[modeleng] Re: Kettle
- From: "Eric Walker" <eric@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2007 20:57:15 -0000
Jesse last week my newspaper had a full page about the drought in the
southern states Tennessee was mentioned, this small town had water for 3
hours only & had public prayers for rain. It said it had been the driest
summer since 1934.
E.W.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jesse Livingston" <fernj1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, November 25, 2007 4:10 PM
Subject: [modeleng] Re: Kettle
> Eric,
>
>
> Jesse, regarding the weather in your neck of the woods, have you had the
> rain yet that you so desperately need , or is it some other area ?
>
> E.W.
>
>
> Eric,
>
> It is raining as I speak and light rain will continue for most of the
> morning. I emptied out 2" from the gauge yesterday and a few days ago I
> poured out about 4" of the wet stuff. We actually still have a bit of
> green
> grass in the yard since we haven't had a genuine killing frost yet. Got
> cold enough to kill most of the Kudzu in the ditch banks as well as the
> "second crop" of corn that sprang up after the corn was combine harvested.
> Due to the dry weather, there were zillions of tiny kernels that sifted
> through the screens and planted a dense second crop. This "second crop"
> got
> tall enough that it was almost beginning to put out tassels, but the frost
> killed it "grave yard dead" as Jerry Clower used to say. Some of the
> second
> crop was baled by cattle farmers so it was not totally lost. Just
> checked
> the rain gauge and it looks like 2 tenths has fallen so far this morning.
> Wet and chilly outside, all the more reason for me to go down in my nice
> warm shop and work on a model of the Hoyt engine for LSOR magazine
> article.
>
> Jesse in cool damp Troy, TN
>
>
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