nothing at all happened here in our neighborhood. I understand Hwy 77 in our part of the county may be iffy in a few places today, but there was a lot more damage in town including damaged or destroyed roadways, as far as I know, than out here in the sticks. We'll have our cookout and dinner this evening in perfect sunny weather and without rain falling on our heads and we'll be able to enjoy it more than we would have yesterday when the skies were black and rain wouldn't stop falling. The Red River is about to crest, or already has crested, at a little over 30'. For perspective, that means any equipment or cattle in the river bottom areas had to be moved to an elevation 6' higher in order to stay out of the flood waters. We saw farmers/ranchers with bottom land areas cutting and baling and moving their hay to higher ground last week, and it is a good thing, because some of those same bottom lands are under several feet of water now. I'm glad they were able to get that first cutting of hay harvested so they wouldn't lose it to the flood. The Red River is making folks nervous, and I am sure all of you likely have flooding rivers nearby that are making folks feel the same way. It has flooded much worse here before and still is 10-11 feet lower than its record flood stage reached in 1987 at the I35 bridge between Cooke County TX and Love County OK. I am worried about the Kingston area Marshall County as they usually get hit hard by all this water flowing downstream to Lake Texoma. I don't know how the plants in my garden are going to handle all this moisture. The couple of days of drying out that we have before the next rain event will help a little, but not enough. We'll know soon if the raised beds have saved the plants that are growing in them. I know everything is going to have all kinds of fungal diseases. I sprayed with Daconil a couple of weeks ago, but rain washes it off, so it isn't really helpful if it is raining every day, and that's doubly true if you're getting 3-6" a day. Some years are just this way and we just have to wait it out and see how our plants respond. It is hard to be unhappy about rain when we generally are in desperate need of more of it. I'm still not happy about the fact that it is coming in such ridiculous amounts. The weeks that typically bring our rainiest weather still lie ahead of us, and that's food for thought, isn't it? Hope everyone is well and that your plants are hanging in there and surviving....See MoreSaturday Severe Weather Check-In Thread
Comments (14)Our dog has learned that when the neighbors visit in the middle of the night, he needs to go to the shelter. Not his first rodeo. LOL We only got an inch of rain this time so we didn't have the road closing problems that we had during the last big storm. I saw a small tree down on the way to church and when I returned home there was a huge tree in a downtown street in front of city hall. Half of my garden is OK, but things in the lower half look like life is over for them. In addition to the rain, there is a french drain that feeds into that area. It works wonders in dry years, and in normal years it doesn't get planted until after the Spring rains are ended, but this year I have about 30 tomato plants that will be lost. Too soon to know about the peppers yet. We just haven't had much heat yet, so everything is late. I gave most of my tomato transplants away to 3 different families, now I am trying to improve the few I had not planted so I can get a few of them into the garden.....if it ever drys out enough. I have 6 plants on the high side of my garden, so all are not lost....See More4/29/2016 Severe Weather Check-In Thread
Comments (23)Bruce, Thanks for letting us know how you and Janet are doing. We missed y'all at the Spring Fling, but we knew you were busy dealing with the aftermath of Mother Nature's weather temper tantrum. I am so pleased to hear how much recovery progress you've already made, and doubly pleased you have reclamation crews coming in so quickly. I believe your hard work and quick action will save some items you otherwise might have lost. It is impressive what y'all have managed to do so quickly, and it is inspiring for the rest of us who someday might face similar issues---y'all will be the shining example of what we need to do if we're ever hit by the same type of weather destruction. You know, here in OK in the springtime, anything can happen and it usually does happen to someone. I still cannot believe it happened to y'all. Hang in there and keep smiling and keep growing. I know you need your garden more than ever this year because it is such a great stress reliever and y'all certainly have had a lot of stress these last few days. Dawn...See More5/9/2016 Check-In Thread
Comments (34)Uh, yes. Sorry not to show up here any sooner. Life has been very very hectic and I left with my wife for a few days in Costa Rica. The first morning after our arrival we went for a walk on a rocky/sandy beach and came across a tree with lots of small yellow fruit (ping pong ball size) laying on the sand. They looked like guayabas, one of my favorite. But the leaves and tree itself didn't look as I recall a guayaba to look. I broke one open and just touched the tip of my tongue to the flesh. It tasted sweet. But it did not taste like a guayaba. So I left it without eating any. I did carry a few with me to ask about, back at the hotel. Within 1/2 hour I had a pretty strong case of indigestion and very irritated palate. When I showed the hotel staff what I had gotten into they were horrified! They said it was DEADLY poison! "Oh great!" I thought. "Great way to celebrate our 35th anniversary." They gave me some milk to drink and we went back to our room. I researched via Internet. There is no hospital near here, and the staff didn't mention any doctor. The long and the short of it was I had indigestion for most of the day and almost no appetite. It felt like an overdose of habanero, minus the great flavor. I also had a sore palette until sometime the next day. But we did go hiking, etc. with no interruption. I wasn't particularly upset, once I determined that the poison wasn't such as attack the neurological system. Here's a link, one which actually encouraged me, as the fellow actually took a couple of bites and survived. I have, however daydreamed about somehow commercializing this stuff to use on garden pests. Mazanillo poisoning...See MoreTurbo Cat (7a)
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