Most of the bad storms wereto the east of us, but quickly moved our way. We never lost power last night, but the lights did flicker quite a few times. I think the longest they went out was for about 30 seconds. Just long enough to reset everything!!
All it did was rain today, but it did lots of it! There were tons of places underwater, and several co-workers had to leave early because they got word that their houses/apartments were taking in water. I hope there was no major damage. I was afraid of what the conditions were like on my way home, so dad met me at work when I got off. He was either going to take me home and we'd leave my car there, or I'd just follow him. We opted for the latter. It was raining pretty hard, but still manageable. I was going about 45 on the interstate!
Here are a few pictures. Our neighborhood has a "lake" in the middle, and these were two of the docks that some people have. I don't think I've ever seen it this high! The overflow is supposed to go under the road where I was taking the pictures, and then down to a drainage ditch, but with all that water flowing under the road, I'll be surprised if it doesn't wash it out altogether. Click them to better see how high the water is at the docks.
Here's the pool in the backyard. I think the only time I've seen the water that high was either back when we got rain from Katrina, although I don't really remember it raining all that much. Only other time would be about 2 years ago when it literally rained almost every day in June.
This little guy was waiting on the door as I went back inside. Isn't he cute?!
Saturday was my work's annual picnic. I was able to take my beautiful goddaughter and her older brother along for the ride, and it was a really great day. Ike provided us with some powerful winds that kept us cool on the very sticky, muggy afternoon.
Can you tell they were worn out? Both passed out in the car on the way home!
