Rain Rain go away!

As many of you might have seen on the news...Smithfield has seen a lot of rain. A LOT! Last week was the worst and we happened to even get some video footage at the beginning of the storm just to give you an idea of the power. Just under an inch and a half of rain fell within about an hour. It was crazy -but luckily with the help of neighbors and all of those around us we were able to keep the damage to a minimum.

We were all luckily enough that this all happened at about 8:30 pm because many of us were still awake. It starts off by hailing -finger tip size pieces. Then turn to a down pour of rain.

We had noticed the water shooting out of the drain then our retention area begins to feel up into what we like to call CastleView lake. This is the beginning of a storm this week.
yes I did say drain -doesn't look like much of a drain now does it.
These pictures are from just this week so it is not quite as intense as the big storm the last week but you get the picture. The dirt line you see above the "lake" that is where the water was the previous storm until the city ran us out a pump.

There we sink holes on the highway in numerous places and a lot of homes were damaged all around us. We were lucky enough to not have any flooding but unfortunately a lot of friends did. Basement window were blowing out from the water moving so intensely and not having anywhere to go. Homes by the canal were flooded from the floor to the ceiling. It is still raining but we are very equip to be able to hand it now -sub pumps and all.

Hopefully you enjoy seeing how our last couple of weeks were going and still are going. Our thoughts are with those of you still recovering from the damage.