The birds are a'tweetin, the frogs are a'singin, the tractors are a'chuggin, and the thunders a'boomin, the lightning a'flashin, and sometimes the tornados are a'twistin. Those are the sounds of Spring in the Arkansas delta.
Luckily for us, the past couple of years the majority of the tornado spawning storms have been tracking just north of us. Last night and early this morning there were some really terrible ones in NE Arkansas, the bootheel of MO, and in eastern TN. The news this morning says there have been lives lost and a great deal of damage but they're not sure how many or how much just yet. I think they were waiting on daylight to assess the damages.
Our worst storm came through around 1:30 a.m. and peppered us with hail for about 15 minutes. We know down here that hail is a good indication of a strong thunderstorm that can possibly spawn a tornado. Hail doesn't do so much damage right now as they haven't planted but a few acres of beans so far, but from now on, since the planting will be starting full force, a hail storm can wreck havoc in the fields of newly planted crops.
I'm going to venture out in a bit to see if there was in damage around here and visit a greenhouse in Lee county to see if I can find some African Daisies for my flowerboxes.
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Good to see you made it through the storms. We had some wicked wind but no tornadoes close by. Still some spots with the power still out and lots of tree limbs down, but that's all I know around here so far.
This is a ditto comment I posted over at KB's blog.
Yesterday we had high winds, hail, rain and even some sleet, can you believe that crap in April? If I didn’t know better I’d think somebody was pulling an April Fool’s Day prank a day late. Anyway, we have tree limbs down all over the place, mailboxes along the county road are lying on the ground, and we’ve inherited artificial flowers from the little cemetery up the road. Damn, I don’t understand when Mother Nature blows her top, why she can’t blow MONEY this way instead of flowers off of tombstones. *rolls eyes*
Happy it didn't hit y'all, it sure seems like the tornado crap has kicked into high gear a bit early this year, hope that means it will be over with before summer officially arrives.
Had to laugh at my Word Verification today... hemucs. I wonder if hemucs suck? LMAO
Have a GREAT Monday Brenda! xoxoxo
Nothing is more frightening to hear than a tornado warning or watch; well, except hurricane. I hope you guys stay safe, and the weather doesn't mess up the farming.
I was wondering if you had any of the storms I was hearing about. Glad you didn't.
Are African Daisies those flowers that look absolutley perfect, and they come is neat pastel shades? I remember killing some like that last year, I really liked them.
Sorry to hear about the step dad passing! We had strong storms come through too. My dogs started about 1:00am, we dident get much sleep they can't stand thunder storms! Last I heard this storm left about 26 dead! About the earlest storms I have heard of int our area!
Saw your tag over at Kris Ss and thought I'd pop in for a read.
Up here in my part of the GREAT WHITE NORTH we dont worry about tornados..... I really cant imagine what it must be like to live in fear of Mother Nature (altho we did have a little flooding last spring)
Glad youre safe.
Take care..
Wil
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