Arkansas Blog

The burning transformer outside Gadwall's in Sherwood would have made a great photo or video this morning but I felt my fellow commuters would have whupped me if I had stopped to take photos.

My Hubby is checking out downtown, Hot Springs, will report later what I find out.

My 9.4 mile commute had working traffic lights for maybe 4 miles worth.

Cantrell non-functioning traffic lights resembled rush-hour in Cairo. Honk then floor it. Girl in
St. Mary's uniform crying on street after she rearended a pick-up. Appeared only distraught, not injured. Max could have looked down from his perch on the hill to report on the wreck if he wasn't out globe trotting.

Foxcroft power off and it appears it will be for days. Normally I can look out over a couple square miles of valley and see areas with power even during the worst icestorm but this morning, none.

I am not complaining because across Cantrell in Leawood it was very obviously a tornado.

My neighbors and I were discussing the storm threat early last evening because my carport was sweating so badly that it was puddling.

Hubby could only get to west Grand, Ouachita....Central, downtown, is a river.
Looks like worst is over, till next damn week, at least I feel safe plugging in this
dang machine....we had mother of a light show alllllllll night.

Leawood area udpate.

All traffic lights on Mississippi are out and the street is blocked starting before you get to the Baptist Church as you come down from Cantrell. The first block of Evergreen West of Mississippi every house has suffered major major damage, trees down at the Baptist Church, Nazarene Church, Epsicopal Church, the Montesori Day Care, one of the concrete power poles on Mississppi snapped off like a toothpick, Biscayne South towards Rodney Parham and North towards Mississippi starting about 2 blocks from Evergreen looks like a war zone so many trees down and so many houses damaged.