Okay....we had a lovely snow for Valentine's, then it turned to rain.. Today a high in the mid forties, 7C now, with almost 50 degrees (9C) tomorrow...weird I tell you, but sitting here with my back to the sunny window, it is downright pleasant...

Well, it looks like something good has finally come from this freaky winter weather!

A bridge between Kentucky and Indiana (a major artery between the two states) had to be suddenly closed back on September 9 because workers discovered a two-inch crack in one of the main support beams. The officials said that, assuming we didn't have much severe weather, the bridge would probably reopen in early- to mid-March. Well -- SURPRISE! -- the bridge reopened at midnight last night! So now businesses can start recovering from five months of lost business, and workers can go back to a more normal commute time. (My uncle, for instance, had a 45-minute commute before the bridge shut down. But, during the last five months, he's had to add another hour each way.)

Anyway, thanks to a lack of snowfall, we got our bridge back early!

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It was making sure it had covered all the bases! at least it would have got something right!!

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In the 60s F for me today too. Lots of rain and storms last night, but no tornado warnings (or none that I heard, anyway). It really has been a strange winter -I haven't had a single day yet where it was a problem getting to work because of snow, whereas in previous years, I got at least 4 or 5 nasty days.

Thanks everyone for the warm thoughts. I hope that with all the tornadoes wreaking havoc everyone's okay.

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