When I was growing up, my cousin Tasha had brain surgery. OK... not really! It was just a visit to the dentist. But Uncle Bud videotaped her when she got home. She had no use of one side of her face so needless to say, the video went down in history known as "Tasha's Brain Surgery" So mean! LOL! Today, I had BRAIN SURGERY of my own. When I was finished at Dr. Debates, I came home to this....
While I was being paralyzed on the left side of my face, Brett and the kids were at home battling a FLASH FLOOD that hit our neighborhood. At 4am this morning, we had a crazy Thunderstorm hit right above our house. It drenched everything. Then about 8:30am, another one hit. This time with QUARTER-size hail and way too much water. Brett was hoping out of the shower when things in the basement started dripping. There was a leak in the bathroom and a spilling-over-the-foundation fountain in the back room. The kids came to the rescue with 8 of our brand new bathroom towels. LOL! They're washable, right? Thankfully, they did stop the water from going farther into the house. Outside was an even bigger problem. Within minutes, the backyard was a LAKE. Luckily, Brett didn't electrocute himself as he hooked up the outdoor sump pump to start pumping the water out to the road while the rain was still coming down hard. The front gutter (which is missing the end piece) was shooting water half way across the driveway at incredible force. We think we got almost 6 inches within that 1/2 hour. CRAZY!!! Our poor little garden!!!! I hope it will survive.
When I came home with my stroke-like face, neighbors were out discussing what disasters had hit their homes. I'm sure I was quite a site chatting with them through the Elvis-style smile. SO embarrassing!
Our next door neighbors, the Rays, got 2 inches of rain water in their basement with 10 minutes. Val said that there was a phone book on the floor that was completely under water. So sad! They spent the entire day trying to clean it up. They lost quite a bit of stuff down there. We feel very blessed our home didn't get any more damage than it did.
Just two houses down, our street had filled completely with water. Liberty waded down through it to say hi to a friend. It was almost up to her calves. It was just amazing how much rain we got in such a small bit of time. Even more amazing was that where I was (at the Dentist) which is only 12 minutes away, we saw the clouds & heard the thunder but only got a few drops of rain. Isn't that crazy??
The kids had a blast playing in the water. They swang, splashed, sat and jumped in puddles all morning. I think we went through 5 different outfits for Glory throughout the day. LOL! Amazingly, within an hour or two, not much evidence remained of our natural disaster. In fact, if you had been on the other side of town and no pictures were taken, there's a good chance, you wouldn't have even believe us.
Gotta love Mother Nature!!!
