We'll know more tomorrow. I let you know what I hear.

Hi Maeve! Yes, it's Nebraska. Didn't know there were other Nebraskans on
here.  They had a news conference this morning. There was a swath of damage
it seems. The gov hadn't gone there yet, but he gave a summation of stuff.
DOn' know if you saw that or not. There was one death they think. I'm not
sure how big Hallam is. Maybe 200?  300?  There is a special report at 5:30
on channel 11 I guess. Info still is sketchy at this point.

I am always awestruck by the kind of flooding that goes on in that part of
the world. It always looks so apocolyptic.

Wow! Another Nebraskite. Yeah, it was torrential here. And LOUD. I don'tknow
if we had a touchdown by Lincoln, but they are reporting 18 tornados. It's
really a miracle more people were not killed by the looks of the damage in
Hallam and the surrounding area. Lots of wind damage farther a field than
that. Terrible.

Duke of URL howled at the moon, then scrawled thusly upon the aether:

Well, I guess I'll see how the cleanup's going, as I'm headed off to wal-
mart (1).

My kitties didn't seem to notice that the storm was going on when the
wind was howling and the warnings were on and the trees were whipping
around outside... another bonus to basements. You don't hear the wind and
the hail. However, Fevs my poor scared-of-all-things-noisy furbaby went
to duck and cover as soon as it started booming outside. Both of the
brothers seem to have been affected by the storm, though, because as soon
as it passed, Wuz was up on my bed *demanding* that I pay attention to
*him*, not that silly book. He even mewed at me, which is entirely out-
of-character unless he wants food.

1 - with the only friend of mine that my scaredykitties will let near
them immediately (immediately as in without fishing them out from under
furniture), and Fevs, the scarediest of them all, will actually start
demanding head-scritchies from. Poor guy's been adopted by the furball
brothers, and now cannot escape the house without a few tons of grey fur
coating his clothing. ;) Furtunately (<typo, but I'm keeping it), this
coordinates perfectly with his own kitty's shedding. :)

Maeve... with Fevs "helping" her type by perching on her arm...

The cats and dogs are going to the Capital Humane Society that are being
found from the Tornados yesterday. If you would have 5 or 10 dollars to send
the address is:

Hallam Disaster
Capital Humane Society
2320 Park Blvd.
Lincoln NE 68502

The woman I spoke to said that they are having a lot. They are looking for
vets that can help house some.  Some people have been able to come get their
pets because the can stay with relatives, so she was happy about that. They
had a bunch of horses reported loose, but someone in the area was able to
get them and can keep them since the society isn't set up with facilities
for them. I'm sure they will need to buy feed. If you get the weather
channel, today you can see tornado footage from inside a car!!

Well, I'm getting together clothes to donate, so I am off. I thought I'd
post just in case anyone wanted to help out.

Thanks so much.

Karen

And oh lucky us, this afternoons risk is "high" for severe weather. Ick,
ick, ick, ick. No wonder I don't like this time of year.