Re: Tornadic Conditions

Good Grief  you guys!  Sounds like the middle of the country is
really getting it!  Glad it appears all have survived and with no
major damage.  We actually had a thunderstorm with teeny hail and
about 5 minutes of actual raindrops - got the patio wet; doubt
seriously it penetrated the dry soil, but at least it was
something...now the wind is howling out there and the temps are
dropping.  Ah....spring.

Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
mtalt@hort.net
Shadyside Garden Designs

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> From: Christopher P. Lindsey <lindsey@mallorn.com>
> 
> > Cathy C., looks like you and most of Illinois are in the middle
of some
> > terrible weather right now.  Take care.  We are under a tornado
watch until
> > midnight.  I do not like scaru storms.
> 
> It was a big one -- probably the worst I've seen in the past ten
years!
> My parents were visiting and were just about to leave when the
tornado
> sirens went off; they wouldn't believe a big storm was coming and
still
> wanted to drive!
> 
> I finally herded everyone into the basement just in time for the
power to
> go out, so I rummaged around and set up my propane camping lantern.
 The
> wind really started picking up then; we could hear things thumping
and 
> blowing around.
> 
> After about an hour the storm let up, so we walked down the street
to 
> survey the damage.  Sticks and branches were everywhere and garbage
cans
> were rolling around in the streets.  Three doors west of me a 30'
high
> linden was snapped at the base and tossed against the house, and I
found
> out today that a 60' pine across the street fell in their backyard.
> 
> Anyhow, my parents left and I stayed up checking on the water level
in
> the sump pit, bailing it out by hand as necessary until the power
came
> back on around 8:30.  I need to get one of those water-powered sump
pumps.
> 
> The good news is that as far as I know, nobody was hurt.
> 
> Chris
> Urbana, IL  61801
> 
>
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