Thunderstorms II

Garf · April 29, 2011

This is nothing compared to what has happened to the rest of the country, but it is unusual for Miami, Florida. We just had a thunderstorm sweep thru with heavy rain and pea sized hail.

Fusion_power · April 30, 2011

We had baseball size hail Wednesday. A neighbor kept one in her freezer. It is incredible.

Tornadoes swept through this area and took out all power. I am currently on a generator and won't have power for at least 3 more days.

The local post office is not accepting shipments. There is no electricity to keep their systems running. If I want to ship any plants, it has to be by traveling 50 miles.

DarJones

ddsack · April 30, 2011

Glad you are ok, Darrel. I've been worrying about you since I checked the maps and saw how close you were to the disaster area. Good to hear that you still have plants in shipping condition. Best wishes for a speedy clean up and recovery to the area. So sad to hear about the loss of lives.

**carolyn137** · April 30, 2011

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Originally Posted by ddsack

Glad you are ok, Darrel. I've been worrying about you since I checked the maps and saw how close you were to the disaster area. Good to hear that you still have plants in shipping condition. Best wishes for a speedy clean up and recovery to the area. So sad to hear about the loss of lives.

Ditto from me as well Darrel b'c I was also worried about you . As I looked at some of the footage from AL I just wanted to cry, really, especially when I saw a man and woman who lost their home and everything in it except what each of them had in backpacks, and leading two dogs, just walking along side a road, not knowing where they were going or what their future might be.

b54red · April 30, 2011

One of my sons lives in the north part of the state and he says there are some small communities up there that have just been wiped out in some of the counties. We only had rain and very high winds and we are very thankful. I hope everyone gets their power back on before it gets really hot again and the survivors can get back to a more normal life. This was a major catastrophe for many of the residents of our state.

Strange aftermath for us is some very rare low humidity. Right now the humidity is barely over 20% and it feels great. I'd love to see that low humidity last for a few weeks and give the tomatoes a chance to grow and set fruit without dealing with our usual 90% humidity.

The hail we got a few weeks ago was quarter size and it did a lot of damage to roofs and plants. It has been over 25 years since we saw hail that big here but we see the small stuff nearly every year.

May 1, 2011

We had a storm go through last night that sounded like a hurricane with winds howling like a banshee. It dumped a lot of water, but no hail, and no tornadoes. I had just planted some large hibiscus plants in really large pots with no thought they may blow over. I also planted some smaller colorful plants around the bottom of the hibiscus. I got up this morning and both pots had been turned over and dumped. The hibiscus are now tied to deck railings with rope.

Since all of my tall plants in the garden either grow in cages or on trellis, I don't think I lost hardly a leaf on a single plant. I did have a few cucumber plants, that haven't quite grasped the concept of climbing on a trellis; laying on the ground. It was pretty simple to raise them back up on the trellis and they will be fine.

Ted

April 29, 2011	#1
Garf Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Miami, FL. Posts: 442	Thunderstorms II This is nothing compared to what has happened to the rest of the country, but it is unusual for Miami, Florida. We just had a thunderstorm sweep thru with heavy rain and pea sized hail.

April 30, 2011	#3
ddsack Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Northern Minnesota - zone 3 Posts: 3,231	Glad you are ok, Darrel. I've been worrying about you since I checked the maps and saw how close you were to the disaster area. Good to hear that you still have plants in shipping condition. Best wishes for a speedy clean up and recovery to the area. So sad to hear about the loss of lives. __________________ Dee **************

April 30, 2011	#2
Fusion_power Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Alabama Posts: 2,250	We had baseball size hail Wednesday. A neighbor kept one in her freezer. It is incredible. Tornadoes swept through this area and took out all power. I am currently on a generator and won't have power for at least 3 more days. The local post office is not accepting shipments. There is no electricity to keep their systems running. If I want to ship any plants, it has to be by traveling 50 miles. DarJones

April 30, 2011	#5
b54red Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Alabama Posts: 7,068	One of my sons lives in the north part of the state and he says there are some small communities up there that have just been wiped out in some of the counties. We only had rain and very high winds and we are very thankful. I hope everyone gets their power back on before it gets really hot again and the survivors can get back to a more normal life. This was a major catastrophe for many of the residents of our state. Strange aftermath for us is some very rare low humidity. Right now the humidity is barely over 20% and it feels great. I'd love to see that low humidity last for a few weeks and give the tomatoes a chance to grow and set fruit without dealing with our usual 90% humidity. The hail we got a few weeks ago was quarter size and it did a lot of damage to roofs and plants. It has been over 25 years since we saw hail that big here but we see the small stuff nearly every year.

May 1, 2011	#6
tedln Guest Posts: n/a	We had a storm go through last night that sounded like a hurricane with winds howling like a banshee. It dumped a lot of water, but no hail, and no tornadoes. I had just planted some large hibiscus plants in really large pots with no thought they may blow over. I also planted some smaller colorful plants around the bottom of the hibiscus. I got up this morning and both pots had been turned over and dumped. The hibiscus are now tied to deck railings with rope. Since all of my tall plants in the garden either grow in cages or on trellis, I don't think I lost hardly a leaf on a single plant. I did have a few cucumber plants, that haven't quite grasped the concept of climbing on a trellis; laying on the ground. It was pretty simple to raise them back up on the trellis and they will be fine. Ted