Newsletter July 1, 2007
Greetings
to All,
Think
it will rain? Now hasn’t this been some go round of moisture, went from the
driest year on record to one of the wettest in just a month. Doubt if we have
to worry about fire bans this summer but then finding something that isn’t
water logged to burn would be another matter.
Spoke
with Mr. Javine up on Osage creek the other day, he is landlocked up on his hill and not sure when he’ll
get out to the settlements, that area received some of the heaviest downpours
as of recent.
Seems
I35 is about the boundary for the real heavy downpours, our neighbors in
central
As of
the 29th Keystone Dam was releasing 80,000cfs with expectation of
raising to 100,000cfs, as anyone in the Tulsa area and downstream knows
anything above that magic number bad things happen.
I had
joked with Bryant and Mark over in
Our
Hopefully
by 4th of July this monster cell will have dissipated, have enjoyed
the crystal blue skies when it’s clear, the rain has washed all the crud away.
Read an
article where this weather pattern has decreased the number of tornados due to
the lack of the sun super heating the atmosphere. With all the available
moisture to work with when the sun does come back in force things might get
interesting in a different fashion.
WHAT’S
GOING ON, had planned to make the Mora Flats trek but
ended up doing storm damage repair for my Mom, last comm
with Jim Harsh he stated he had 8 folks showing up. They will have a great time
as that is one really nice area to stomp about in. I’ve heard from several that
are headed out this weekend for
Trying
to plan an informal get together of some kind with a couple of the
WHAT’S
OLD, believe everyone received a renewal app in the last edition with the
prorated renewal info to get everyone square to June 08, if I missed anyone
please let me know asap. The latest TTG was posted on
the CoHT member’s message board on June 4th ,
sorry I didn’t get that info to folks as the last newsletter had already been
mailed. Those without computer access should be receiving their black and white
printed copy by now if not already so.
ADVERTISEMENT,
way over stocked on water and especially skeeters,
making some fantastic deals on both to reduce inventory. If anyone has something they
want listed get the info to me and we’ll get it posted.
OUTDOOR
ACTIVITES, the ODWC will again host the Oklahoma Wildlife Expo at the Lazy E
Arena in
BOOK REVIEW, finished two wonderful titles one of which is rather
ironic to the current state of things in the region. David McCullough’s “The
Johnstown Flood” Simon and Schuster a bit late considering our usual time
period but Mr. McCullough just does such a fantastic job of telling a story so
extremely well, I’ve enjoyed all his works, he produced yet another in this
one.
As the
New York Times stated: “A superb job, scholarly yet vivid, balanced yet
incisive” that’s Yankee for “darn good book”
The
other and you don’t need to be a dog person to enjoy is John Grogan’s “Marley
and Me, Life and Love with the World’s Worst Dog” William Morrow (Harper
Collins) publisher. It is a must read that ends somewhat sadly but with some
very valuable life lessons, highly recommend this book.
In
closing would like to quote from the above mentioned work by David McCullough
that I felt rather compelling, “The danger of assuming that because people are
in positions of responsibility they are behaving responsibly”
Read
the book for the rest of the story!
Take/Give
Care,
Brad
Pickle