Oh Dear! That's not good. We have had wonderful weather up here in NE Ohio. Been dry CA temps for a week and we are in need of rain up here. Right now at 9:30 a.m. it is warm and sunny. Rain should come in this afternoon. Hopefully the storm will pass by ring time. Birgit Rhoads Woodland Hudson Oh wdlnd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://www.woodlandpwc.com Just when I was getting used to yesterday, along came today. On May 31, 2010, at 8:15 AM, ELG440@xxxxxxx wrote: > Oh, it’s so good to be back in the midwest. Here we are with an hour to go > to the Futurity, and it raining in sheets, thunder is rumbling across the > sky with lightning striking as close as a block away. The air is charged > with electricity and wind is blasting the rain sideways through the air. > > I think there is a strong possibility they will have to postpone the show, > they sure can’t have it in this condition. All that color that the dogs > have developed over the years will be washed away by mother nature. Those > dogs trained to stand, will finally meet their match with the thunder. The > sure footed handlers of today will be slipping and sliding all over the > ring. > And those of us who are confirmed wooses won’t go out in the mid-day rain. > Even mad dogs and Englishmen wouldn’t venture out in this. > > I have to admit Tedi and I are sitting in the room laughing about it. We > left this 40 years ago, and after two days in sweltering heat and humidity, > being burned crisp by an unyielding sun, and ending each day whipped, > exhausted and burned, now we get to endure blistering rain lightening, and > freezing rain. > > What a great country. > > If there is a show, I will be there. I won’t take out my computer as I don > ’t want to get electricuted, but I will type up the results, if there are > any, on the flight to Grand Rapids. If, the planes get off the ground. No > tornados yet, but the rain is coming down hard enough that when I went to > pack my suitcase in the car, I changed my mind and came back to the room. > Tedi went back to bed, an I decided to give a warning. I guess they call > this > a Storm Warning. > > OK, I have to admit it. I love the sound of thunder in the morning. > > Evan L. Ginsburg > Asgard German Shepherds > http://www.asgardgsd.com/ > Where Type Movement and Temperament come together > ============================================================================ > POST is Copyrighted 2010. All material remains the property of the original > author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any > kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the > Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. > > ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY > MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS > PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY > FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE > PROSECUTED. > > For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxx > > VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://showgsd.org > NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ > ============================================================================ ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2010. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://showgsd.org NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================