Re: OT-CHAT: Where are you?
- To: Multiple recipients of list <i*@rt66.com>
- Subject: Re: OT-CHAT: Where are you?
- From: "* I* J* <j*@ix.netcom.com>
- Date: Sat, 13 Jun 1998 06:06:51 +0000
- References: <199806130306.XAA03249@berlin.atlantic.net>
william b. cook wrote:
>
> Celia,
>
> > > And most of all, what does Mark think about all of this weather?
> > >
> I am still with you all. The temperature here is running slightly
> higher now than in most of the rest of Florida. Today is the 11th
> consecutive day that the temperature has reached or exceeded 100 F. No
> rain has fallen in June. This is normally part of the rainy season. The
> conditions now are quite similar to the drought years of the 1980's in
> Kentucky.
> Yesterday, I had the first bloom on one of my Blackberry Lily plants.
> The flowers on it held up well in the heat. The Oleanders are thriving on
> the hot sunny days.
> The only other member of the Iris family blooming now is the Tiger Eye
> Iris, also known as yellow Walking Iris.
> I figure that once the weather shifts, it will go to the other
> extreme. Also, based on the reports I have heard from Kentucky, I figure
> that they are gearing up for a late August/September hot spell. Florida
> almost certainly will have a Hurricane.
>
> > > Where are you guys? I miss you all. Come back to me.
> > >
> I hope they get the listserver up and running soon. I am trying to
> minimize messages out of consideration for John I. Jones. He is performing
> a valuable service, something we should all be grateful for. He may well
> be what holds this group together through this trying time.
>
> Mark A. Cook
> billc@atlantic.net
> Dunnellon, Florida.
