The Great Flood of 1937

Big rain hit our area yesterday--and it's still falling today. The picture above--from 1937-- is of the Alhambra Theatre, now a part of the Evansville Arts District,which is just down the street from Penny Lane and just a few blocks off the Ohio River. Thank goodness we now have levys and dams and spillways, or we'd certainly be under water today. Our town is under a "state of emergency" and local schools are closed. I should have no problems getting to work, but in some parts of the city many streets are blocked off due to the high water. Weird weather strikes us all once again.

Super Tuesday--in many ways

Super Tuesday...politics, Mardi Gras, and 70 degree temperatures in February. It looks like this Tuesday will be a repeat of last week...only this week we're at a "moderate" risk of serious damaging storms instead of "slight" like last week. Hmmm...there are still big tree parts on the ground from last week's storm. It's my night to work, so I will just assume I will be spending time in the stairwells again. I always have loads of entertaining items packed in my tote bag...IPod, a book, a magazine, notecards, and whenever there's a "weather event" in the offing, I throw in a little Casio LED battery operated television...it's small and keeps us informed of what is going on out there. I'd rather listen to a local broadcaster than the mechanical voice of the weather radio guys. So far today we've had 2-3 inches of rain...flash flood warnings have been issued...Super Storm Tuesday.