Good morning everyone, I’ll check in here as we’ll have to put the satellite dish down later today and probably have it down most of the weekend. Will check in as able.
kassie, do you remember the Walnut Valley festival in Winfield that happens this time every fall? We drove close to that area on Wednesday and didn’t observe anything out of the ordinary with the Walnut River. BUT, in the past 24 hours they’ve had several inches of rain and have EVACUATED the campers out of the Cowley Co. Fairgrounds. (There are a lot, that festival is quite large sometimes upward of 8000 to 10,000 people attending.)
If they get a lot more rain, it’ll be questionable as to how much of the festival will actually be able to occur. There will be many disappointed folks for sure.
As for us, we’re not close to any major streams or rivers although flooding is certainly a concern in this area. Also some tornados that might arise later today, will have to keep monitoring although there really isn’t anywhere to seek refuge except the shower house.....a frame building.
We had a beatiful day yesterday with sunshine in the afternoon. We got in about 4 hours of jamming with some really good pickers and that was fun. Everybody was trying to take advantage of the nice weather while it lasted.
Prayers for all those so badly affected by Ike and those who will be.
Stay safe!
PB, are you talking about Winfield KS? My BFF lives in Wichita, and her area was badly flooded yesterday. Took her by surprise. She’s thankful for no basement damage, but many neighbors had that, plus other damage as well (sewers, etc)