Flooding

[Janet]

We have been hit with so much rain that it entered one of the schools in Frankfort and so all the schools were closed. High water all over town. Another school in the county had a two-hour delay because of high water. Thank goodness ours was okay. If we miss any more days, we'd have to make them up at the end of school or on a Saturday.



http://www.wthr.com/global/story.asp?s=10285048

[judy]

Oh my!!! I did not know you Indianians were getting so much rain!

[Janet]

You're so funny Judy....Indianians....LOLOL.. We're Hoosiers!! It finally stopped a couple hours ago. But I think we're suppose to get more...not sure. Too depressing to look at the weather page.

[DianaB]

I didn't realize that you were having flooding problems. I sure hope it doesn't get any worse. That's not fun......believe me!!!

We have mild flooding going on down river from us. South of us they've had a lot more rain than we've had plus we've had enough time in between storms for them to drain on down the river but we have good chances in the next few days for more storms.

Keep us posted on how things are going!!

[Janet]

Water has receded quite abit. Out where I live I don't have to worry about flooding...just what roads I can take. In town, the flooding got into the high school a bit. It would help if they would get the drainage fixed on that side of town. Only been working on it for over 25 years....hopefully this mayor will get something done...he says he will.

[Marilyn]

We did finally get a little rain here. Enough to grean things up. I think it was around 2 or 3 inches. We needed it sooooo badly.

I visited Corpus Christi this week, and it's horrible down there. They haven't gotten even 1 inch of rain this year. The area looks "blonde". The grass along the highways is dry and golden. The tips of the leaves on all the palm trees are brown. There are no crops in the fields, only dry ground, with blowing sand. It's very sad. The crops should be all green and about a foot tall by now, but nothing came up at all. What a crisis for the farmers.

In our area, we got just enough that the fields are green, but many of them have maybe a 10% to 20% stand. If you look at the rows, there are huge skips in them. Doubt that they will have much if any crop.

Many of the ranchers are selling off their cattle. They can't afford to keep them. The cost of feed is just too high.

Sorry for your flooding, but wish we could have a bit of your rain down here.

[Janet]

I would send it to you if I could

[judy]

That's awful, Marilyn. I hope they get some rain down there soon.

Carry your umbrella Janet!

[donna1990]

Wish you could rain to FL. Did you see where the Dallas Cowboys Stadium collapsed?

[Janet]

I saw where something collapsed, I thought it was where they practiced.

[judy]

?????

[gja1000]

Yes, it was a practice bubble that collapsed. It only caused one serious injury, a broken back, which may be very serious. Ironically, the whole collapse is on film. Some of the players were practicing, so there were people with cameras there filming them. Here's a link to the video.

http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&q=...title&resnum=1

Pretty scary!

P.S. Well you have to click on the link on the page = Video: Raw Video: Inside the Tx. Dome Collapse. Sorry, I don't know how to post the video here.

[DianaB]

Wow! That would have been scary! I hope the coach that hurt his back is going to be alright. Back problems can be very painful.

[gja1000]

Originally Posted by DianaB

Wow! That would have been scary! I hope the coach that hurt his back is going to be alright. Back problems can be very painful.

Unfortunately, they say he severed his spinal cord and will be permanently paralyzed from the waist down. Really sad!

[judy]

Originally Posted by gja1000

Unfortunately, they say he severed his spinal cord and will be permanently paralyzed from the waist down. Really sad!

What a terrible thing to happen. That poor man!