Throwback Thursday 1/29/26

Hey Friends,

This is Odie checking in. All the talk about bad weather recently reminded me of 2011. We experience the Tulsa Blizzard. Fun times that I will never forget.

We are throwing it back below. This is a post Dad published on February 1st 2011. 

Dad would not have been excited about this week’s weather! His weather is perfect I am certain. Who knows, maybe just maybe Dad is loving snow in Heaven?!

I will let Dad close out. See you tomorrow. 

Odie

 “We are in the midst of a historic blizzard in Tulsa, Oklahoma. As of 3:00pm the snowfall is at an all time record of 13.8 inches and it is still falling. The wind is gusting up to 40 mph and will be for quite a while so the blizzard is still on. As you can see from the pictures below the snow is drifted several feet. The BoggsMobile has drifts of several feet on one side and the door has 2 feet in front of it. It won't be going any where for quite a while and the Cheap Jeep is stuck as well. We are warm, well fed and hunkered down. There will be no church of course. 

So far we are having fun. 

Davy”

Winter Storm Fern

 Hey Friends, 

Odie here today. I hope you are staying warm! I escaped the wrath of Ferm. Here's the only snow that we saw this weekend in Orlando. It was projected on the ground. 

I will soon be boarding the Carnival Freedom for Singing at Sea 2026. 

Today begins this year's Singing At Sea cruise, which is the 50th anniversary!  Michelle Bostwick is my travel companion this year. We are ready for music, sunshine, good food and fun. 

I have blog posts scheduled for this week. Hopefully, everything goes up according to plan. I will be away from signal most of the week. I am going to soak up the sun and vacation. 

 

Mom sent me pictures yesterday of the snow in Waynesville. It is hard to know exactly how much snow landed at our place. Snow likes to drift there. Mom's overall guess yesterday afternoon was 11 inches. 

I am happy that I am gone! It is beautiful but I'll just look at pictures. I will close with Mom's pics. I did snap one from the doorbell yesterday morning. 

See you later!

Odie

KJo's morning report. 

KJo's afternoon report. 

Winter Storm Prep January 2026

 Hey Friends, 

We have been in storm-prep mode, just like most of the United States. I hope you have your supplies. Stay safe and warm!

It sure seems as if this will be a history-making weather event!

On Wednesday, we went to Walmart to make sure we had food. Mom has the generator ready. 

All the storm prep things are done. I think Mom is all set. She can ride out the storm safely. Hopefully, we are overprepared!

Ryan Hall is our go-to weather guy on YouTube. Our Y'all Meter 3.0 ready to measure the snow.

I also did so personal storm prep. I booked a flight to Florida for yesterday. You see, I have had plans for a months to fly out Saturday afternoon. It's vacation time for me. 

Tuesday we decided to leave Ohio a little early to avoid the nasty weather. That is why yesterday found me and Michelle Bostwick flying from Cincinnati to Orlando. We did not want to miss vacation due to weather issues. 

It looks like our temps for vacation will be cooler than normal. I will take cooler temps and sunshine instead of the frigid weather of Ohio!

There you have a look at storm prep from one extreme to the other. Praying for everyone to stay well, warm and safe. For all my friends traveling for the Singing At Sea cruise, I hope to see you on the ship!

Thank you for reading!

Odie

Thankful For A Safe Place

 Hey Friends,

Bad weather has been plaguing our land. As I type, we are watching for more storms. We have been praying for many of our friends who have been in the path of the storms! Our county in Ohio is under a tornado watch for several hours over Wednesday night into Thursday morning.

I have been extremely thankful for my 

Daddy’s foresight. When he designed my home, he made my master closet a safe room. It has a concrete ceiling and block walls, so when storms come, I have a safe place to go!

We are prepared to run in there during this bout of storms if needed. We took shelter in the safe room Sunday night. A tornado came through our area. The Lord protected us, and I am so grateful! We did have a dead tree fall behind the barn, but it just laid over!

I have been thinking a lot about the safe place we can run to as a Christians. I remember the scripture that Dad wrote on the walls of my safe room while we are building the house.

These verses have brought comfort to my heart many times. I thought I would share them with you today, I hope they comfort to your heart!

“He that dwelleth in the secret place of the Most High Shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.”

“I will say of the LORD, He is my refuge and my fortress: My God; in him will I trust.”

‭‭Psalm‬ ‭91‬:‭1-2‬ ‭

Thank you for reading! I will see you tomorrow!

Odie 

Brrr It Is Cold

 Hey Friends,

I hope all of you are staying warm! I am staying hunkered in my house. Me and the extreme cold do not get along too well! We have had snow on the ground now for a long time in Ohio.

Mom was out last night and this was the temperature reading on her jeep -6 real temperature.

The low Tuesday in our area was -8° real temperature. Here is a screenshot of our weather right before I wrote this post.

Our friends in the south have gotten covered up with snow. That is a rare happening for them! We have received several text messages of pictures and videos of this snow in the not so sunny south. 

These pictures are from dothan, Alabama and Wilmer, Alabama, Richton, Mississippi. Grab you a blanket and a hot chocolate and enjoy these photos.

See you tomorrow!

Odie 

Whatever The Weather

Update At 9:50 AM Tuesday: No Church at Westside Holiness Church in Claremore, Oklahoma tonight. We will begin again on Wednesday night by God's grace.

Rev. Vance Havner is credited with the following witty quote about the weather.

Whether the weather be cold or whether the weather be hot.
Whether the weather be good or whether the weather be not.
Whatever the weather we will weather the weather, whether we like it or not. Vance Havner

We have had rain the last few days and with the rain, a cold front blew into Oklahoma. I have read that most of the US is having colder than normal temperatures this week. 

I took these pictures from the Weather Channel App at 11:39 PM Monday evening. 

30 degrees and going down to 27 degrees overnight.

22 degrees Tuesday night, 32 degrees Wednesday night and up to a balmy 38 degrees by Thursday night.

I believe that I definitely fall into the NOT liking the weather category this week. We have some horrible memories of Oklahoma winters while preaching revivals for 12 years out here in January and February. We said "No Thank You" to that many years ago.

Yet, here we are. I reckon Whatever the weather we will weather the weather, whether we like it or not.

Praise God we have not had to shovel snow this week. 

Here are a few pictures from a blizzard in Tulsa in 2011 while we were trying to have revival at Hilldale Holiness Church,

Thank you for checking on us.

Davy