topic of the evening: recent thunderstorm 4/18

The recent thunderstorm: was horrific! Really, even with all the rain that bombarded us during Ike, that was nothing compared to this (at least in my subdivision). They had expanded our retention pond directly behind my home to accommodate after Ike, but it was no good. The entire front of our street was flooded that a car had stalled in the middle of the storm and a woman and child had to find shelter in a neighbor’s home. When asked, she said that she was scared it would leak into the interior of her vehicle. So she got while she could.

Andres took a picture of the car, but you can’t tell it’s empty or that the hazard lights are blinking. Every time a truck passed by, there was a wave towards our front lawn. This is the water when it had receded quite a bit. I had to move my car into the garage since our home is somewhat on an upward slope.

Also, in the front yard where the curbside sewer entrance is, there was a sort of whirlpool. I couldn’t tell whether the water was having trouble going down or the sewer was backing up.



The last time there was a terrible thunder and lightning storm, Andres (the idiot) went to end of the driveway to do handstands in the rain.
My father dared him to do it again. 8)