February 2021 - well I never 2021-02-28 - Downtown Columbia, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com. My Grandmother Addie would have said, "Well I never." That's what I'm thinking about this month of February, 2021. We have been on a roller coaster of weather events from moderate cold dropping to let-the-faucets-drip all night freezing, from ice storm to having the ice layer completely covered over in a snow storm. Afterward, we moved into sunshine and temperatures soaring to turn-off-all-the-heat mid 60s. At least the snow was gone, back to normal Kentucky February winter, right? Wrong, tonight, as we prepare to leave the month behind, we are experiencing thunder, lightening, winds and a full day of torrential rains causing a night of flooding as if it were April. So if Addie was sitting here in her green rocker, lights flickering, thunder rumbling and rain hitting the metal porch roof like bullets, we'd nod to each other and say in unison, "Well I never." Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Water getting over Pelham Branch Road 2021-02-28 - Adair County, KY - Photo by Pam Shearer. Photographer Pam Shearer shared pictures of high water getting over Pelham Branch Road and ponding in fields Sunday afternoon. She writes, "...don’t think it’s ever been this bad since we’ve lived out here, 21 years. This is also the first time I’ve seen cranes in the field. There were over 50 cranes and a few geese." Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

A Michael Morris Bluebird house 2021-02-28 - Adair County, KY - Photo by Wendy Butler Burt. This is a Bluebird house made by Adair County native, Michael Morris, as his most welcome contribution to increasing the bluebird population in the county. It's important to clean birdhouses out now to help the birds that may have survived last week's winter storms and/or may migrate into Adair County. Provide them with clean bird houses to help them recover from this bitter weather. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Water ponding on roadways 2021-02-28 - Adair County, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com. Water was ponding on Knifley Road paralleling Butler Branch around 5pmCT Sunday, February 28, 2021. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Flooding from heavy day of rain 2021-02-28 - Columbia, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com. The field beside Russell Creek at the bridge over Highway 206 in Columbia is filling as it begins to grow dark on Sunday. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Bluebirds in the news during the storms 2021-02-28 - Adair County, KY - Photo by Peggy Spoon. This week's featured Bluebird story by Wendy Burt reminded us of this 2010 contribution by Peggy Spoon shared from her Snake Creek Road community in Adair County. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Moon rise 2021-02-27 - Columbia, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com. Moon rising over the Adair County public school campus. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

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