Category: Weather

The storms in the Midwest have killed people in Kansas, and now we’re looking at flooding from the Missouri river. Thankfully, we’re not at the rain levels that led to the Great Flood of 1993. Then again, we’re still looking at more rain, and more stalled storms.

We have a genuine, honest to goodness blizzard blowing in today. Nothing better than to sit at my computer, looking out the window at those poor souls having to unbury their cars.

Again, just like with the summer storms, we were one of the lucky ones. Over 30% of our zip code is without power, and over a half million people all total are without electricity. Ameren says this is the worst storm to hit this area–following on the worst storm to hit this area last summer. […]

It started out cool, with ice pellets, sleet, and mild frozen rain. Then it got colder, and I expected snow. Ah ha, though. The warm front from the Gulf had other ideas, pushing back into our area, and actually warming it up again. Just enough to keep it hovering at freezing. What does that mean? […]