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Apr 4, 2008 | 1:51 PM PST
Tags: rain , storms , tornado , vinca

It has been raining forever! Ok, maybe not forever, but it sure seems that way. Half the town of Searcy is flooded out. Yesterday was BAD. We ended up at Rick's parents until nearly 1 am because they have a storm cellar and we don't.Two seperate bad storm systems passed over us so we were down in the cellar at two different times, basically coming out during a lull to use the bathroom and get a snack.

I'm a big baby. For as long as I can remember I've been afraid of lightning, and now it's tornadoes. So I sit in the storm cellar rocking and jumping each time it thunders or I see lightning.

After the second storm we waited a while to make sure nothing else was coming up and came home. But being home was just as bad, every crack of lightning, every whistle of the wind, every odd noise made me jump. Didn't sleep well at all.

On a good and gardening note, my free vinca is doing really well. I need to cut back some of the longer vines because they've dried out but it's greening up really well and even have some buds.

Hope the rest of my Arkansan friends have weathered this weather

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rockybane	Apr 4, 2008 \| 3:58 PM PST Hey Jenny--you beat me to it--I was going to write my blog and name it "Build an Ark!" We're a little north of you in MO, and we probably got some of the same storm systems. Thank God no tornadoes, but more rain, I heard on the news we've had the wettest February and March on record, and now it's April and still pouring! Ughhhh!!! I'm ready for some sunshine and roses, how about you?!!! Hope we can get to gardening soon! Last edited by rockybane on April 4th at 3:59 PM.
garden98011	Apr 4, 2008 \| 8:14 PM PST So glad you are all okay (rockybane as well), having to deal with that every year would leave one "jumpy". We have the threat of earthquakes, but thankfully rarely experience them, but some would not live in the PNW because of them.-Take Care~Andrea (your vinca is very hardy-should produce many buds and new growth)

rockybane

Apr 4, 2008 | 3:58 PM PST
Hey Jenny--you beat me to it--I was going to write my blog and name it "Build an Ark!" We're a little north of you in MO, and we probably got some of the same storm systems. Thank God no tornadoes, but more rain, I heard on the news we've had the wettest February and March on record, and now it's April and still pouring! Ughhhh!!! I'm ready for some sunshine and roses, how about you?!!!
Hope we can get to gardening soon!

Last edited by rockybane on April 4th at 3:59 PM.

garden98011

Apr 4, 2008 | 8:14 PM PST
So glad you are all okay (rockybane as well), having to deal with that every year would leave one "jumpy". We have the threat of earthquakes, but thankfully rarely experience them, but some would not live in the PNW because of them.-Take Care~Andrea (your vinca is very hardy-should produce many buds and new growth)

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