RE: Just in case you heard...

I think Bill is right!

Seems we always have a storm on Good Friday, if we
didn't I would worry.

Donna

--- Bonnie & Bill Morgan <wmorgan972@ameritech.net>
wrote:

> BTW, did you send that storm my way?  Right in the
> middle of Good Friday
> services, while Pastor was talking about the storm
> on that first Good
> Friday, we got hail and rain driven by 60 mile an
> hour  winds!  I kept
> listening for that freight train sound a tornado
> makes, but fortunately, it
> didn't come.  Bill kidded Pastor about having more
> pull than he thought to
> get the timing so good on the "special effects."
> 
> There were some small flash floods and road
> flooding, some trees down, but
> considering the strength of that storm, very little
> damage.  Pam, I sure
> wish I could have sent much of that water your way. 
> The small swale between
> our yard and the neighbors has become a fast running
> stream again this
> spring.  I hope one day to have enough money to make
> it into a dry stream
> bed with our neighbors.  It has actually cut a bed
> through a clump of trees,
> meandering in and out of the trunks.  It would be a
> lovely peace of
> hardscape for both of us.
> 
> Blessings,
> Bonnie (SW OH - zone 5)
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net
> [o*@hort.net] On Behalf
> Of Donna
> Sent: Friday, April 14, 2006 9:06 PM
> To: gardenchat@hort.net
> Subject: RE: [CHAT] Just in case you heard...
> 
> So glad you and your family are fine.... really a
> sad time (not that any
> time is good) for those effected to loose
> everything.
> 
> and the same to you :)
> 
> "It is time like these that you get to understand
> how truly full of
> blessings life is...
> 
> BTW, for those of you of like mind: Peace to all of
> you on this most holy of
> solemn days, Good Friday, as we wait for the passion
> of our Lord to end and
> for the anticipation of his resurrection soon to
> come. May your Easter be
> filled with all the blessings of our great and
> loving God."
> 
> Donna
> 
> 
> --- Melody   <mhobertm@excite.com> wrote:
> 
> > This was definitely a case of we got very lucky as
> the multiple 
> > tornadoes all around missed our little town by
> literally just a hop, 
> > skip, and a jump. Neigbors out in the rest of the
> surrounding area 
> > weren't so lucky...although for the number of
> actual tornadoes that 
> > were all on the ground moving around at the same
> time here--thought to 
> > be in excess of 5 or more-- it is literally a
> miracle that there were 
> > so few injuries and only a couple of fatalities.
> We have an amazing 
> > warning system in this state and the radar
> technology these days saves 
> > thousands of lives every year, I am sure. What we
> initially believed 
> > in the darkness after the storm to be relatively
> minor damage in Iowa 
> > City sure turned out to be a whole lot worse as
> dawn came...the damage 
> > estimates to one residential area particularly
> hard hit is already in 
> > the multi-millions...unfortunately it is a part of
> the university town 
> > where mostly students live so those poor young
> kids probably lost 
> > everything they own
> > 
> > without the financial resources to really replace
> much of it. And it 
> > is doubtful if the landlords will rebuild...that
> part of town holds 
> > some of the most valuable real estate in the
> entire county for upscale 
> > developers to buy up and move in as it is
> centrally located to all of 
> > downtown Iowa City and therefore the University
> campus. Menards and 
> > Walmart both sustained massive damage but thank
> goodness no fatalities 
> > there. That area of town also is home to many of
> our car dealerships 
> > and at least two of them were completely
> devastated.
> > Another area of severe
> > damage though was along one of our major
> streets...Riverside drive, 
> > just blocks from two major hospitals, both of
> which were mercifully 
> > spared and less than two blocks from my children's
> elementary school. 
> > But the entire county is in mourning over the loss
> of one of our most 
> > beloved businesses...the Riverside Dairy Queen is
> completely gone...a 
> > business that has been there for over 40 years and
> which practically
> > 
> > everyone who lives here visits multiple times
> every year...it is truly 
> > one of those places that acts as a hub of a
> community and we can only 
> > hope that the owners will rebuild...what a task
> they and all the 
> > others in their position have ahead of them.
> > 
> > 
> > It is time like these that you get to understand
> how
> > truly full of blessings life is...
> > 
> > BTW, for those of you of like mind: Peace to all
> of
> > you on this most
> > holy of solemn days, Good Friday, as we wait for
> the
> > passion of our Lord
> > to end and for the anticipation of his
> resurrection
> > soon to come. May
> > your Easter be filled with all the blessings of
> our
> > great and loving
> > God.
> > 
> > 
> > For the rest of ya:  Hope the Easter bunny is good
> > to you!!  :-)
> > 
> > Melody 
> > Hills, IA  zone 5
> > 
> > Work for the Lord:  the pay isn't much but the
> > retirement is out of this world!
> > 
> >  --- On Fri 04/14, Bonnie & Bill Morgan <
> > wmorgan972@ameritech.net > wrote:
> > From: Bonnie & Bill Morgan [mailto:
> > wmorgan972@ameritech.net]
> > To: gardenchat@hort.net
> > Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2006 10:13:45 -0400
> > Subject: RE: [CHAT] Just in case you heard...
> > 
> > I did see that on TV and was concerned as there
> was
> > one fatality.
> > Thanks<br>for easing my Iowa City looked like a
> mess
> > after the
> > touchdown. I<br>understand much of the phone and
> > power is out in Iowa
> > City. Did that affect<br>you? Do you know if
> > residents got much of a
> > warning? I'm so glad you<br>escaped the worst of
> > that
> > storm!<br><br>Blessings,<br>Bonnie (SW OH - zone
> 5)
> > <br><br>-----Original Message-----<br>From:
> > owner-gardenchat@hort.net
> > [o*@hort.net] On Behalf<br>Of
> > Melody <br>Sent:
> > Thursday, April 13, 2006 9:52 PM<br>To:
> > gardenchat@hort.net<br>Subject:
> > [CHAT] Just in case you heard...<br><br>Dear
> > friends: Having some
> > weather problems here right now...just in case
> > you<br>hear about a
> > tornado in Hills, so far we' re doing fine. Will
> let
> > you know<br>if
> > problems happen but we deal with this weather here
> > in Iowa every
> > spring<br>so... looks like some minor damage just
> > north of us in Iowa
> > City...roof of<br>Menards collapsed, semi
> 
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