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| This is usually dry land outside our backyard fence. |
Anyone watching the national news last night saw what
consumed our day. Flood waters surged
through the series of dams in the Texas hill country closing roads, washing out
bridges, and forcing evacuations. “Prepare
to evacuate” is not a text you want to get.
Our house happens to be in the lowest elevation for our community and by
the time the order was issued, we discovered part of our street was already
impassible in spots. By day’s end, all
streets accessing our community were closed.
We were most fortunate.
Water did not get into our house and we did not loose power. We still have safe drinking water though we are urged
to use it sparingly as the waste water system is highly stressed. Today streets are open and we have a respite
before significant rain chances return tomorrow.
Today’s guild meeting, of course, has been
cancelled and we are gradually hearing from members of our quilting
community. So far, all are safe, but
many were evacuated and several have lost watercraft. I know of one couple that had to spend the
night in a church shelter. I don’t know
the extent of home damage, but we've already heard from one friend who had 8 to 10 inches in her house.
We do not normally have waterfront property,
but it sure looked like it was yesterday.
We were told this was the second worst flood of the Llano River in
recorded history. The worst was in 1935.
I was literally too nervous to resort to my usual calming
practice of sewing. Today I will take a
deep breath, say a prayer of gratitude and work on projects while we wait for
more updates from neighbors and friends and learn how we can help.
4 comments:
oh wow that is horrible - one of the readers of my blog (she has no blog) is from near the Dallas area I believe and she said they are getting a lot of rain too. I hope it won't take forever for all the rain to soak in so the yards aren't a mess - glad you are ok
Oh, Mary, I saw the floods on TV last night and had no idea it was your area! I am so thankful that you are okay and not having to deal with water in your home. It is bad enough to have the street and access flooded. Too very scary to see the water rise and heard the dam is over flowing....and then have water flow across your back view.
So I am thankful for your safety. And glad to know the water is going down. Keep us informed.
So happy you are safe, it doesn't look great for the next couple of days though. I hope you have someplace to go if the situation warrants. Take care.
I saw that Dallas had 6" of rain and my brother lives near there. I wondered how bad it was over by you. I hope it recedes even more before you get more rain.
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