St. Louis Weather

Well, you may have read that St. Louis was hit pretty hard with high winds on Wednesday evening, 7/19/06. Huge trees went down all over the central part of the city. Comfort index is 115 today. Power outages from the storm last night have 300,000 residents without electricity. One major area without power is the municipal water district which cannot pump water without power. Our friend Bev has friends in the core city area that are without both, electricity (air conditioning) and water. Out in west county, we avoided most of the damage. High winds, but not big tree losses and although power was off and on between 7-8PM we maintained electricty (and AC) through the night and into today. More winds forcast for today...we'll see. Weekend forcast is 15 degrees cooler. We'll take it. We try to keep the inside of the RV about 15-20 degrees cooler than outside. Can you believe that 80 degrees inside feels cold???

Betty and I went out at 11AM today to empty the holding tanks and take on fresh water. OMG! Just standing by the RV I soaked my shirt. Betty's hair was pinned up, but it was soaked. This is too much for anyone, and we really feel badly for those suffering without power.

Packing is going well. Basement and dining room are done. Kitchen will be attacked soon. Commercial packers will arrive on Thursday next week, and movers on Friday. Then we can head for Kansas City where is is cool.

NOT!!!!!!!!!!!

Well, this is a day off from packing today, so we have to hit Wally World for supplies. Until next time...