Yesterday, it was estimated that we got about 10 inches of rain at our house! Fortunately, we didn't have any flash flood damage. However, not too far from our house, that wasn't the case.Because one of the main roads was partially underwater, it took me about two hours to pick up my daughter from the babysitters and to get home. Normally it ( Read more... )

When the stormy weather came through our area Wednesday night, I managed to snap a few photos of the clouds and lightning. Fortunately, I didn't get any photo ops to get any pictures of tornadoes ( Read more... )

Fortunately, the Mississippi River flooding hasn't affected my neighborhood, but the river is getting very high. The casinos in Tunica are closed. The actual casinos are on barges (or at least they're supposed to be), but the hotels are flooded. Mud Island park is mostly underwater now. And for those of you who have been to Tom Lee Park along ( Read more... )

This past weekend was filled with horrible weather. There was lots of flooding and tornado warnings. A few tornadoes touched down, but not in the immediate area ( Read more... )

Ice, Jersey Boys, and Worldwake ( Read more... )

After about a week of debating, I managed to get an iPhone Friday night. Yay! It's pretty cool, so far. I'm not completely used to it, though ( Read more... )

Sunday, I went with my parents and sister to church in Earle. Our church was skipped by the tornado's destruction, even though it was right in the path. There was only some minor wind damage to it. The worst thing that was hit was the sign out front ( Read more... )

Everyone is okay after tornados tore through my home town of Earle, AR. Surprisingly. An EF-3 tornado touched down in Earle and did a lot of damage to landmarks and buildings I knew well. I kept hearing reports on the news and from my parents and was worried about a lot of people and buildings ( Read more... )

Considering that it's April, I hope that my plants didn't get hurt too badly last night when it was close to freezing ( Read more... )

A couple of weeks ago, Dad bought my sister and I each a Midland weather alert radio since the local TV station had them on sale for a discount at participating stores. (They also go out and visit some of the stores to help people program them.) The thing is supposed to warn you of bad weather in the area. Last night it got a workout ( Read more... )