storm in kc last nite

mountain homestead · August 3, 2006

it wasn't the rain so much (only 1" in kearney) but the winds were awful. I had two big boy plants 8ft tall and caged that were only staked on onside because i forgot and by the time I remembered to stake the other side I couldn't because of the jungled mass caused by my planting the rows a little too close. First five minutes of round one took down one plant. I set it back up straight only for it to faLL again in round two. I think they said we had 48 mph gusts. SEcond time I just left it though because it was blocking the other plant from toppling. On inspection this morning though it looks relatively unharmed. No tom's fell off and i've got my fingers crossed. My pepper plants look like they are praying to the rising sun and I am a little apprehensive about manhandling them back straight. Guess I'll just wait and hope they stop praying and straighten up.
HOw did you other Kansas Citians fare? I hope as well if not better.

mountain homestead · August 3, 2006

wow. I am sooo glad that you stopped to buckle up. That was too close!!
Off topic and long story short my best friend was driving my jeep rolled it and got ejected, if he would've buckled up he'd probably be here. So I always buckle up before I even put the keys in.
Just glad to hear you are safe!!!

spyfferoni · August 3, 2006

We had a bad storm come through here on Tuesday. It was like a wall of water suddenly hit---you could see it coming. We had wind gusts of 60mph and tons of rain. I've been through a couple of hurricanes when I lived in Puerto Rico, but I never expected to see something like that here. The good thing was that the storm was fast moving and it only lasted about 10 minutes. Most of my garden seems to be Ok, but I have to re-stake and tie up everything and some pepper plants that were fine before the storm now need to be staked. Hopefully the roots weren't damaged. Its definately a jungle out there now!!! We also lost a bunch of shingles and lots were peeled up. We were safe though, and we didn't loose electriciy or phone in our part of town.

Take care,
Tyffanie

August 3, 2006	#1
mountain homestead Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: temperate rain forest in coquille, oregon Posts: 50	storm in kc last nite it wasn't the rain so much (only 1" in kearney) but the winds were awful. I had two big boy plants 8ft tall and caged that were only staked on onside because i forgot and by the time I remembered to stake the other side I couldn't because of the jungled mass caused by my planting the rows a little too close. First five minutes of round one took down one plant. I set it back up straight only for it to faLL again in round two. I think they said we had 48 mph gusts. SEcond time I just left it though because it was blocking the other plant from toppling. On inspection this morning though it looks relatively unharmed. No tom's fell off and i've got my fingers crossed. My pepper plants look like they are praying to the rising sun and I am a little apprehensive about manhandling them back straight. Guess I'll just wait and hope they stop praying and straighten up. HOw did you other Kansas Citians fare? I hope as well if not better.

August 3, 2006	#3
spyfferoni Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Utah Posts: 675	We had a bad storm come through here on Tuesday. It was like a wall of water suddenly hit---you could see it coming. We had wind gusts of 60mph and tons of rain. I've been through a couple of hurricanes when I lived in Puerto Rico, but I never expected to see something like that here. The good thing was that the storm was fast moving and it only lasted about 10 minutes. Most of my garden seems to be Ok, but I have to re-stake and tie up everything and some pepper plants that were fine before the storm now need to be staked. Hopefully the roots weren't damaged. Its definately a jungle out there now!!! We also lost a bunch of shingles and lots were peeled up. We were safe though, and we didn't loose electriciy or phone in our part of town. Take care, Tyffanie