IT'S DEJA VU . . . ALL OVER AGAIN

Less than two weeks after a massive ice storm plunged 770,000 Kentucky utility customers into cold, inky darkness, fierce winds lashed the state with gusts approaching hurricane velocity. I kid you not. You can't make up this stuff. A line of thunderstorms came roaring through the area yesterday afternoon and into last night. Amid numerous tornado watches, possibly as many as six tornadoes were reported in four counties statewide. The rainfall alone was amazing. Almost three inches in one hour in some places.

This wind storm arrived when power had been almost completely restored to those who experienced outages in the ice storm. Now, over 120,000 customers statewide have lost power - many after just having it restored.

We didn't have any wind damage or power loss at home, but a couple of trees came down in the parking lot at work. No biggie.

From what we can tell, Elizabethtown and most of Hardin county was spared from any real wind damage. Most of the damage occurred in the Louisville areas of The Highlands and Cherokee Park, as well as Hart and Trimble counties. Straight line winds gusted to 68 mph in Jefferson county and the National Weather Service confirmed 73 mph gusts in Owensboro.

Can you believe this stuff? And I thought Idaho weather was bizarre. The day before the thunderstorms the temperature was 68. . the day of the thunderstorms it was 66. We now hear a forecast that calls for snow flurries on Sunday. Maybe we ARE in Idaho. Unpredictable? . .that would be understating. In fact, we anticipate the inevitable plague of locusts at any time now.