The house is fine, too. It was really crazy how fast everything happened. I mean, at the time we all went inside and went to bed, I said, “4 hours ago, this was a street, 2 hours ago, it was a lake, and now, it’s a street again”. I was actually just as surprised at how quickly the water went back down. I am going to post pictures on my flickr page but they are all photos of the day after.
Sadly, a 12-year-old boy died after being swept into a storm drain. If you are a parent, please keep in mind that even if your child is 12, (s)he is not capable of making intelligent decisions about situations such as flash flooding. The kids were playing near the storm drain and when the water surged, the boy was swept in and carried out to a crop field. This actually happened to a couple of kids when I was in high school, my friend’s brother Mike and his friend Ernie, I think they were 10 or 11 at the time and were lucky not to have been killed. The storm drain took them all the way across town and I’m sure it happened so fast that they couldn’t even react. I know it’s hard to keep track of them at that age, but kids should really be inside if there is a flash flood warning in the area.
I'm glad your dad's house and all people in it were ok.
ReplyDeleteholy smokes. glad things are okay. that is a good warning about the kids. Water is more powerful than we can possibly imagine.
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