Polly, are you okay?

I hope you didn't have any damage from the storms. DH & I were watching it
on the radar today. Prayers for everyone in all the tornadoes.

Sherry Starr

Oh yes, we are okay. The weather guys were saying a tornado is like a small
hurricane. It certainly is. This afternoon's storms made all the scary
memories of Katrina come rushing back. We can take shelter but our hearts
always go the policemen, firemen, ambulance folks and everyone who must keep
on going as well as those who lost their homes to Katrina and live in very
fragile housing. God bless them all. Polly

"Sherry Starr" wrote in message
...
I hope you didn't have any damage from the storms. DH & I were watching it
on the radar today. Prayers for everyone in all the tornadoes.

Sherry Starr

Good thoughts to all of you. Stay safe.

Last forcast I heard we had a big cyclone thinking of
hitting the north east coast here. Haven't heard an update
for a while, but good thoughts to our friends up there too.
I know parts of Queensland are getting buckets of rain ATM.
Wish we could get at least a little of it down here too,
even if it came with a storm.
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"Polly Esther" wrote in message
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: Oh yes, we are okay. The weather guys were saying a
tornado is like a small
: hurricane. It certainly is. This afternoon's storms made
all the scary
: memories of Katrina come rushing back. We can take
shelter but our hearts
: always go the policemen, firemen, ambulance folks and
everyone who must keep
: on going as well as those who lost their homes to Katrina
and live in very
: fragile housing. God bless them all. Polly
:
: "Sherry Starr" wrote in message
: ...
: I hope you didn't have any damage from the storms. DH &
I were watching it
: on the radar today. Prayers for everyone in all the
tornadoes.
:
: Sherry Starr
:
:
:

Polly Esther wrote:
Oh yes, we are okay. The weather guys were saying a tornado is like a small
hurricane. It certainly is. This afternoon's storms made all the scary
memories of Katrina come rushing back. We can take shelter but our hearts
always go the policemen, firemen, ambulance folks and everyone who must keep
on going as well as those who lost their homes to Katrina and live in very
fragile housing. God bless them all. Polly

And you. Polly! Glad to hear you are safe.

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I think the worst of the storm is through these parts now. Minnesota has
had anywhere from about 8" to 2 feet of snow in the last 2 days,
preceded by ice in some areas. Most of the schools and a lot of the
businesses in the state are closed. All of the highways, including the
interstates, in the southwestern part of the snow were closed; they had
to pull the plows because the visibility was near zero with the blowing
snow. Things are worse south of us a bit in Iowa because they got more
freezing rain and ice. Still, most of us would much rather have the snow
than the tornados.

Yesterday I decided I could use a bit of that snow. I mixed up a batch
of homemade ice cream, brought in a couple buckets of snow for the ice
cream maker, and made ice cream. Our condo residents had an ice cream
social. Yum

Julia in MN

IMS wrote:
So glad to hear you and yours are OK, Polly, What a scare for
everyone...the storm's come our way now, we have a lovely 'icy mix'
going on outside as we are in a weather advisory until noon. I may end
up not going to work after all.

-Irene (in the Finger Lakes area of Central New York)

On Thu, 1 Mar 2007 22:59:13 -0600, "Polly Esther"
wrote:

Oh yes, we are okay. The weather guys were saying a tornado is like a small
hurricane. It certainly is. This afternoon's storms made all the scary
memories of Katrina come rushing back. We can take shelter but our hearts
always go the policemen, firemen, ambulance folks and everyone who must keep
on going as well as those who lost their homes to Katrina and live in very
fragile housing. God bless them all. Polly




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I think I would agree with that, but I got very lucky and haven't been
without power or heat even for a bit like many have. And some still don't
have it returned from the frist blast. I guess they at least still have
their homes though.

My prayers to all those in areas devistated by the tornados, ice, and snow
that have hit our country this past week.

