Deluge

Last Thursday, we had what seemed to be a heavier-than-normal thunderstorm. Although strong, nothing about it really seemed that bad.

Then the lights went out.

Then the cul-de-sac turned into a lake.

Then the creek overflowed.

All in all, we were lucky. There are eight houses on our street. Six of them had flooded basements. We were one of the lucky ones. Today, there are huge piles of wet carpet, artificial Christmas trees, and other random stuff you'd typically find in a basement in front of all our neighbors' homes, waiting for garbage pickup.

I read in the newspaper that there have been at least 6,000 homes flooded. And that's just what's been reported. I'm sure there's really a lot more. I am so grateful that we stayed dry.