May Floods

The month of  May is passing by quickly and turning out to be a May to remember.  We have had a lot of rain and storms.  As I sit here and write this post, we are having a severe storm.  It has been raining now for over an hour and we have already had three inches of rain.  I have never seen the road flooded like it is now.  The lightening and thunder has been unbelievable.  It is not only scaring  Laney, but it has made me jump a couple times.  Thank goodness my husband made it home from work safely.  There has been reports of winds at 58 mph.  I hate to be alone when it storms.  I remember two years ago a bad storm that came through in May that had straight winds of 80 mph.  I hid in a closet under stairs and prayed, as I heard things hitting our roof.

The weather report just issued flood warnings,  and interstate 75 and 70 are flooded.  We now have reports of four inches of rain.  People who live just a little north of us have flooded homes.  We also have more rain coming at us.  The yards across from us are flooded.  We are up on a hill thank goodness.   My son has come home and he has witnessed some of the flooding.  He said it is bad.  I hope we see the sun tomorrow.  This has been a year of devastating weather all over the United States.   Hope where ever you are that you stay safe.

Laney is perched on me and appears to be on guard.  She is afraid of the storms.  I love spring,  but this is scary.  They just showed the interstate on the news.  It is a mile and a half  from our house, and the traffic is backed up for miles because the highway is flooded.  People are trying to turn around on the shoulder and creating more problems.  I think it is going to be a long night for some people.  It will be interesting to see what tomorrow brings. 

Life is still beautiful!!

Elizabeth