Volume 9 , Issue 13

Spring Is Here

"There has been additional rain and there were tornados in the panhandle Wednesday night (with 2 deaths reported) and tornados in western OKC (Yukon and Piedmont) but no damage at Perry. Also the rain quit here just in time for me to walk home.

I just dumped my rain gauge here at home (in Perry). We've had 2.5" since last weekend and rain is falling rapidly through most of central Oklahoma. A band of storms has formed again from the south border (at Texas) to the north (at Kansas) border. Who knows how much more, but they're also saying that small tornados could develop any where from Oklahoma County and south. Probably won't but it's possible. There is flooding in Bethany, Warr Acres, Oklahoma City, Ponca City, and other cities (probably Kingfisher and Guthrie). Cars have been swept off some streets. There IS low level circulation in the clouds in the OKC area (a small funnel was just reported at Newcastle, but has dissipated again). The storm watchers (and chasers) are out again and a tornado warning has been issued for Cleveland County (where the Norman based National Weather Service is based).

Some places have had more than 6 inches of rain now and they're predicting snow for the panhandle tonight but don't expect it to last long. Normally, in Oklahoma the last freeze is on April 5th, and the last killing frost is expected to be April 14th. We're told to plant okra in the middle of June and that the seed can be saved to plant the next year. Some folks outside of Oklahoma don't even know what okra is, nor how to cook it!

Okra is also good pickled (and who knows how many other methods). And have you ever had pickled green tomato slices? My dad grew some huge tomatoes one year and we had pickle slices that easily covered a large hamburger bun with just one slice. Both sweet pickles and bread 'n butter pickles were popular in our house (and his depression era recipe was featured in a locally produced recipe book). Piccalilli made from chopped green tomatoes and other vegetables have also been very popular in this area.

Remember these past two years and how dry our weather was, (and all those prairie fires). They're busily checking the record books now because with just one more day left in this month, it appears that this may be the wettest March in history for Oklahoma City!" -- Roy
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