Reply #10: Batten down the hatches, DR;

[LWolf]

We got hit hard this morning. It waited for all of us to get to school, and about 10 minutes before school started it got literally dark outside and the sky just opened up.

This part is almost funny. I ran to open the door and let the kids in early; there is no sheltered area out there; no hallways. Just a bunch of trailers. The kids were standing on the ramp, shrieking. They don't see much rain; even when we do get rain, it doesn't usually rain hard. As I was unlocking the classroom door, a group of boys said, "Do we still have to take our spelling test today?" I grinned at them. They said, "But it's RAINING!" I laughed. And we went in and got to work. Until, an hour later, it started snowing. Then you couldn't keep them from the windows. It snowed for about an hour, and some slush was sticking; then it turned back to rain, and finally quit about 1:30. That was good; there was time for some of the water to run off before I got home. I only had to wade through standing water, not running water. It's supposed to go on this way all weekend. I'm tucked in nice and snug for the night, but my visit with the youngest son is cancelled; he was out of town for the holidays, and was supposed to be here tonight. He called me at work this afternoon to say he'd been turned back at one of the passes; closed, not because of snow, but because of mudslides.

You take care, and let's send all this water down to recharge the aquifer!

:loveya: