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Welcome to my little corner of the inter-webs! I just wanted to take this space to warn you that my posts will rarely be up to date. Due to the spontaneity of natural disasters and the unpredictability of when AmeriCorps' services will be requested I will be digitizing my journal entries whenever we return to St. Louis. Oh, and most of the pictures you see here were taken by myself. If ever I do use someone else's material I make a point to give them due credit though! That said, come, leave comments and be merry! I hope you enjoy your stay!

Friday, June 6, 2014

Poplar Bluffs - 6/5

Last night was one of the few times I can say that I honestly feared for my life.  The thunderstorm carried on for over 5 hours—for 1 of which the lightning was so intense that it was like a strobe light.  It wasn’t the light that terrified me, it was what I couldn’t see.  The thunder boomed and lingered so long that it sounded like a freight train—a noise associated with tornadoes.  Thankfully the tornado watch never escalated and we just got an insane light show.  A big thanks to the camp hosts who came and warned us about the storm; without any phone or internet service we would have been blindsided by it.  Thanks to them we were able to move our camp to a marginally safer area.  Thank you!


As for today we did more work on the bike trail.  Another thunderstorm rolled in while we were out, but I heard it coming from miles away and warned my team well in advance.  Even with the rain delay we finished the portion of the path that we were assigned.  Go team!  Bad news is poison ivy is EVERYWHERE.  I just applied some Technu to be safe.  Hope everyone is safe and sound.  Good night all!



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