Wednesday

We got a lot of heavy damaging rain yesterday and there is a 60% chance of more today, according to the forecast. Rain blew in the church in places that hadn't been leaking before and we've got water all over the building in different places. It's a real mess. None in the office, though. It even blew in around the edges of the stained glass window in the sanctuary and soaked the big Bible that was on the altar table by the pulpit.

When Sis was going home yesterday, she turned on a side street and there was a large tree down across the street so she had to turn around and go back to another street. Many trees and large branches were down throughout the city, and a lot of people lost their electricity. Ours went out at least long enough that we had to reset the electric clocks.

There were so many roads and intersections closed due to high water yesterday that the city ran out of the road closed signs and had to order 150 more brought in.

At our house we had some smaller branches down but nothing like I saw on TV and around other streets. We got more rain with thunder and lightning during the night, but I didn't go out and check the back yard before I left for work this morning, so I don't know if we have any more down.

One lady I was talking to on the phone a few minutes ago said they got 3 inches at their house yesterday and another 3 inches overnight.

The Methodist church in LaVernia, Texas about 20 or 30 miles from here, lost its roof in 70 per mile winds overnight. It stripped it right down to the wood framework. It showed pictures of it on the internet news this morning.

We did have a sunny afternoon, but more rain is forecast for tonight and it has been thundering.

Sis bought a flag today and hung it on the front of the house.