At Home in the Huddle 2: Friday

That was one Hail of a Storm!

It could have sounded like rain except for the fact that my barn roof is metal and the effect was more like tons of dried peas being poured into a giant kettle - LOUD.

The hailstones weren't as large as those that fell on Brookfield, a week or so ago, but they turned the ground white!

Up on Sanger Hill, Brian Staring took this picture of his deck and then .......

..... the river that began to run through his back yard into the cornfield!

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Today is starting out at 54 degrees and gray.

The WKTV Forecast:

Today: Partly to mostly cloudy with scattered afternoon showers possible. Much cooler. High 67
Tonight: Mostly clear and cool. Low 45
Saturday: Mostly sunny and pleasant. High 73 Low 50
Sunday: Partly sunny. High 79 Low 54

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You can read about WCS Senior Ryan Schreck in The Waterville Times, and you can also read about him - and his battle against cancer - in today's Observer-Dispatch.

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Dave Fox has written with a suggestion about that "fossilized turtle" that I posted, yesterday:

"It looks like what is called a 'concretion'. Sometimes called a 'sand concretion' when there is a lot of sand present. These are often found in shalebeds and embankments. Often fossils are present, and these formed whenmud packed around a shell or some other object (and often formed mudballs without anything inside them, too). Over the years, these fossilized along
with everything else in the shalebed. Sometimes you can find a fossil inside if you break it open. More often than not, though, you won't find anything inside."

Thanks, Dave! I'll let you know if I find out anything more.

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