"Only a very little, Mr. Flood -
For auld lang syne. No more, sir; that will do."
"Mr. Flood's Party"
-Edwin Arlington Robinson
Drippy Greetings, Blogworld!
Have you ever had one of those months you wanted to pass? Aw, I know you have. That's about how I am feeling about October. I have emptied over 30 inches of rain from my rain gauge this month. Probably can't count on one hand the days we've seen sunshine since September.
Nevertheless, I needed to get out today and check on the renovation house and go see one of my favorite people in the world, my dentist. Actually, I do like him; He's more like a friend than a professional, and I love his wife. We have a history. In the friend way.
Folks in these parts have had a prayer vigil going for the last 24 hours. We were warned that this storm would be BIG, as in tornadoes, hail, flash flooding, the like. Businesses in low lying areas have sand-bagged and have braced for the worst. This is what my dentist's office looked like:
This part of town has a good-sized creek running through it and tends of flood from heavy rains. The last time it flooded, people were saying that snakes were all over the parking lots. *cringe**shiver*
The rain subsided, but for a moment.
The rain came.
Just in showers. The harsher weather passed to the north and to the east. 34 said that Shreveport experienced a tornado in the downtown area, ripping a steeple from a Methodist church and depositing it on a moving car. Pray for the man in the hospital.
"No more, sir; that will do."
Hope you are all safe and sound tonight.
See you in the funny papers.
Hi Debbie - I thought about far East Texas and wondered how ya'll fared. It blew and rained real hard for about 30 minutes or so here. I think the worst of the storms split and went around most of Tyler, and then they had real strong storms south of us in Nacogdoches, etc. Thank God we missed the bad part! Didn't hear about the steeple. I'll say a prayer for that man, too.
ReplyDeleteHow'd you like to be strapped in dentist's chair when a tornado came? That might be interesting. We've had way too much rain here. Roads closed and bridges have water running over them, pastures flooded and have become bottom land. It's been years and years that we've had this much!
'Zat your horse?
Looks like it is still raining in TX and bringing all the way up to MI. I live in Cental IN and we are having lots of rain here today(something we don't need).
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