Volume 9 , Issue 2

Oklahoma Weekend Weather

When we had our bad ice storm (I took pictures all over town - Feb., 2002) some of us were without power for more than two weeks. My son was never without power because his house had been the former home of a long time sheriff (in the '20s I think) and that house is on the same "grid" as the courthouse even though it's about 2 miles from it, and if the courthouse has power, he does too (even though his neighbors houses are all in the dark)!!! My house is on the same circuit as many businesses, so I was only without power for about 1-1/2 days. My shop is downtown (next to a bank) and was only without power for a few hours. Most of the town though was "dead".

The picture on the left is from Perry's ice storm (back in February of 2002). They were taken at some property I own. This 2002 picture shows you my '65 Ford pickup truck that had ice-covered branches all over it (from the huge black-walnut tree that was split in two by the weight of the ice).

2007 Weekend Weather -- The wind changed last night and began coming from the north and a few minutes ago (about 10:20 AM Friday) a light blowing snow began falling. No ice nor freezing rain here yet.

It changed to sleet a few minutes later (this morning) and has been sleeting most of the day since. Our gasoline prices dropped to $1.899 at the major independents and at Conoco and Phillips 66 stations. The downtown Sinclair station is at $1.999. It's the only station still offering "full service".

I decided to not try driving on this stuff and continued to walk to work, also to the nutrition center for lunch, and back home this evening. It was only a little more than a mile total and I did not 'slip and slide,' but I did walk a little more carefully. I anticipate doing a little driving tomorrow, but not much. The TV stations are saying that we're having the worst weather in the nation, but it really doesn't seem that bad to me yet.

Our sleet here in Perry (Oklahoma) is "dry" sleet! It doesn't stick to anything and doesn't pack together like the wet stuff. The TV guys keep saying that more is on the way (but the map they're showing doesn't include Noble County. Churches all around us have announced that they'll be closed for the next couple of days, but only 2 of the churches here in Perry have announced closings and only for the Sunday services (the church I attend hasn't announced anything at all yet). Oh wow! I just switched over to the educational channel and they're repeating one of my all time favorite shows, "Close to You; Remembering the Carpenters". One of the many reasons is because Richard Carpenter played a Rhodes keyboard on many of their hits, and I have one just like it here in my living room (complete with the Fender amplifier below it)." -- Roy K.
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