Terrifying Storm

Last night a terrifyingly dangerous and huge storm came through the "Louisville and beyond" area.  It was a massive wall of intense severe thunderstorms with tornado conditions.  Around 11:00 pm I started watching the new.

From the time I got home from Robert's game - after prayers and cleaning up, I cleared off the deck of chairs, the umbrella and the grill.  Then I prepared the windows and the front door with support, and towels.  I got all the lanterns out in case there was power loss.  I cleaned up any loose papers, books, etc in the family room in case the wind broke the windows… and then I waited for the storm to come.

The storm came in from St. Louis - due West.  It was taking down trees, roofs, power lines, etc.  I wanted to be prepared if it came through our area and did the same.

At 12:20 the storms hit Louisville with TORNADO WARNINGS, at 12:30 I moved the kids to the basement.  Winds from the storm were recorded at 65 mph - Robert, of course, was already there since his room is in the basement.  Devon was the first to go down.  He camped out on the large couch, Marissa was the second to decent - she took the little couch, Jessica was tough to rouse but she eventually went down and slept on the top bunk in Robert's room.  After the TORNADO WARNING had passed at 1:15 am, I woke each asking if they wanted to go back to their real bed.   Jessica, "no" (very groggy), Marissa "no,no,no", and Devon "no"!  It unanimous.  They slept the rest of the night in the basement.

They were so cute - Robert didn't even know there was a storm, Jessica didn't remember me waking her up 2 times (6:05, 6:25) - needless to say they were a little late to seminary, Devon and Marissa didn't remember me asking them if they wanted to go back to their own beds.  Jessica on Robert's top bunk, Devon on one coach and Marissa on the other.  After 1:15 I slept in my bed like a baby!  

Watching the storm come through on the radar it looked like Prospect was spared the worst of it.  There were burgundy spots on us but only for a short time.   The Lord was most assuredly watching out for us.

After the storm Louisville was hit with the worst flooding in a long time (longer than I've been here).  Here are some photos to show the devastating flooding in the area.

someone's front yard

the overflow of a river

more overflow:  the river is actually up at the yellow sign, all this water should be land

I drive this road to take Robert to soccer practice.
It's called River Road because it parallels the Ohio River

Houses along River Road are under at least one foot of water