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   Mike,   
      
    MP> When I went, they had just started bussing.  IMHO, the necessity to   
    MP> have more busses on the road, and more kids being sent further away   
    MP> from home than they had been, lead to more snow days, even though the   
    MP> weather was supposedly milder in the 1970's-'80's, on average, than   
    MP> before.  Granted, there were two really bad winters in my early school   
    MP> years.  :)   
      
     I sometimes wondered if someone had stock in the school bus companies    
   to start all that mess.   
      
    MP> As a young kid, before I learned that, I remember being confused when   
    MP> we'd have river flooding and it had not rained in days.  That, of   
    MP> course, was why.   
      
     Every so often, we get river flooding in the region...especially after   
   wet and stormy spring tornado seasons...especially from flooding upstream   
   in Oklahoma and Kansas, along the Arkansas River. In May, 1990, the   
   Arkansas River got to 5 feet above flood stage at Little Rock, but it   
   was measured at Murray Lock And Dam, just east of Interstate 430, on   
   the west side of town. However, floodwaters were so high that many   
   areas along the riverfront were inundated...and that affected the   
   backwater areas as well.   
      
     I was far enough away, and high enough in elevation, that flooding   
   for me personally, isn't an issue...although after heavy rain, the   
   yard can resemble a mud bog.   
      
   Daryl   
      
   ... The house was clean last week. Sorry you missed it!!   
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