The IA gov. has delcared parts of all 99 Iowa counties as disater areas
because of the storms last week. Many here lost power with last weeks
storm. Many have had their power restored after a couple of days, but there
are also many that haven't. Entire towns have been with out power all week.
Shelters have been set up so people have a place to warm up and get a hot
meal, but it sounds like in some areas people are not choosing to use them
and staying in their homes instead. National Guard was called up to help
last week to bring in generators and other equipment to help set up the
shelters and to do wellfare checks in areas where people were not coming and
using the shelters.

One family apparently lost their home to a fire while they were at at hotel
for a the night during a power outage. They were ones that were without
power for just a few hours and one of their outlets created sparks and
started a fire when the power to their home was restored. Appaently the
fire put itself out and so the outside was fine. They had no idea until
they opened the door and the smoke rolled out. They lost everyting in the
house and the house maybe a total loss too, I'm not sure.

There are also alot of travelers stranded in Iowa because of the interstates
being closed down. Last update on them was about 8:30 am. and they are
still closed. Travel in most of the state not advised.

I'm not too terribly informed about everyting, but that is what I have
heard. Maybe Louise or KJ know more. I'm just tring to stay warm and saine
since obviously there is no school and the kids are all hipped up from being
stuck in the house these past few days.

Charlotte

"Julia in MN" wrote in message
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snow. Things are worse south of us a bit in Iowa because they got more
freezing rain and ice. Still, most of us would much rather have the snow
than the tornados.


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Our power was off from 4:30pm on Saturday to just after 9am on Sunday. So
we weathered things fine. Nothing in the refrigerators spoiled....even
though we were being told to throw things away if the power had been off
more than 4 hours. We kept the doors shut and it was chilly in the house,
no way had anything spoiled that fast! There has been a lot of tree damage
around town, but our area has been pretty lucky in terms of long outtages or
storm damages. Today we are having high winds, but we only had a light snow
last night and NO ice! So far, so good. I think this storm hit harder in
Western Iowa than in Eastern Iowa where I live. I hear the temps should be
in the 40-50's next week. That will be nice.

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"Charlotte Hippen" wrote in message
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I think I would agree with that, but I got very lucky and haven't been
without power or heat even for a bit like many have. And some still don't
have it returned from the frist blast. I guess they at least still have
their homes though.

My prayers to all those in areas devistated by the tornados, ice, and snow
that have hit our country this past week.

The IA gov. has delcared parts of all 99 Iowa counties as disater areas
because of the storms last week. Many here lost power with last weeks
storm. Many have had their power restored after a couple of days, but
there are also many that haven't. Entire towns have been with out power
all week. Shelters have been set up so people have a place to warm up and
get a hot meal, but it sounds like in some areas people are not choosing
to use them and staying in their homes instead. National Guard was called
up to help last week to bring in generators and other equipment to help
set up the shelters and to do wellfare checks in areas where people were
not coming and using the shelters.

One family apparently lost their home to a fire while they were at at
hotel for a the night during a power outage. They were ones that were
without power for just a few hours and one of their outlets created sparks
and started a fire when the power to their home was restored. Appaently
the fire put itself out and so the outside was fine. They had no idea
until they opened the door and the smoke rolled out. They lost everyting
in the house and the house maybe a total loss too, I'm not sure.

There are also alot of travelers stranded in Iowa because of the
interstates being closed down. Last update on them was about 8:30 am. and
they are still closed. Travel in most of the state not advised.

I'm not too terribly informed about everyting, but that is what I have
heard. Maybe Louise or KJ know more. I'm just tring to stay warm and
saine since obviously there is no school and the kids are all hipped up
from being stuck in the house these past few days.

Charlotte

Glad to hear things are well for you. I figured since you were in the Iowa
City (I think) area you were probably Ok this round. Any word from Louise?
She's from near there too isn't she?

