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Another round of flooding

I really hoped that last year would be the last time I'd have to wade through water filling up parts of our city and area.

But as I sat on my couch Monday night and watched the thunderstorm literally spin in place on the radar for what seemed like hours, I knew that the things I'd have to see in the morning would rival the flooding from last year.

Actually, I think it was worse. I heard story after story about people waking up the sounds of water rushing through their house. I mean, that is like Hollywood bad dream movie kind of stuff.

I cannot even begin to fathom what it would be like to experience that sort of thing.

The biggest reason I think this was a worse flood event was nobody knew this was coming. Last year, in Wranglers Retreat and the East Side for that matter, people had hours if not days of advance notice.

This was an overnight event... and as it started getting bad, KFDX 3 didn't even break in with any kind of weather warning or update. Flash Flood warnings don't get broadcasted out like a Tornado would or anything.

In the span of probably 2 hours... it went from raining hard, to flowing water over everything and just kept coming up and up. The power of nature on display for sure.

It is not something that I will soon forget nor will I ever take for granted the power of a thunderstorm.

Posted by Jason Palmer at 10:33 AM | Permalink | Comments (1)

When 95 feels like 70

It felt good enough last night to do a bit of random yard work. I mean, it was still like 90 degrees, but compared to the 152 high from last week, it was great.

I really am so ready for the "cold" fronts to start filing in one after another. I have never liked summer, more so just the oppressive heat. I mean, you can be totally naked and in front of a fan and you can still be hot.

In the winter, you can pile on more clothes. What I'm really looking forward to though is the opening of the windows and letting that breeze blow through. That is one of my favorite things. Kinda cheesy I know, but I just love that sound of the wind coming through the screens and having all of the windows and doors open. It's like being out in the weather camping from your couch.

I'm sure the heat will return though, I mean it's Texas and we've had 97 degrees on New Year's Day. But this respite of the furnace blast sure has been nice.

Now if I can only get one of those scattered storms to scatter over where I'm at.

Posted by Jason Palmer at 1:19 PM | Permalink | Comments (1)