So, after three or more hours of storm last night (early morning) this is what I found at 10!!! Not one of the guys (all three of them) moved!!!
They didn't even move when I took the pictures...yes, they put their heads up, but when they realized what I was doing they went right down again.Now, Dan would not have liked me take a picture of him, so I didn't...I can be nice! And he just got up...11 a.m.! Hey, I have to give him credit, he was up most of the time with the dogs. Jaeger really doesn't care about thunderstorms, but Rhowdie does.
It really was the worst storm we have had in a while. It even woke me up for about half an hour, then I went back to sleep. But the thunder was something different...it kept going on for ever and right above Abilene. The pool is overflowing, so we had quite a bit of rain also.
Dan just made the dogs go outside, those poor things. We'll have to let them back in in a bit as there must not be any dry spots out there.
That's all the update for right now, might be more later if anything interesting is going to happen :-)
And here is the report from the local TV station...5 inches of rain!!!
Flooding And Fires
Saturday, August 16, 2008 @10:00am CST
Reported by: News Desk
Early morning thunderstorms brought torrential rains and fires across the Abilene area. Up to 5 inches of rain fell over portions of south Abilene and Taylor County from 3:30am until 9am. Flooding of a number of streets, low water crossings, and county roads is occurring. Lightning struck the roof of the Abilene Women's City Club on South 14th Street starting a portion of the building's steeple on fire. The fire was put out quickly and damage was confined to a room on the second floor. Lightning struck a home on Brantley Circle just south of Chimney Rock Road, causing a portion of the home's chimney to crash through the roof of the home. The debris narrowly missed people who were sleeping on a sofa in the living room. Fire believed to have been caused by lightning destroyed a home north of Buffalo Gap on Taylor County Road 337. No flooding has been reported along creeks in Abilene, although they are rain swollen. More rain is expected later today.
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