yep, every time I feel like whining I need to remember folks in other parts of the country that are having a much worse time of it. It's so dry around here I cannot imagine getting 11-inches of rain. I cannot remember the last time it rained at all....Unfortunately for many people, we are in that time of year where we won't get any rain unless a hurricane comes to the Texas coastline... we'll keep counting our blessings. :-)** On Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 8:45 AM, **** LANA **** <mizylana@gmail.com> wrote: > What a week!! So sorry for your loss. > > So glad my house sits nearly three feet off the ground. Sure makes it > easy to work under. > > Hope all goes well. > > I have been cleaning up from flooding. We had 11 inches of rain in one > day. Sure wish I could send it to you. Water was nearly two foot deep > around my house. Moving so fast it left rocks the size of bowling > balls in my yard. > > When we put a new front porch (14' x 60') on several years ago, we put > down a weed barrier and six inches of rock. Now most of the rock is > gone. The flooding washed it out. The rock is now in the creek. My > driveway is a mess. My "red dirt" road is now a dry creek. Sure glad I > drive a truck. Cars can't get down here. > > I live about 30 miles southwest of Joplin, MO. The storms that ravaged > Joplin also left a mess where I live. It has caused a bad impact on > the entire area. I don't know anyone that hasn't been impacted by the > F5 storm. The damage in Joplin is beyond description. Even FEMA people > are shocked at the damage. The death toll continues to climb. Last > report was 153 deaths. Many more still in hospitals. Experts are > studying why the death toll was so low. The storm hit a our main > shopping district and medical district during peak shopping hours. > Storm shelter sales are up 100 percent. > > But, life goes on. Our minds and souls are healing. > > > > > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mbousman1/memory.htm > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MEMORY-LANE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >