Looking back at the weather, specifically at recent rainfall, best I can tell it has been a dry April. If my info is correct, we have received 2.3 inches of rain so far this month … April 2021. Our wettest day was April 11, 1.8 inches was recorded at the Curt Brown Airport NWS site … Looking back, our average annual rainfall is 58.5 inches and our historical wettest day is May 29 … All from the National Weather Service files…
Speaking of weather, sunny today, with a high near 88 and windy, gusts as high as 21 mph … Mostly clear tonight with a low around 63 and windy. Thursday, our high is expected to reach 90 degrees, windy with gusts, as high as 23 mph … Only chance or rain over the next week or so is a 20% chance Friday…
We need rain … corn just becoming visible in planted fields…
Have you been vaccinated for COVID-19? Should not be a long wait at most locations…
In 1984, 37 years ago … Bladen County Commissioners were … Wilbur Register, O.J. Carroll Jr., Byron McNeill, John Q. Shaw and Robert G (Bobby) Roberts…
I realize I have mentioned before … 50, 60, 70 years ago tobacco was the big money crop in Bladen and surrounding areas … Remember, pulling plants from tobacco beds and using a hand transplanter to set-them-out-in-the-fields … One plant at the time for many … Back-breaking work…
“Happiness is waking up, looking at the clock, and finding that you still have two hours left to sleep.”
“Not sure which is harder on a relationship; sharing a dresser for three years or sharing an iPhone charger for one day.”
“Water is the most essential element in life, because without it you cannot make coffee.”
“I grew up with six brothers. That’s how I learned to dance – waiting for the bathroom.” Bob Hope
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