Rain, rain, go away!

[Crankin]

Just looked at our natural gas usage for April this year compared to last. A huge difference. The average daily temperature was 7 degrees higher last year. DH took today off so we could ride; waiting for the fog and mist to clear. It's supposed to be in the 70s later, but I have an appt. at 3, then class all night. I expected to get out there at 10 AM or so, but it looks like it will be closer to 12.

[Catrin]

I finally managed to get a ride in after work yesterday before the next round hit. It was the first ride in 10 days. The sun came out and it was glorious! It was like a shot in the arm! Then the next round came after sun down. More warnings and more flooding. 11.56" for the month and many, many roads closed. I feel so sorry for the people whose homes are flooded.

Pretty much the same here... Thankful to have gotten a ride in between storms and very lucky to have been able to ride both Friday and Saturday mornings. I hope there isn't much more flooding - part of me cannot understand why people will not move from a neighborhood where they have been flooded out so often - but I also understand that home is just that - and the heart does become attached to home.

[sundial]

Our town has 5 rivers and 2 of them are well above flood stage and evacuations are in process. Most every road I ride is now under water. We are on higher ground and our house is ok but I feel sorry for the folks who live near the river. Farmers who have seeded the fields and will watch thousands of dollars go the way of the river flood. Predictions are that the flooding will break a 200 year record.

Monday night was no treat with 2 tornadoes that spawned 8 miles from our house. 1 tornado took out the town of Vilonia, near Little Rock, and those people have lost everything. Another one hit North Little Rock. I've never seen the weather so wacky since I've lived in Tornado Alley.

[Bike Chick]

All of our bike routes are flooded too as are most major state highways in our area. Getting from one town to the next is getting more and more difficult as the water rises. The main river that flows through our area broke record levels yesterday (the record had been set in 1961) with a predicted 3 more feet before the crest on Sunday. The Ohio River is predicted to break a record as well.