The Flood

Arkansas had a lot of bad weather lately - tornadoes, wind, hail, and LOTS of rain.  

Our road flooded  - I heard that was the first time it had ever flooded.  Looked to be about 3 feet of water on the road.  Jeff could still go through in his truck, but we didn't take my car through until ALL THE WATER WAS OFF THE ROAD!  I kept hearing them say on the radio, "Turn around, don't drown!"



This house isn't far from us!

This one is close to us too!

This is our neighbors shed - right across the street from their house!  Just to compare, here is a picture of my parents taken in front of that same shed in November.

Looks like the water would have been up to my mom's nose!

My parent's were actually here visiting when it flooded.  We came home after church Sunday night and commented on how close to the road the water was.  Dad even asked if we thought it would come over the road, to which we replied, "No way!"  We woke up Monday morning, Mom and Dad packed up their van, and .... uh oh, road was DEFINITELY covered!  We were excited at first, thinking we might get to keep them a few days, but they really needed to get home to KY so Dad could work and Mom could teach a class.  So Jeff drove them through in his truck and they rented a car to drive home.  Mom returned the rental the next weekend and picked up their van.  But she had to take a detour to get here because I-40 was closed due to flooding too!