Phil Lilley

Water is still running ninety-to-nothing. But I've only had a couple cancellations for the weekend. They're still comin'.

Alltel. Never had anything else to compare it with. But it's works fine for me. Service is good too.

Worked a couple of hours today clearing tree branches at 3 homes in south Springfield. Worked with Tri-County Baptist Relief Workers. There's about 5 teams/trailers working the area. Tomorrow they'll be in the Nixa area. Tip of the tip of the iceberg... incredible damage everywhere. It will take months to clean it up. Here are some pics- They are and the are not picky about who works... they have you fill out a form and say you should have experience but they won't turn away help. They probably won't let you cut anything- they are picky about that. You have to go thru training. Not ice has melted... I saw up to one full inch of ice on branches- solid. It started to get alittle breezy at the end... I move my truck away from a tree and told others not to stand under any trees. Very spooky. Starting Sunday we will have rooms for anyone needing rooms. Spread the word.

I redirected a photo off snoops and I guess they don't like that... ergo the lime ugly face. You'll have to go to snoops and see it for yourself.

Bass Pro is supposed to get a semi truck load today or tomorrow- heard on Springfield radio.

Deposit- just the first night, not the whole thing. Fishing off the dock is good if the water is not running or running alittle... not right now. Fly fishing can be done off the upper end and zebra midges work well if they are midging- or a jig and float. No wading though.

Never heard of this show... thanks for posting it.

OK- I'll have Lisa call our people in the hat business tomorrow and see what we can come up with. Do you like the logo we have now? We can always do another one later. Our hats run about $6.50-7.00 plus setup charges which is ???? I don't know. I think you'll pay about $11-12 with shipping when it's all said and done. If you've seen our hats, they are pretty classy.

Now you'll never know if I did that on purpose to see if you'd catch it or it was a typo...right?!?

Interesting... But you know- this pic still doesn't show everything. If one were to fall from the jump, it appears one could roll off the connecting ledge and fall ??? feet. Illusion or not, it made my stomach tighten. Thanks for the link to snopes though.

I was having SO many problems with netscape I finally took my internet buddy's advice (Jim Turner) and switched to FireFox. He said I could import all my important info from netscape brower like bookmarks and such over easy (I didn't really believe him cause he's such a wizz and all). He also said FireFox has a email program like netscape that I could do the same and import all my addresses and emails over to Thunderbird... I thought that has to be difficult! Bottom line- it was all easy as pie. No more lockups and FireFox is really much friendlier. Even has a spell checker no matter where you are tying... like here on the forum in this text box which is really cool- if you care about your spelling. http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/ is the link. My stats say that 2% of users use netscape, 25% use Firefox and the rest explorer. If your use IE now and don't have 7.0, you should upgrade.

Steff sent me this and I thought it was interesting enough to post - - This is scary! This is a case of photographer photographs photographer. The following photographs were taken by photographer Hans van de Vorst at the Grand Canyon, Arizona. The descriptions are his own. The identity of the photographer IN the photos is unknown. I was simply stunned seeing this guy standing on this solitary rock IN the Grand Canyon. The canyon's depth is 900 metersAN> here. The rock on the right is next to the canyon and safe. Watching this guy on his thong sandals, with a camera and a tripod I asked myself 3 questions: 1. How did he climb that rock? 2. Why not taking that sunset picture on that rock to the right, which is perfectly safe? 3. How will he get back? This is the point of no return. After the sun set behind the canyon's horizon he packed his things (having only one hand available) and prepared himself for the jump. This took about 2 minutes. At that point he had the full attention of the crowd. After that, he jumped on his thong sandals... The canyon's depth is 900 meters here. Now you can see that the adjacent rock is higher so he tried to land lower, which is quite steep and tried to use his one hand to grab the rock. We've come to the end of this le story. Look carefully at the photographer. He has a camera, a tripod and also a plastic bag, all on his shoulder or in his left hand. Only his right hand is available to grab the rock and the weight of his stuff is a problem. He lands low on this flip flops both his right hand and right foot slips away... At that moment I take this shot. He pushes his body against the rock. He waits for a few seconds, throws his stuff on the rock, climbs and walks away

There's a group of people meeting today and tomorrow at the 2nd Baptist Church on Battlefield just west of 65 at 1 pm- they work until dark. They have a trailer equipped with chainsaws and other tools to clear brush and trees. If you can meet them and work- have at it. I can't today but plan to tomorrow.

Boater was me. Caught several small rainbows on a white jig above #1 in the eddie. One decent rainbow on an egg fly drifting behind the island across from #2. Nothing else- slow for me.

They're rates have dropped... I called and they are $69.99 for 2 doubles.

Not in this area- that I know of.

Fall Creek Resort is offering studio apartments for about $58 per night. 417-334-4220

Hard to say. I think we are supposed to get more rain so honestly- I wouldn't count on low water for a while.

Clarify my intent... If I learned of someone who was gouging people in the lodging business in Branson, I would call the Branson chamber and report them. I would hope they would approach this business and tell them IF the media ever got a hold of this information they would have a field day with them and it would reflect badly on the town of Branson. Branson stepped up during the Katrina disaster and should do the same now. This might be an isolated incident but regardless, it should be confronted by someone with the town's best interest and with some authority.

I think 24 hours right now- till Table Rock crests I guess. Or the temps get back up and power demand drops.

It gives our trout a huge boost in food and growth plus usually brings big fish- browns, bass, crappie- to the dam.

http://ozarkanglers.com/video/half-hitch-hand.wmv Not the greatest video but hopefully it's clear. I used floss so that it would show up better. Way too big for the fly I'm tying.

Which Best Western... I'd like to know. For the record, and I hate doing this, we would charge anyone $10 per night and if they couldn't afford that, we wouldn't charge anything. People like the BW people need to be exposed... like gas gouging just after 911... it's immoral and just wrong.

I posted that we have openings thru the weekend... I was mistaken. We are full now starting Friday night but have lots of openings starting Sunday thru the NEXT weekend. Might not help many but if someone needs a room for three night starting tomorrow, we can help. I'm going to check around tomorrow and see who's offering discounted rooms to displaced Springfieldians.

I've heard alot of the hotels and motels are full in Springfield. Well there's alot of empty rooms down here. If you know of motel owners in branson who would like to offer rooms, let them know about this forum and get their information posted. If you know of people who need rooms, get this info to them as quick as possible. We have rooms open this week and thru the weekend. For those in true need of a warm place to stay, or you know of someone who needs a place, please drop me an email - phil@lilleyslanding.com If anyone knows of any chainsaw gangs or organized cleanup efforts, please post this information with contact info. If anyone knows of any websites coordinating efforts, post them. If anyone knows of any organized efforts as far as food drives or hot meals, post it.