The Rain Has Passed

We got a lot of rain yesterday and last night, but not much wind and the power only went out very briefly during the night, so all is well here. There are just a lot of flooded dirt roads in the neighborhood with mud and several houses in lower elevation lots got flooded. Fortunately the casa planned ahead and built up the land prior to building so all of our houses are above the puddles, unlike our neighbors. The interesting thing about a hurricane down here is that it actually makes the weather cooler. I recall in all the hurricanes that have passed through VA over the years, the weather is always very hot and muggy as the tropical air comes up and passes through. Well here, it is the sun that brings all the heat so when the storm was coming through yesterday, the thick clouds blocked out all the heat from the sun and it was actually comparitively chilly. The kids all said it was very cold. They don't know what cold really is. But it has by far been the two coolest days here since I arrived in June since we have not seen the Sun.


This photo is taken outside the back enterance to our casa. The water is not very deep, but this used to be our dirt road.

Our next door neighbors are not as fortunate as us to be built on higher ground. They have a pool surrounding their house now and probably water inside also.

Another neighbor with a flooded yard. The only one not upset with this is the pig who is happy to have a bigger mudd puddle than normal.












The rain did not stop the roosters from crowing at 4 a.m. as usual, but it sent this one in search of higher ground.