The Perfect Storm
We made it through our first big storm yesterday. Fay decided to take her sweet time getting to us and then took her sweet time leaving once she got here. She’s a hoverer. Anyone in her path knows that. She just hung out and dumped rain and left tornadoes in her path.
We didn’t know what to expect, so all we could do was prepare based on what we knew. We were ready for power outages and flooding. We got flooding but our power stayed on. Thank goodness, because that meant I was able to obsessively watch the storm on weather.com.We had high winds, lots of rain - which flooded our yard and only momentarily seeped in our front door. Handy hubby came to the rescue early yesterday morning and set up a few water pumps to take the water away from the house and out to the road so it kept most of the water at bay. If not for that, we’d have had water inside early on in the day.
Here’s a view out our front door around mid-morning
This storm was a good learning experience for us. We now know what a tropical storm is like, we know some things we can do better next time, and we also found the fun that can come from them. The kids made the day completely fun. They weren’t scared, they weren’t worried, they just thought “puddles!” While they had the front windows open and were throwing bouncy balls and rubber duckies outside to watch them float away in the yard, we were nervously watching the water rise hoping it wouldn’t come inside.
This storm was a perfect metaphor for life. There are times of calm and during those, you still have to prepare for the what ifs by having a plan in place, supplies on hand and some emergency money. When the storms come along, hopefully you’re as ready as can be and open to finding the silver lining. For all of those things, this was the perfect storm.
August 23rd, 2008 at 9:58 am
So glad you and your family are safe! Also, glad you’re not dealing with a flooded house. I live in North Carolina, but I’ve yet to experience my first hurricane/tropical storm. All of us in hurricane country can learn a lot from your experience! I’m glad it turned out ok for you.
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August 23rd, 2008 at 10:16 am
Wow, that picture is pretty impressive. My old house flooded a couple of times, but luckily it just got in the basement where there wasn’t anything important.
August 23rd, 2008 at 12:34 pm
Glad you are all ok Emily.
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August 23rd, 2008 at 5:26 pm
Your post reminds me of this quote…
“Childhood is that state which ends the moment a puddle is first viewed as an obstacle instead of an opportunity.” ~Kathy Williams
But I’m glad to hear you guys are ok. I was thinking about you when the storm was on the news.
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August 23rd, 2008 at 6:03 pm
Here’s to looking on the bright side, I am also very, very glad you are safe, we may be high and dry here in CA, but our thoughts are with you, we only see scary pictures on TV and pray. Thanks for sharing, and please take care of yourself.
-Tabs
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Hope you can continue to keep us updated.
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August 23rd, 2008 at 9:16 pm
Emily, you have a wonderful outlook and I am glad to know you.
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August 23rd, 2008 at 9:27 pm
Wow! You got it a lot worse than we did! Our backyard got pretty full of water, but nothing like that! Oh…our gate flew off the backyard fence too. That was an easy fix though.
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August 23rd, 2008 at 10:14 pm
glad you are al well and safe.
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August 24th, 2008 at 1:53 am
Scary! After our recent crack in our foundation from excess water in our yard, that looks especially scary to me! yikes!
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August 24th, 2008 at 3:05 am
I’m glad you didn’t get hit any worse and that the kids had fun!
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August 24th, 2008 at 3:18 pm
AHHHHH I cannot even imagine! YAY for handy hubby.
Glad you are safe!
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August 24th, 2008 at 8:28 pm
I hope Fay is well on her way now. It’s raining here now but nothing like that! Glad you are all okay!
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August 25th, 2008 at 3:19 am
Glad you are safe! My family dealt with a flood from a river awhile back. The entire basement filled with water and we had sandbags guarding the doors to the house. It was a close call but everything but the basement and yard stayed dry. So scary!
Happy week,
Melissa
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