MONDAY MAY 2, 2011
9:40 PM

It has rained most of the day in Wynne.  It also rained yesterday afternoon.  In fact yesterday afternoon there was some high winds in the area.  The city has several trees down around town.  There were three or four homes damaged from trees falling on the homes.

Jerry and the fire department worked yesterday afternoon getting the trees out of the streets.  Today the street department spent the day removing the trees from the streets.

The city had some minor flooding in a few areas of the city.  There does not seem to be any problems that lasted very long.  My rain gage had five inches in it.  That was yesterday and today till about 5 PM.  It has rained some since I emptied the gage.  The rain is predicted to stop tonight or early tomorrow.

The Mississippi river is supposed to be at 45 feet on May the 10th.  That is the highest it has been in a long time.  I think the it was in 1927 or 1937 when it was that high.  One of the members of my Sunday School class told the class if we had time we should travel to Memphis and observe the flow of the river.  He said we would not believe the speed of the flow or the amount of water flowing down stream.

Early voting starts tomorrow for the special election for a sales tax for the city.  The actual date for the election is May 10.  The results of this election will have a big effect on the city and the progress that can be made over the next few years.

Jerry and I plan to go to Memphis to a dinner for customers of an equipment dealer.  We went to the dinner last year and had a good meal and received some good information about equipment.   It is good to get away from the city every once in a while and visit with other government officials and contractors who use equipment like the city uses.