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I figured I'd better check in this morning. We had some weather out here last night. Some of you may see news of tornadoes in Arkansas and be worried. I'm fine here.

We did have pretty wicked thunderstorms. Lots of wind and unbelievable lightning. Had to give the dog benadryl because he was freaking out. If there were any tree branches still barely clinging after the ice storm in January, I guarantee they are down on the ground today. The storms came in so fast. In about 10 minutes it went from "getting towards sunset" to dark as midnight outside. Fortunately, the storms also passed by almost as quickly.

However, the tornadoes were all well to my south and west. Some in eastern Oklahoma. The worst look to have been in south western Arkansas. A small town called Mena (mean-uh) was hit pretty hard. The scary part of that one is the biggest storm shelter in the town is in the basement of the city hall, in downtown. A lot of people went to the city hall to take shelter there. And the tornado appears to have gone directly through downtown. There were reports of some people being killed in the storm. Horrible news. Keep a good thought for the folks down there. The local weather guy said there were up to 8 possible tornadoes.

Hopefully Pat will also check in. I know Pat lives just a little north of me (and there's not a lot more north of me that's still in AR.) So hopefully, the worst of the storm missed there as well.

Didn't want you all to worry.

Sharon

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Sharon Hays
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Thanks Sharon for taking the time to let us know how you are. I saw the pictures on TV this morning and thought of everyone in your state. Hope it won't take long to clean up the mess. Barbara in Florida

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Bobbie Sews More

Haven't seen the news yet, so I had not started worrying. I'm glad you and yours are all ok. Give the dog lots of TLC today.

Beverly

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BEI Design

Thanks for letting us know. I'm glad all is okay around your area. There was quite a bit of news about it on TV, and I was thinking good thoughts of you and Pat.

We were on the very tail end of the trail and had a little lightening, but none reached the ground, thankfully, since I was home alone.

Have a great day and a Happy Easter! Emily

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Emily Bengston

Oh dear, I had no idea things have been that rough over there. It might be on the 8:00 p.m. news here, but I doubt it, they're too busy with the earthquake in Italy. Anyway, good to hear that you are OK, hope that Pat is all right too. Looks like a pretty tough year for you so far, with the ice storm and now this. However, it can only get better, can't it? I keep my fingers crossed for you. ;-)

U.

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Ursula Schrader

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