January 13, 2020. Eureka Springs, AR. Three Seasons in A Week

As the country experienced weather of every type this past week we seemed to be right on the edge of everything extreme. The forecast locally was for every imaginable form of precipitation, flood warnings, temperatures varying from nearly 70 down to the teens and winds gusting up to 50 mph and the possibility of tornados.
While the reports we saw nationally and in the area around us did have these extreme conditions and there was loss of life and tremendous property damage, we in Eureka Springs escaped with a lot of rain, a little sleet, some icy road conditions, high winds, the tornado sirens sounding and an hour in the basement of our Admin building, a Saturday night in the low 20's with thunder and lightening, and then a beautiful Sunday with bright sunshine, mild temperatures and all the ice, rime frost, and low wind chill gone. No property damage and without a hot and humid day in the mix, we had three weather seasons in the space of four days.
We have adapted to living full time in a motor home, to using the systems at our disposal to stay warm in the winter, cool in the summer, learned to tolerate the hot/humid 100 plus feels-like of June and July to the sub-freezing/humid winter days which last only a few days in a row. We do not miss the Colorado winters with the snow which stays for months, the shoveling, and icy streets and we certainly don't miss the hail storms and their damage to roofs and cars.
Weather is what it is. Every location has its peculiar elements and with the ability to have weather apps and radar apps and cell phone alerts and a trusty emergency weather radio and fresh batteries, we weather the storms and appreciate the non-violent days. As everyone everywhere says.....wait ten minutes, this weather won't last long. And so it goes.

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