Rain, Rain, Finally

Sandy Creek

We had a series of thunderstorms roll through our area last night, with lightning and earthshaking thunder. We really needed the rain, but could have done with a little less fireworks. Thankfully, there was no tornado watch.

We had to make a trip to Quanah, TX this afternoon, and Sandy Creek is way out of its banks. Normally, it is ankle to knee deep and maybe 3 ft. across here near town. The Red River is beginning to rise also, takes a while for all the water to run down the creeks and tributaries. It was up quite a bit though. Sometimes there is only enough water in it to get your ankles wet.

Our rain guage measures up to 6 inches and it was running over the top this morning, so we don't know how much rain we actually got. The back yard looked like a mini-lake. We are under a severe thunderstorm alert for this evening again. Maybe we should start building a big boat-----nah--too late for that.

Trying to stay dry.......

Grandma in the yellow house