Re: Donna and tornadoes

Kitty,
Glad you managaed to miss this one, hope the next ones are too!  Spoke to
Donna today and through 3 more waves of intense storms they were trying to
get a generator going.  Still no power.

Vera

On Sun, Jun 8, 2008 at 5:00 PM, Zemuly Sanders <zemuly@comcast.net> wrote:

> Thanks, Vera.  I'm glad to know that Donna is all right.  Kitty, were you
> affected by the torrential downpour in IN yesterday?  I heard it was
> something like 10".
> zem
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pam Evans" <gardenqueen@gmail.com>
> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> Sent: Sunday, June 08, 2008 10:50 AM
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Donna and tornadoes
>
>
>   Oh man - glad they are ok!   Thanks for the update Vera!
>>
>> On 6/8/08, Vera Metzke <vmetzke@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Greetings all - Wanted to report on the Illinois tornadoes.  Donna's town
>>> and very close was effected and she is without power.  I don't know of
>>> damages in her area but they are all intact.  With power out she will be
>>> unable to check in as she does so well for all of us.
>>>
>>> Vera
>>>
>>> On Sat, Jun 7, 2008 at 3:41 PM, <Aplfgcnys@aol.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> > After a couple of weeks of rather cool weather - yesterday it did not
>>> > get out of the 60s - today it is 92.  Everything is cooking - just
>>> looking
>>> > totally wilted.  We need rain so badly, and now this.
>>> >
>>> > However, despite the droughty and cool spring, the blooms have been
>>> > spectacular.  Everyone's Rhododendrons are blooming more heavily
>>> > than I have ever seen them before.  My Kousa dogwood has massive
>>> > blooms.  The peonies are astonishing - or were until this heat hit >
>>> them.
>>> > We were on the Taconic Parkway this afternoon, and the roadside is
>>> > just blanketed with white multiflora roses.  I know they are considered
>>> > a noxious weed and an invasive alien - though when we first moved out
>>> > here nearly half a century ago they were sold as ideal hedging.  I have
>>> > never seen them bloom as heavily as they are right now - and fragrant!
>>> > I still wish we had had a gentler introduction to the heat.  I need to
>>> > go
>>> > out and water, but just can't make myself go out until it cools down a
>>> > bit - if it does.
>>> > Auralie
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
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>> Pam Evans
>> Kemp TX
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