Re: Re: MORE STORMS!

Life in TX is not for the faint of heart...

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <gardenqueen@academicplanet.com>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Monday, June 07, 2004 11:59 AM
Subject: Re: Re: [CHAT]MORE STORMS!


> No storm sewers here or in Midland. Out in the country they have bar
> ditches. In town, it just floods. But it happens so rarely, that it
> wouldn't justify the expense to build them. Be like buying a snowplow in
> Texas - what the heck for??
>
> We had to have gotten half a foot of rain in about three hours which
> never happens. My gauge overflows at 5 1/2". When I went out about 10pm
> to rescue my moon tortoise and lock the back gate (about an hour and a
> half into the storm), I had to hold on to things to keep from being
> blown over by the wind and enormous drops of rain (and I ain't light)
> and the water was over my ankles out back. It felt like being pelted by
> golf ball size water balloons, thousands of them. I was quite the lovely
> drowned rat when I got back in the house. Sugar of course looked at me
> like I was totally bonkers.
>
>
> Pam Evans
> Kemp, TX
> zone 8A
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: F M Ferrari
> Sent: 6/7/2004 3:59:06 AM
> To: gardenchat@hort.net
> Subject: Re: [CHAT]MORE STORMS!
>
> > Pam! When it rains . . . it sure pours in your neck of the woods. I know
> > you aren't exagerating! During the 1980's, I got to go to Midland/Odessa
> > several times a year and was amazed when storms came in and the streets
> > were flooded! Where's the sewage system out there??? Luckily OKC has
> > missed some of these nasty storms lately. Fran
> >
> >
> > <gardenqueen@academicplanet.com> wrote:We had another humdinger here
last night! 5" of rain in about 2 1/2
> > hours - 50-60 mph winds. Been cleaning up all morning. Jesse - tell Neal
> > - MORE rocks please. That last load did a good job but there are still a
> > few places I get washout. No storm drains here, so when the streets
> > flood, the yards flood and my driveway turns into a river. And every
> > vehicle that goes by sends tidal waves into your yard. I've done a
> > pretty good job w/ raised beds and rocks placed to divert the flow
> > considering my major was history and not civil engineering. Anyone heard
> > from Noreen or Scottie? My power went off around 8pm last night and
> > didn't come back until 3am or so, so couldn't get any news here. Rich
> > darlin' - pour yourself a glass of tea and take a little break from the
> > rain dancing for a week or two! We sure needed this though, just not the
> > wind and hail.
> >
> >
> > Pam Evans
> > Kemp, TX
> > zone 8A
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Cersgarden@aol.com
> > Sent: 6/5/2004 10:06:47 PM
> > To: gardenchat@hort.net
> > Subject: Re: [CHAT] Re: STORMS!
> >
> > > Jesse, so glad you are all safe. The storm occurrence is unbelievable
this
> > > year. I just rtd from St Louis and had the best possible weather all
week. We
> > > are currently receiving rain but no storms.
> > > BTW, what is a loafing shed?
> > > Ceres
> > >
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