Mike,

 MP> When I went, they had just started bussing.  IMHO, the necessity to
 MP> have more busses on the road, and more kids being sent further away
 MP> from home than they had been, lead to more snow days, even though the
 MP> weather was supposedly milder in the 1970's-'80's, on average, than
 MP> before.  Granted, there were two really bad winters in my early school
 MP> years.  :)

  I sometimes wondered if someone had stock in the school bus companies 
to start all that mess.

 MP> As a young kid, before I learned that, I remember being confused when
 MP> we'd have river flooding and it had not rained in days.  That, of
 MP> course, was why.

  Every so often, we get river flooding in the region...especially after
wet and stormy spring tornado seasons...especially from flooding upstream
in Oklahoma and Kansas, along the Arkansas River. In May, 1990, the
Arkansas River got to 5 feet above flood stage at Little Rock, but it
was measured at Murray Lock And Dam, just east of Interstate 430, on
the west side of town. However, floodwaters were so high that many
areas along the riverfront were inundated...and that affected the
backwater areas as well.

  I was far enough away, and high enough in elevation, that flooding
for me personally, isn't an issue...although after heavy rain, the
yard can resemble a mud bog.

Daryl

... The house was clean last week. Sorry you missed it!!
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