Entires for April 28 - 1911 and 2011 (weather)

Rita's Entry: Friday, April 28, 1911
Home all day.  Much practice.  Finally forced to stop by broken string.  Raining pitchforks so culdn't go over on Clark for new string.

IN RITA'S DAY:  According to the Library of Congress, the expression "raining pitchforks" never caught on in the United States, but I remember Rita using it even when I was small.   The above picture shows it raining cats and dogs and pitchforks.

TODAY: It has been doing much more than raining pitchforks!  There has been a violent tornado outbreak in the Southern United States from April 25 to 28 (see the map above).  Most of the deaths occurred on April 27.  There have been about 340 people killed.  The pictures of the storms are more like explosions.  What is going on with nature?

Judy's Entry: Thursday, April 28, 2011
The intensity of the storms last night frightened people.  The local forecasters reported that there was an outside chance of tornadoes in New York, so one of the Mah Jongg crew stayed home with her mother.  So three of us played.  It "rained pitchforks" several times, but still a nice day to stay in and play.