Full disclosure here, I have a lot of family in Muskogee. My sis Debbie
and her husband and kids live in there. My other sister Cheryl, and her
husband and kids live there. My mom, my dad, my stepmother all live
there. My big brother Jerry drives there every day to work.
So when I was asked to come and speak to the Rotary Club, I
couldn't wait. I invited the two responsible for getting our new weather
camera to join me today, County Emergency management Dir. Eugene
Blankenship and Bacone's President Dr, Robert Duncan.
We have been showing our new Bacone College camera from
Muskogee quite a bit the past week. It is a great view of the
Muskogee area. It is a long and ugly link, but to see all it and all
our cameras select:
http://web.live.weatherbug.com/LiveCameras/1/LiveCameras.aspx?zcode=z5664&camera_group=1&show_list=1&lid=CENLIST
Muskogee has a Huge airshow this weekend. The Blue Angles
will fly there along with the Army's Golden Knights parachute team.
For Halloween the Castle has a lot to check out in Muskogee,
If you have kids, they have the USS Batfish there. It is an old
WWII submarine you can walk through and there is a little
WWII museum there.
Folks travel from hundreds of miles to see Honor Heights Park
when the azeleas are in bloom in the spring. Around Christmas
they put on a huge Christmas light display at the park you can
drive through.
There is a lot more there, but today at the Rotary Club talk
I met some nice folks who are very proud of their town. I love it
when people are anxious to tell you all about where they live.
I talked about the weather in Muskogee county. About the
big ice storm they had in January, and the fact there has never been
an F5 tornado recorded in Muskogee county. They had an F4
in 1973 that killed 5 citizens and the tornado in 1945 that killed
13. They were suprised to hear about a tornado that was
rated F3 ( 158 - 206 mph ) that happend in December!
It is great to get out of the studio and meet folks who watch.
I enjoy doing public speaking, especially when it is the same town
as all my family.
Have a great night.
Dan