Just Us N Texas
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We have lived in Texas for two years now, and had many storms. Most of what they call severe weather here has been nothing to compare with severe storms I have seen in Ky. Till yesterday! I know you have seen all the news coverage on the flooding in Northern Texas and heard of all the lives lost. Well, yesterday I got an inkling of their fear. Mind you, just a small one. It was thundering and wouldn't quit, and I was busy doing something or other, then finally I went to the front door and looked toward the back fourty. What I saw was what scared me. All the cattle and horses were running as hard as they could go, and there was just a complete white sheet behind them. You couldn't see the barn, the trees or anything but white. I panicked, decided to leave, started out the door, but didn't make it. The rain came in torrents. Tina had just pulled in with the horse trailer, and two of her shetlands. She had just backed into her unloading spot when it hit. She rode it out in the truck. The winds were high, and lightning just going, in what seemed right over her truck. She is not afraid of storms. I am big time because of having been in Columbus, Ohio when a tornado hit the track where we had race horses (none hurt but the barn area was demolished), and having several of our friends homes and barns blow away some years later in Stamping Ground, Ky. Tina, knowing how fearful I am of storms called me on her cell and tried to talk me through this storm. She later told me that it slacked up some, but then changed direction and came back, and it scared her. Just the sheer force of the wind and the rain! She thought for sure it was a tornado at that point. One of my outside dogs went under the back porch and wouldn't come in because of the force of the wind. It scared him as he started barking, whining, and howling, and I couldn't get to him, (my beloved Ben), and I thought he was hurt. I was also thoroughly convinced that all my chicks had been blown up against their enclosure and killed. I was worried about the mares and foals, and hoped they had not been hit by lightning or falling limbs. I was a total wreck! Well, as it turns out, when the storm abated, and I could finally get to Ben, he wasn't hurt, just mad because he was wet and couldn't get out of the rain, and the chicks were dry and doing their thing. Thankfully, all the mares and foals were okay. We had a few tree limbs down, and the two hibiscus bushes were pretty wrecked, but other than, no real damage done. Then this morning on the news I saw how totally devastated they had been in the flooded areas around Dallas, and the poor woman who was holding her 4 y.o daughter when the current took her out of her arms and drowned her. I was grateful that we just had a small storm, compared to that one. Of course I had to stop and say a little prayer of thankfulness, and for her and her family.
The offical rainfall measured was in Texarkana and was .66 of an inch. My unofficial rain gauge said 1.7 inches here at our farm. All that rain was in 20-30 minutes.
I think we should look into getting a storm shelter of some sort, if for nothing else than to ease my mind!
The offical rainfall measured was in Texarkana and was .66 of an inch. My unofficial rain gauge said 1.7 inches here at our farm. All that rain was in 20-30 minutes.
I think we should look into getting a storm shelter of some sort, if for nothing else than to ease my mind!
