11/06/2024
Robert Hester, Founder of BladenOnline.com
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thoughts while shavingAnd the rain came down … About 3 inches recorded at the local weather station between about 7:30 last evening and midnight … More rain than we have seen in several weeks/months … and welcomed…

Hope the same for all of Bladen, and nearby counties…

Yesterday’s (Thursday) high temp locally was 91 degrees … Temp just after midnight was in the low 70s…

Today’s (Friday) forecast locally … A chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 11 a.m. Patchy fog before 9 a.m. Otherwise, partly sunny with a high around 90 and a 50% chance of more rain … Tonight … Showers and thunderstorms likely between 11 p.m. and 2 a.m., then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2 a.m. Mostly cloudy with a low around 72 … Chance of precipitation … 60%…

Saturday … Showers and thunderstorms are likely, mainly after 2 p.m. Mostly cloudy with a high near 90 and a 60% chance of precipitation…

Checking Sunday (Church Day), showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly after 2 p.m. Partly sunny with a high near 91 … and 70% chance of rain, possibly thunderstorms … Actually … same type forecast thru next Thursday, at least…

Rain is likely too late to do much for crops … hope I am wrong … but better late than never…

The Republican convention is over … Former President Donald Trump nominated for another term, with a new VP…

Dem’s meet later … much uncertainty about the situation … As of this date, President Biden, now suffering from COVID, is the candidate, despite calls by many from his party to step aside…

Good news for Brooks Baldwin, Columbus County native. He has been promoted to the Chicago White Sox as of today … The infielder was recently “moved up” from AA to Triple A Charlotte … and, if all goes as planned, may be in the Sox starting line-up today … 3rd base, I think … His dad, Chuck Baldwin, was a good player … 1st baseman a few years ago … We wish the younger Baldwin a successful major league baseball career … Look forward to checking his major league stats…

What a thrill … our family had a similar situation, many years ago … not as successful … A time in the minor leagues for #1 son, including a start with the Texas Rangers vs. their triple A farm club … Oklahoma City … After a few years in the minors, he made a career move that proved to be successful … but something special about playing at that level … even a one-time event…

Speaking of sports … It is fun to follow the career of Larrell Murchison in the NFL … Another year begins soon … the former East Bladen Eagle … is a defensive lineman for the LA Rams … beginning another year on the west coast … after a time with the Tennessee Titans…

“Friendship is love with understanding.” Ancient proverb

“I awoke this morning with devout thanksgiving for my friends.” Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Action, not words, are the true criteria of the attachment of friends.” George Washington

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