Wednesday, April 05, 2017
Today was a day of weather preparedness while we were working. It started with another deluge and ducks swimming in the yard again. After devotion, we set up a computer at Pool Camp to monitor the National Weather Service radar and emergency manager chat room. We kept the team close together so we could get any weather information to them quickly. Rains came and went with no warnings for this area until after 6pm when a severe thunderstorm warning was issued for this part of St. Clair County. Radar showed a large storm cell tracking northeast along I-59 but spreading out laterally. Max was on his way back from a doctor appointment and arrived at the campground at the same time the edge of the storm passed just to the south. By that time Anne had warned the team and the ones that were here pulled their trucks and cars under the roof of McBee pavilion. Bill and Marti had gone to Walmart in Springville. While they were there, the store closed for lack of power and the Subway lost some ceiling tiles to the wind while they were eating. Just a mile or so south of us they had baseball size hail. We are so thankful that we and our motorhomes were spared that horror. We are also thankful for a good report from the surgeon for Max. He is to slowly resume his normal activities.
Otherwise, a good bit was accomplished today. Before lunch Pat, Richard and Jim finished the casing of the new door and mudded the drywall around it, and Max and Bill worked on building a frame to protect some pipes in the Pool Camp kitchen. After lunch Max went to his follow up appointment with the surgeon in Cullman and Bill, Jim, Richard and Pat went back to the Pool Camp to work in the kitchen. They got the plumbing in the wall for the sink and the back wall insulated, plywood installed and caulked. Anne, Harriet and Marti continued reorganizing the storage rooms at Little Brown and inventoried a few more closets. Tomorrow we must get the kitchen back to the usable stage since we found out today that they must use it to feed about 70 people Saturday and Sunday. We will be busy.
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