Re: Re: Re: MORE STORMS!

Well darlin' - you be right about that...

Pam Evans
Kemp, TX
zone 8A
----- Original Message -----
From: Kitty
Sent: 6/7/2004 12:57:09 PM
To: gardenchat@hort.net
Subject: Re: Re: [CHAT]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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