Charlotte
(near Ames)

"KJ" wrote in message
news:RJYFh.24443$PD2.4894@attbi_s22...
Our power was off from 4:30pm on Saturday to just after 9am on Sunday. So
we weathered things fine. Nothing in the refrigerators spoiled....even
though we were being told to throw things away if the power had been off
more than 4 hours. We kept the doors shut and it was chilly in the house,
no way had anything spoiled that fast! There has been a lot of tree
damage around town, but our area has been pretty lucky in terms of long
outtages or storm damages. Today we are having high winds, but we only
had a light snow last night and NO ice! So far, so good. I think this
storm hit harder in Western Iowa than in Eastern Iowa where I live. I hear
the temps should be in the 40-50's next week. That will be nice.

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"Charlotte Hippen" wrote in message
...
I think I would agree with that, but I got very lucky and haven't been
without power or heat even for a bit like many have. And some still don't
have it returned from the frist blast. I guess they at least still have
their homes though.

My prayers to all those in areas devistated by the tornados, ice, and
snow that have hit our country this past week.

The IA gov. has delcared parts of all 99 Iowa counties as disater areas
because of the storms last week. Many here lost power with last weeks
storm. Many have had their power restored after a couple of days, but
there are also many that haven't. Entire towns have been with out power
all week. Shelters have been set up so people have a place to warm up and
get a hot meal, but it sounds like in some areas people are not choosing
to use them and staying in their homes instead. National Guard was
called up to help last week to bring in generators and other equipment to
help set up the shelters and to do wellfare checks in areas where people
were not coming and using the shelters.

One family apparently lost their home to a fire while they were at at
hotel for a the night during a power outage. They were ones that were
without power for just a few hours and one of their outlets created
sparks and started a fire when the power to their home was restored.
Appaently the fire put itself out and so the outside was fine. They had
no idea until they opened the door and the smoke rolled out. They lost
everyting in the house and the house maybe a total loss too, I'm not
sure.

There are also alot of travelers stranded in Iowa because of the
interstates being closed down. Last update on them was about 8:30 am.
and they are still closed. Travel in most of the state not advised.

I'm not too terribly informed about everyting, but that is what I have
heard. Maybe Louise or KJ know more. I'm just tring to stay warm and
saine since obviously there is no school and the kids are all hipped up
from being stuck in the house these past few days.

Charlotte

Louise is north of me in the Cedar Rapids area. Some of the outtages there
are spotty...but I believe a lot of it is rural. The schools here and there
have been in session pretty much since Tuesday/Wednesday.

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"Charlotte Hippen" wrote in message
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Glad to hear things are well for you. I figured since you were in the
Iowa City (I think) area you were probably Ok this round. Any word from
Louise? She's from near there too isn't she?

Charlotte
(near Ames)

"KJ" wrote in message
news:RJYFh.24443$PD2.4894@attbi_s22...
Our power was off from 4:30pm on Saturday to just after 9am on Sunday.
So we weathered things fine. Nothing in the refrigerators
spoiled....even though we were being told to throw things away if the
power had been off more than 4 hours. We kept the doors shut and it was
chilly in the house, no way had anything spoiled that fast! There has
been a lot of tree damage around town, but our area has been pretty lucky
in terms of long outtages or storm damages. Today we are having high
winds, but we only had a light snow last night and NO ice! So far, so
good. I think this storm hit harder in Western Iowa than in Eastern Iowa
where I live. I hear the temps should be in the 40-50's next week. That
will be nice.

--
Kathyl (KJ)
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"Charlotte Hippen" wrote in message
...
I think I would agree with that, but I got very lucky and haven't been
without power or heat even for a bit like many have. And some still
don't have it returned from the frist blast. I guess they at least still
have their homes though.

My prayers to all those in areas devistated by the tornados, ice, and
snow that have hit our country this past week.

