Typically there isn't a lake in our front yard!
Just over a week ago, a storm swept through our town in Texas. It wasn't a tornado, but what they consider a 'straightline'. Meaning the wind is just as strong, but all moving in the same direction. It left as fast as it came and we were left with water in our office and front entry. Even the closed, locked windows on the front of the house seeped water through them.
(typically there isn't a river in our backyard either!)
The biggest loss, to the kids, was what we found in the backyard. The playset had been ripped from the ground, tearing through the 4x4 supports and tossed across the yard. Macy was the most saddened by the site, as she spends several hours a day on it. It didn't take long for her to proclaim that it was fine though, that now it was just a different playset, get her water clothes on, and summit the 'new' pile.
What remains of our playset now lays in a heap in our driveway, waiting to be disposed. The kids... are finding plenty of pleasure on their bikes. Now we just need to decide if and when we want to invest in another item that might be destroyed by a Texas storm.
2 comments:
I wonder if that is the same storm system that hit here last Friday. We had to assume tornado positions for about 1 1/2 hours here at school and the power went out... still out for some - phone lines are still down for many - trees uprooted at over the place... CRAZY!
That sounds terrible with water coming in your house and windows. That is sad about your play set. Sure glad you are all okay though.
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