Last night we went to bed expecting a few mild albeit unusual January thunderstorms. Sometime early this morning the storms rolled in, and y'all they were anything but mild. It has been a long time since we've had storms like these. The thunder and lightning were unbelievable. And the wind . . . I hate wind more than anything. I've been unfortunate enough to be in a handful of really bad thunderstorms with (small) tornadoes and straight line winds, and so thunderstorms make me a little edgy.
Between the hours of two and five a.m. it rained over five inches (and I didn't sleep a wink). Some parts of our county got around nine inches of rain. The creeks and the rivers are up, and school is canceled. Yay for that (I won't be saying yay in February when we miss our bad weather day). Thankfully, the storms have moved out, but if you live east of us, you better go ahead and prepare for some yucky weather.
Before I show you a couple of pictures, let me say this, I am extremely thankful for the rain. We need the rain desperately, and I am in no way complaining about the rain. But severe weather is severe weather, and I don't care what you say or who you are, no one enjoys severe weather. Except maybe if your storm chaser, but then you're also somewhat crazy in my opinion.
My sister took these pictures. My parents and my sister and her family live on the river. Normally these pastures are not under water, but the water came up fast this morning. Thankfully, there homes are not in any danger.
This was when the river first started to rise early this morning. That dock you see normally floats right on the edge of the bank. And underneath all that water up to those trees there is usually grass that you can sit on.
These are pictures of Plum Creek which runs along the edge/through our town. Looks more like a lake than a creek.
So there you have it folks. Some people get snowstorms. We get freakishly strange January thunderstorms! Stay safe and dry everyone.
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