The IA gov. has delcared parts of all 99 Iowa counties as disater areas
because of the storms last week. Many here lost power with last weeks
storm. Many have had their power restored after a couple of days, but
there are also many that haven't. Entire towns have been with out power
all week. Shelters have been set up so people have a place to warm up
and get a hot meal, but it sounds like in some areas people are not
choosing to use them and staying in their homes instead. National Guard
was called up to help last week to bring in generators and other
equipment to help set up the shelters and to do wellfare checks in areas
where people were not coming and using the shelters.

One family apparently lost their home to a fire while they were at at
hotel for a the night during a power outage. They were ones that were
without power for just a few hours and one of their outlets created
sparks and started a fire when the power to their home was restored.
Appaently the fire put itself out and so the outside was fine. They had
no idea until they opened the door and the smoke rolled out. They lost
everyting in the house and the house maybe a total loss too, I'm not
sure.

There are also alot of travelers stranded in Iowa because of the
interstates being closed down. Last update on them was about 8:30 am.
and they are still closed. Travel in most of the state not advised.

I'm not too terribly informed about everyting, but that is what I have
heard. Maybe Louise or KJ know more. I'm just tring to stay warm and
saine since obviously there is no school and the kids are all hipped up
from being stuck in the house these past few days.

Charlotte

I'm doing fine! Our power was out for (we think) about 15 minutes last
weekend, but we've been okay this time around. We're just thankful we didn't
get more than a couple of inches of snow - I can't imagine the size of the
drifts we would have had this morning! I think central and western Iowa got
hit much harder than we did.

Everybody stay safe!

--
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"Charlotte Hippen" wrote in message
...
Glad to hear things are well for you. I figured since you were in the
Iowa City (I think) area you were probably Ok this round. Any word from
Louise? She's from near there too isn't she?

Charlotte
(near Ames)

"KJ" wrote in message
news:RJYFh.24443$PD2.4894@attbi_s22...
Our power was off from 4:30pm on Saturday to just after 9am on Sunday.
So we weathered things fine. Nothing in the refrigerators
spoiled....even though we were being told to throw things away if the
power had been off more than 4 hours. We kept the doors shut and it was
chilly in the house, no way had anything spoiled that fast! There has
been a lot of tree damage around town, but our area has been pretty lucky
in terms of long outtages or storm damages. Today we are having high
winds, but we only had a light snow last night and NO ice! So far, so
good. I think this storm hit harder in Western Iowa than in Eastern Iowa
where I live. I hear the temps should be in the 40-50's next week. That
will be nice.

--
Kathyl (KJ)
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"Charlotte Hippen" wrote in message
...
I think I would agree with that, but I got very lucky and haven't been
without power or heat even for a bit like many have. And some still
don't have it returned from the frist blast. I guess they at least still
have their homes though.

My prayers to all those in areas devistated by the tornados, ice, and
snow that have hit our country this past week.

The IA gov. has delcared parts of all 99 Iowa counties as disater areas
because of the storms last week. Many here lost power with last weeks
storm. Many have had their power restored after a couple of days, but
there are also many that haven't. Entire towns have been with out power
all week. Shelters have been set up so people have a place to warm up
and get a hot meal, but it sounds like in some areas people are not
choosing to use them and staying in their homes instead. National Guard
was called up to help last week to bring in generators and other
equipment to help set up the shelters and to do wellfare checks in areas
where people were not coming and using the shelters.

One family apparently lost their home to a fire while they were at at
hotel for a the night during a power outage. They were ones that were
without power for just a few hours and one of their outlets created
sparks and started a fire when the power to their home was restored.
Appaently the fire put itself out and so the outside was fine. They had
no idea until they opened the door and the smoke rolled out. They lost
everyting in the house and the house maybe a total loss too, I'm not
sure.

There are also alot of travelers stranded in Iowa because of the
interstates being closed down. Last update on them was about 8:30 am.
and they are still closed. Travel in most of the state not advised.

I'm not too terribly informed about everyting, but that is what I have
heard. Maybe Louise or KJ know more. I'm just tring to stay warm and
saine since obviously there is no school and the kids are all hipped up
from being stuck in the house these past few days.

Charlotte