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The Big One Has Arrived--W and NW of El Reno
Comments (3)Mark, If you have no shelter and no neighbor with a shelter, get to an interior room with no windows---a bathroom, a pantry, a closet---on the lowest level of your home. Take a mattress, couch cushions, pillows or anything to cover your head and body and protect them from debris. A small room is best. A room on the opposite side of where the storm is coming from is best. So, if it is approaching from your west, choose a small, windowless closet or room on the east side. Whatever you do, do not get in your car and try to outrun this storm. Please be careful. I am praying for your safety. If your have power and are receiving a TV signal, tune in to a local channel that can tell you this storm's exact path. Dawn...See MoreBRRRRRRRRRRRR /Winter has arrived
Comments (10)Jay, No! Say it isn't so! Winter has a lot of nerve arriving at the end of December. At least you had some good weather for a while so you could work on your outdoor projects. I guess that is over now. We have one more good day here (high temp today was around midnight--68 degrees at that time and we still should stay in the 50s all day) but we'll be much colder after the front moves through tonight. Being a lot further south, I think the lowest our temps will drop will be about 18 degrees tomorrow night. Still, after a couple of days in the 70s, that 18 degrees will feel really cold. Carol, I saw on The Weather Channel yesterday afternoon that Dr. Forbes had given a fairly high (for Dec.) TorCon Index to parts of the south today, but didn't really think it would hit OK. I hope the hail missed y'all and I hope Dorothy's place wasn't hit too hard by the storm. We had a brief rainshower during the early morning hours, bring our rain for this week to about 1.5" and to about 2.5" for the month, so we've had a good, wet December here. Hopefully the residents of Arkansas and other states that are at risk today will not be hit too hard by the forecasted severe storms. Somehow, tornadoes on the last day of this year just seems to fit right in with all the other wild weather we had in 2010. I've linked the Storm Prediction Center's Convective Outlook below for anyone who wants to read it or look at the graphic of the risk area. Dawn Here is a link that might be useful: Storm Prediction Center's Outlook...See MoreCold front has arrived!!
Comments (10)Sigh...........downpour just got over. Broken riding mower. Grass this high. Volunteer dill and flowers in the garden, more than I can pull but it won't do any good to hoe because next rain will just replant them. Possibly a handful of strawberries out there. The mosquitoes aren't so bad. I did use bug repellent the other day when I was working in the long grass in the shade. The chickweed is awful these past two years. Storm warnings for tonight. I don't know about tomorrow. It doesn't seem like their timing is hitting it even close. I turned the a/c off Sunday and it's been ok. Hot but not unbearable inside. Edited to say: Well, I guess it isn't over after all. Got drenched doing chores....See MorePlanting season has arrived.
Comments (14)Ha Maryl I am always surprised when people try to kill violets. They are so very pretty and scream spring to me . For me in my situation , I allow them to grow all over because where they grow dandelions don't and I HATE dandelions. I am surrounded by farmer's fields and am at the mercy of the winds when it comes to dandelions. One year I stood in my back yard and watched and prayed while the wind came up and blew huge field full of dead dandelion seeds across the field . Fortunately for me the winds that day were blowing parallel to my back yard !!!!!!!! Thank goodness . That is not always the case. Did you know that Pansies are a type of Viola ? I didn't till I did some research on them . The plant world fascinates me . They are it seems also an important food source for many moths who pollinate other plants. . I also make a violet concentrate that I add to summer drinks that is quite nice and a lovely lavender color. It is said to be good for suppressing coughs in children with asthma and did you know .(exerpt from wikipedia) that "Many Viola species contain antioxidants called anthocyanins. Fourteen anthocyanins from V. yedoensis and V. prionantha have been identified. Some anthocyanins show strong antioxidant activities.[21] Most violas tested and many other plants of the family Violaceae contain cyclotides,[22][23][24] which have a diverse range of in vitro biological activities when isolated from the plant, including uterotonic, anti-HIV, antimicrobial, and insecticidal activities." Also , found during my research many years ago that violet set seeds twice ? "Almost all violets have two kinds of flowers: normal, conspicuous ones that are held above the foliage and may be pollinated and set seed, and short-stemmed, inconspicuous cleistogamous (Greek for closed mouth) flowers that set seed without pollination and produce copious offspring identical to the parent." This is no doubt why they can be so prolific . So while many people do their utmost to get rid of them, I embrace them and enjoy violets in my gardens . I have white, regular purple , purple and white, yellow , red and a freckled violet ........and I love 'em all. They aren't dandelions !!!!...See More- 4 years ago
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