April 27-May 3, 2026

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• Monday, 4/27: Flooding Here & Tornadoes in St. Louis 
  • Mary and I were startled awake at 6 a.m. with a very loud crack of thunder overhead. We unplugged appliances and went back to bed, since it was very wet with a downpour of rain.
  • We received 1.88 inches of rain in the morning thunderstorm.
  • Meanwhile, Mom sent a photo (see below) of snow that covered her car and the ground outside this morning. 
  • I walked the length of our quarter-mile lane with Cooper, since he gets fewer ticks on him on this walk, compared to walking him on any trail right now.
  • I went to Wood Duck Pond, alone, and saw a deer bounding off to below the Bass Pond dam. As I approached the woods in the bottom south of Wood Duck Pond, I heard a turkey gobble. The water level is extremely flooded well into the woods (see video, below) to the highest point that we've ever seen here. Turn on the sound of the video below and you'll hear crows calling and then a turkey gobble in the video.
  • Bill sent a text at 6:45 p.m. that the St. Louis area was experienced interesting weather. He heard the third tornado siren in a six-hour period. Luckily, he never had any tornadoes at his apartment.
  • We watched two movies, which were The Secret Life of Bees (2008) and My Fair Lady (1964).

  

  Snow covering Mom's car and her back yard in Circle, MT.

  
   
  Wood Duck Pond flooded way into woods. This area is usually dry.