Tornado Alley

I am listening to our latest purchase, a raucous severe weather warning radio that makes you jump when it goes off.  Currently there is a severe thunderstorm/tornado warning over Mount Magazine, an area where we spent five days just a few days ago.  We are now 100 miles south of the affected area, but the skies surrounding Benny and the Jet, our intrepid but very unprotected truck and trailer, are dark and ominous and I can hear thunder in the distance.

Arkansas is prone to severe weather.  It lies in “tornado alley”, and we had already encountered heavy rain and a tornado warning when we were spending a few days with Richard’s brother Don about 10 miles north of Texarkana – if you are of a certain age you might recognise that particular town name from a famous “Cotton Fields” hit by the Beach Boys!

However, the diversity of what I have seen in the past two weeks makes this a place you have to visit. 

Since beginning to write this, the severe weather warning has moved to the area of Hot Springs where we are currently located.  Spots of rain are hitting the windows.  The thunder rolls (that's a song by Garth Brooks) And internet connection is suffering.

I am going to post this quickly and then resume when the weather and internet improves.


See you later!

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