Beautiful Weather

I was wrong about the "cooler" part of this week...that was just over the weekend I guess. The weather this week has been nothing less than absolutely beautiful! Highs have been in the low to mid 80's, and the sun has dominated the skies. It appears that the Memorial Day weekend will be just as nice, although we do have a chance of t-storms each day.


I am sharing some pictures of the creek behind my place of employment ~ for two reasons. I think the baby ducks are so cute, and also so you all have an idea of what the creek normally looks like, and can compare that to the flood pictures I have shared.

I hope you all have a safe and wonderful Memorial Day weekend!! :o)

Flooding 5/8/09

Okay, as this is my very first post on my very first blog, you must be forgiving in the lack of my ability! :)

That being said, I wanted to share some pictures I took during the flooding that occured after some severe storms swept over the area on May 8. My children ended up in the hallway of their schools for approximately 2 hours while the tornado sirens kept going off.

Here is the storm summary from the National Weather Service website...

http://www.crh.noaa.gov/lsx/?n=05_08_2009

The spring-fed creek behind my place of employment, which usually has MAYBE 8 inches of water flowing through it...

These flood waters had mostly receded in a few hours, but creeks like this one flow into the Meramec which was well out of its banks by Saturday. I took these pictures at The Rafting Company just outside of Steelville, MO.

In this last picture, you can see how high the water got during last year's flood - the water mark is almost half-way up this building. The river is normally located just on the other side of the tree line.

For those of you who have been on me to get my rain gauge up, I PROMISE to TRY to get it up today! :)

Happy Mother's Day to all of you!!!!