Woodford County Humane Society

April showers a record for Lexington

Lexington has seen a record amount of rainfall for April, the National Weather Service said Sunday.

The rainiest April on record in Lexington before this year was in 1970, with 9.3 inches. April 2011 has had 10.15 inches, with more coming in the next few days. The rainiest month on record was January 1950, with 16.65 inches, according to the National Weather Service in Louisville.

Residents and businesses along the Ohio River should plan to lock up, move their belongings to higher ground and "let the floodwaters come," said Mike Callahan, a hydrologist with the weather service.

" Danger is not the right word. Inconvenience is certainly the right word," he said.

Some roads will be impassable, and drivers should be cautious not to drive into high water, he said.

The Ohio River in Louisville had reached flood stages and was expected to crest Tuesday morning and afternoon, depending on the location, Callahan said. In Cincinnati, the river had reached 54.8 feet Sunday and was forecast to crest at 56 feet on Monday morning, Callahan said. Flood stage is 52 feet.

The Franklin County Humane Society animal shelter was evacuated Saturday because of high water. Dogs were taken to the Farm Bureau Building at Lakeview Park, board member Trudi Johnson said, and cats were taken to the Frankfort Convention Center. Shelter officials weren't sure when they would be able to move back home, Johnson said.

Rain wasn't the only weather challenge. Two tornadoes were confirmed to have touched down Friday in Woodford County, the weather service reported. Both had wind speeds of 65 mph, one about a mile southeast of downtown Versailles along U.S. 60, and the other about 4 miles east of the city.

In Western Kentucky, the mayor of Bardwell in Carlisle County declared a disaster Saturday because of storm damage, the Associated Press reported. No major injuries were reported, but local officials said several buildings collapsed, and more were unstable.

The Kentucky Division of Emergency Management had not received word of any emergency evacuations or entrapments Sunday evening, spokesman Buddy Rogers said. But the office was expecting more than an inch of rain to fall overnight.

Rogers urged drivers to stop and turn around if they approach high water, and residents to keep children from playing in creeks and streams.

Flood warnings and watches were in effect throughout Western and Central Kentucky on Sunday evening.

Just another day in...: Reunited and it feels so goooooood

As soon as I saw they they were at the Woodford County humane society, I called them, put in my application and went after work to visit them.  Kalen was out of town and we hadn't talked about getting another dog, but it was all over. I was in love.  I had to have one of these little girls.  At first sight, I wanted Willow (the black pup), because she was soooo precious! BUT when I went to visit the girls, Willow and I didn't have a connection.  So I said, ok let me see the ugly one (shame on me, but she really was goofy looking).  And that's all she wrote.... Lilly (Blossom was her humane society name), cuddled up to me as soon as I picked her up. She picked me !  SO, while I LOVE LOVE LOVE my little girl, I couldn't help but wonder about what happened to Willow. I contacted the humane society and asked if they could find out how big Willow got for me, because Lilly was SO small and I was wondering if it was normal for her.  So the humane society did one better, and they got permission to give me Willow's new owners email address.  A sweet lady named Robin adopted Willow and just adores her like I adore Lilly.  We exchanged pictures, and Willow is a bit bigger than Lilly and all black but they still look very similar.  We had discussed getting the pups together sometime to play but with our busy schedules it just never happened.  Then I saw a poster in the elevator at work advertising for the Woodford Wag, a 5k run, and 2k dog walk benefiting the Woodford County Humane society.  I thought this would be a great opportunity to get together so I emailed Robin and we set up a meeting! Overall the day was a success! The pups got to play with each other along with a bunch of other dogs and Robin and I got to talk about how sweet, and sometimes weird our little dogs are.  They both cross their paws, and tuck their legs under them, they both LOVE kids and other dogs, they both had a bushy squirrel tail, and they are both absolutely spoiled rotten because they are SO sweet!!!

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