Re: Thunder

Oh NO!  How awful Melody.  Hope that won't be TOO expensive to fix!

On 8/1/05, Melody <mhobertm@excite.com> wrote:
> We got some much needed rain here a few days ago only to discover that
> in the tremendously dry heat we've been having, part of our roof had
> buckled and now we have a leak. Great, just great. Guess I know where my
> money will be going this month...not that I have it, mind you...have car
> registration fees to pay this month, school shopping to do, new braces
> for Meg to pay for...this puts the final kaput to vacation...sometimes
> when it rains, it really does pour! :-(
> 
> 
> 
> Melody
> Hills, IA  zone 5
> 
> Work for the Lord:  the pay isn't much but the retirement is out of this world!
> 
>  --- On Thu 07/28, kmrsy@netzero.com < kmrsy@netzero.com > wrote:
> From: kmrsy@netzero.com [mailto: kmrsy@netzero.com]
> To: gardenchat@hort.net
> Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2005 18:29:16 GMT
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Thunder
> 
> Auralie, whenever I've been very dry here for awhile and rain is on
> the<br>way, I attempt to water my beds a bit before it arrives, so the
> rain<br>will have a better chance of some of it soaking in rather than
> running<br>off. Much of the hard rain you described may run off anyway,
> but most<br>would surely run off if it hits dry, hard soil. Now that
> yours is<br>moistened, I hope you get some more. I think we have had
> plenty here for<br>awhile. Our temps dropped dramatically too after the
> storms arrived but<br>are starting to climb a little. Last night I
> hand-trimmed all my front<br>beds and mowed and barely broke a sweat at
> all. It was wonderful!<br><br><br>Kitty<br><br>-- Aplfgcnys@aol.com
> wrote:<br>Had a violent thunder and wind storm yesterday afternoon
> about<br>6:00 PM. Really scary. Lasted about 20 minutes. Rain came
> <br>down hard for part of that time, and the temperature dropped
> <br>from 93 degrees to 71 in the same period. We are thankful <br>for
> small favors -
> 
> every bit of rain helps but this was so hard<br>and lasted so short a
> time that it didn't help much. When I<br>tried to dig in the garden this
> morning, the soil was not even<br>moist more than two inches down. Hope
> yours amounts to<br>more than ours did.<br>Auralie<br><br>In a message
> dated 07/28/2005 1:34:13 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
> <br>islandjim1@verizon.net writes:<br>We've had thunder in the distance,
> like a war was going on in the next <br>county, since 2 AM this morning.
> Now looks like we're finally gong to <br>get a tad of rain. Orange spots
> on the radar. That should cool it down <br>a
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Pam Evans
Kemp TX
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