[modeleng] Re: Kettle

Eric, did the newspaper also mention that this town's
Fire Department was hauling in the water that allowed
the taps to run for that 3 hour period per day?  It
has been very rough here this summer, but we have had
some relief, but are still about 11 inches below
normal rainfall.

Al Messer


--- Eric Walker <eric@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> 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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