Re: Storms
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  • Subject: Re: Storms
  • From: P* E* <g*@gmail.com>
  • Date: Tue, 21 May 2013 19:01:17 -0500
wow - glad you are ok.  yes the punch should be out of this batch of storms
before it gets to you.  hope it's gentle w/ Zem's area too.


On Tue, May 21, 2013 at 6:45 PM, Daryl <dp2413@comcast.net> wrote:

> Pam,
>
> I'm glad there were no twirlies on you, and hope that none are in your
> future.
>
> We had a biggie Sat. night/early Sunday morning - about 5" of rain in a
> couple of hours, but no twirly - just straight line.  My neighbor's A/C (
> or the power to it)  was hit by lightning, knocking out his A/C, TV's,
> VCRs, computer, etc.  He said that the whole back of his house was blue for
> some minutes, and there was a blue glow in the back yard.  He spent the
> rest of the night watching for smoke in the house, but fortunately there
> was none. We have a whole house surge protector, so didn't lose anything
> but the A/C control panel but they had to order the part and it won't get
> fixed until tomorrow afternoon (best scenario).  It was 86 with 68%
> humidity in the house this afternoon.   My neighbor is in worse shape. His
> insurance company and their "preferred" repair people say he won't get A/C
> until the weekend. He has metastatic  prostate cancer and only one lung.
>  I'm more and more glad that we have AMICA when I hear things like that.
>
> The OK storm is supposed to arrive here tomorrow, but most of its power
> will be gone and nothing particularly severe is expected, just more rain.
> We're 20+ inches above normal in rainfall for the year. There are lots of
> people with flood problems, but the small creek running through our crawl
> space is nothing more than a nuisance, and even right after the storm, the
> roads were passable, with just some debris to dodge.
>
>
> d
>
>
>
> -----Original Message----- From: Pam Evans
> Sent: Tuesday, May 21, 2013 6:26 PM
>
> To: gardenchat@hort.net
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Storms
>
> yes ma'am.  bulk of it has passed now.  still lots of rain but the wind is
> slacking off some.  whew.  got 3" already in less than an hour.  grateful
> for all blessings great and small.  thanks for prayers y'all - you're the
> best.
>
>
> On Tue, May 21, 2013 at 5:08 PM, Daryl <dp2413@comcast.net> wrote:
>
>  Pam, Please stay safe!
>>
>> d
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message----- From: Pam Evans Sent: Tuesday, May 21, 2013
>> 5:37 PM To: gardenchat@hort.net Subject: Re: [CHAT] Storms
>> all hell breaking loose here now.  don't see any hooks on the radar which
>> is great - but am headed out to the porch to spot.  cross your fingers.
>>
>
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Pam Evans
Kemp TX
zone 8A

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