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Our Rain Storm

So we had this rainstorm the other day that just DOWN POURED! It lasted for about 10 minutes and then just let up. It was so weird. The wind was blowing too which made the rain that much more wild. It was strong enough it broke a limb off the tree in front of our house which stabbed the car windshield of this poor guy.

The storm created this literal river in our street which carried all our garbage cans away, so I had to run down the street and grab them before they were lost. There was so much debris that fell from the trees that it clogged the street drains and created this lake at the end of our street. After it stopped I took the kids out to check it out, and Chase had a blast playing in the water.

Here is a BEFORE and AFTER picture of how much water was in the street before it drained. It was unbelievable. Cars were getting stuck going through it b/c it was so deep. I saw this one poor man pushing his car through the water.
























As you can see, our Princess Amelie did not want the water to touch her feet.


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nora.lakehurst said…
Fun! Reminds me of the storm I think two years ago in Provo where we had a "tornado" Over the Lake and it created such a mess. A guys roof caved in and it was just WOW>
7/07/2008
Hayward Family said…
WOW! That's crazy! I'm glad you were all ok! :)
7/08/2008

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