New Flood this Morning

I woke this morning early to a serious thunderstorm. I LIKE thunder, so I smiled and nestled in for some more sleep. Then I remembered the recent flood and thought that the people here would probably not share my enthusiasm. When the rain finally let up a few hours later, it was time to investigate.

I went for a ride after the rain subsided to go look around. Felize was eager to join me and on the way we picked up Francisco and David, 2 older boys who are our nearest neighbors. They were happy to go with us. At a few points along the way, we had David go ahead of us to test the depth of the flowing water covering the road. When I expressed concern that he not get knocked over, his older brother simply said, "He can swim."

We went thru 4 or 5 low areas until we got to within about 1/2 mile from the little creek with the raised up bridge. That was as close as we could get. They anticipated that in about 4-6 hours, you should be able to make it then but not this morning, that's for sure.

The road changed a LOT during this one rainfall - a normal car would not fare well here. In fact, just this morning, even though we were being very careful, somewhere along the way, a rock must have sliced the side wall on my left front tire as a nice flap of rubber is hanging there now. Felize had told me that the rocks on this road can be very sharp - this proves it!

It is interesting what a difference a few hours of rain can make here!