More rain info

Well for the moment it's not raining but the clouds are rolling in. To see more crazy photos of how much water there was click here on the link. Many houses have damage and there's lots of torn up carpet outside of homes. We got lucky and hope our luck holds as the storm passes by again. FYI: All the pictures that are shown in the article by BYUH are no more than a block from our house.

It's Raining, It's Pouring!

We woke up this morning to rain, lots of it. One of the rental units that is sub level flooded but after emptying 30 loads of a 14 gallon wet/dry vac most of the water was out. Eric had to walk to the hardware store for a part for the sump pump which under normal conditions wouldn't be bad. But three blocks one way in rain water, that in some places was waist deep, was not an easy task. Why didn't he just drive? Well the streets were flooded and some cars were stuck. So he put on his swim trunks and walked over. An hour later he made it back.
So here are some pictures of our area.

Our house and driveway. Boy are we glad we live upstairs!

Our neighbors' front yard.

The fire department has been around helping people out of their homes. By the time they reached the end of the bushes on the right side they were knee deep in water.

If you look closely you can see a red paddle boat being used to get people around.

When Eric first walked by the water was just above the bumper of this truck. An hour and a half later when I took this picture the water had gone down some. At the moment the rain has died down but the forecast says the storm system is still overhead. We just hope it slacks off enough for us to dry up a bit.

Sometimes it rains, even in paradise.

**Update: The town 15 minutes away from us got 14 inches of rain in 12 hours. That was the most on the whole island. After checking all the pumps, we're getting ready for bed. The rain has stopped for now but is forecasted to come back in the next day or two. The weatherman said it "shouldn't" be as bad as the first time.

Present from Ye Ye

On Black Friday William received an early Christmas present from my Dad. We had been on the look out for it since my Dad bought it off of Ebay. William loves it! It is a Vtech train station that sings ABC, tells time, identifies the animals, plays music and a bunch of other things. Everyday William has asked for "train please" and is always sad when we clean it up for the night.

Thanks for the gift Ye Ye!