Re: OT: Everyone OK??
- Subject: Re: [iris-talk] OT: Everyone OK??
- From: "wmoores" w*@watervalley.net
- Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2002 22:31:03 -0600
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On 12 Nov 2002 at 18:32, Dana Brown wrote:
> We have a lot of iris talkers in Ohio, Tennessee and so on. Is
> everybody ok after the tornados??
>
> Dana Brown
> AIS Region 17 Judges Training Chairperson
> AIS, MIS, TBIS, RIS, SPIS
> Malevil Gardens
> Lubbock, TX
> Zone 7 USDA, Zone 10 Sunset
> d*@malevil-iris.com
>
OK, here.
Friday was a beautiful day, but I was stuck at work and could not enjoy the
weather.
Saturday was like a day in March - with the wind blowing steadily at about 25mph
with higher gusts. I ignored all of that and unpotted about forty beardless irises. I
also had Louisianas in buckets of shallow water whose foliage was, in some cases,
a foot taller than the bucket. They had been growing in the this medium in the
garage without any sunhine for two months. They needed a new home.
Sunday was beyond blustery. The wind was up to forty and fifty miles an hour
sustained with gusts to 62 mph. What little rebloom I had was shredded early in the
day. Some local TV stations canceled all regular programs and concentrated totally
on the weather. I also had the radar up on the computer screen. There was a
narrow line of storms strung across the screen like a strand of spaghetti from Ohio
down to Louisiana. Just as the storms were approaching this area, the line broke
apart and spared us. The winds gradually subsided. There was hardly any rain.
. Another line of storms was moving northward from the Gulf. There were actually
two jet streams on a collision course, according to the weathermen. An all-time
high temperature of 85o on Sunday contributed to the unstable air mass.
The tornadoes in MS occurred where the two jet streams met, near Columbus.
MUW (Mississippi University for Women) looks like a combat zone. So many of the
historical buildings are just rubble. MSMS (Mississippi School for Mathematics and
Science) is located on the MUW campus, and their building is pretty much in
shambles. School has been canceled for the forseeable future. Fortunately, there
was only one casualty in the Columbus area.
The warm air from MS was pushed into Alabama and Tennessee and what had
happened in MS was repeated in Alabama and Tennessee. Linda Mann was close
to the action in TN, so maybe she can add to this.
Walter Moores
Enid Lake, MS USA 7/8
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