What a wet, wild, windy, weekend! We don’t need any more days like this past weekend was. We don’t have any damage, but boy did we get some rain! I looked out my east window one time and it was raining so hard I could not see our mailbox!
Then when the rain let up Saturday I noticed that the door to my mailbox was hanging open. Don’t know what time the mail came, but I didn’t make it outside to get it until Sunday and the package was soaked! Luckily it was a padded mailer and the bubble wrap inside the envelope kept our stuff dry.
We had some pretty strong winds and I even heard some hail pinging on the windows, but it must’ve been pea sized as when I looked at the ground there was no sign of hail. Larry and Eileen Clark got hit with some large hail. She posted a picture online of a stone that measured 3 inches!
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We offer our sympathy to the family of Don Schibmeier. We offer our sympathy to all others who lost loved ones this past week. May they all rest in peace.
Hello to all in area nursing and assisted living facilities. Hello also to all in area hospitals and rehab centers.
Tornadoes were reported in several places around us. I saw a lot of cool pictures online. I walked out my back door multiple times and didn’t see anything, which suits me just fine. Punky, on the other hand, was a nervous wreck.
To say she was scared, is an understatement. Poor little girl, she never cared much for thunderstorms, but now that she is totally blind, she won’t sit still. She paces, which in turn causes her to bounce off everything in the house. I’ve got to find something to calm her down.
I got out Sunday and drove around the Point and went north of town to check Cedar Creek. Cedar Creek was out of it’s banks and the water had been across the road that runs between the creek and the pecan grove.
Answer: Squirrels. I have a plastic tub about 2/3 full of dirt that was also nearly full of water. There was 5” of rain in the tub, but how many inches soaked up in the dirt? I know that’s not an accurate way of measuring rain, but that’s all I had.
Everyone’s traditional rain gauges overflowed, so how do you measure that much rain? The streets and ditches around town were flooded. Water was standing in the yard.
As I am sitting here typing this, the tornado siren just sounded. Not sure why, as the sun is blindingly bright!
We hope no one had any serious damage or injuries from the storm(s) and hope and pray that we are all safe from the predicted storms for this week.
Several low lying areas were flooded and impassable. Highway 54 and Highway 39 were both impassable.
With more storms predicted for the next several days, there is one very important reminder for everyone: if you encounter water covering a road way, “Turn around don’t drown!” Please abide by this. You don’t know if the road is still there or washed away!
Stay alert and be prepared for whatever weather Mother Nature throws our way.
Quote: “When the whole world is silent, even one voice becomes powerful.” Malala Yousefzi (Courtesy photo)
