Checking In From Georgia

We be okay, feeling the need to let our friends know the tornadoes
missed us. We talked to Jason this morning and he says central Georgia
made the NPR news; we don’t want you all to worry.

It is quite an experience to be in a tornado area. The national weather
service, through our radio weather alarm, works very well. Last night
for a few hours the radio was on every five minutes or so, updating the
track of the storm. They also give very good instructions for what you
should do and not do. We had the heaviest rains I’ve ever seen
yesterday. This country says they need rain, but the water table is
high, and the ground won’t take it, so it just runs in sheets to the
lowest point. There are flood warnings on the radio now. We had
warnings all day yesterday that high winds and a dangerous storm was
coming. Dave used our Georgia map to follow the storm county by county.
We were never in any serious danger, although you never know. The
weather people kept commenting that this storm was taking unpredictable
turns.

Terrible news this morning in a charter bus of ball players from an
Ohio college which somehow turned off an overpass and fell onto I-75
about 5:30 EDT. Six young people killed and others in critical
condition. Awful. To make it worse, the highway is closed and only if
you have been in Atlanta traffic can you imagine how many cars this
impacts. As far as we can tell, the driver took a left exit by mistake
and ended up on the overpass in the dark – it has probably happened
before and a car would be able to brake and turn, but not a bus. Akin
to going under the Greenwood bridge and thinking you were on Franklin
Street.

We shiver to hear news of Oregon and Washington snow. We remember all
too well how long March can be in high desert country. This weekend is
the Forsythia Festival in Forsyth, Georgia. We are going to take in the
clogging and pancake feed. The Fire Ant Festival in Alma is a big draw,
but maybe too far away. Had to get the car fixed this week; found a
great import repair shop and gratefully gave them $550 to replace the
wires or plugs or whatever it was that kept one cylinder from firing.

Love to all, Go Lady Power!

Sam