Wow, Glad we moved!

 Whaddaya mean juvat!

Well, if you haven't watched the news and seen the report on the flooding that happened this past few days on the Pedernales River you should.  Texas rivers have a pretty regular tendency to flood after a heavy rain, but this was close to Noah proportion.

Sorry I couldn't get this video to post as part of my post.  Just go to this URL and see what was happening. (https://www.facebook.com/reel/1577538870424097) 

This river was about a 1/2 mile south of where our previous house was located.  But, we were on the top of a small hill and the road to our property also went uphill a bit.  I strongly doubt that it would have gotten to us.  However,  we definitely wouldn't have been able to get out.  The bridge on Texas Highway 16 between our property and town had water flowing over it and also a good part of the highway.  

Bad Ju-Ju for sure.

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The river is under flood warning until today at a minimum.  Unfortunately, more rain is in the forecast.  Usually rain is appreciated in Texas, but not right now!  Our Fredericksburg had 12.4" and Kerrville had 19.54". Our last home was halfway between.  Those numbers may not be much in a tropical rain forest, but in Texas that's an awful lot, and proof thereof is the Pedernales river water level rose 32 feet in 4 hours. That's the highest it's been since 1979, 47 years. 

 

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I believe this picture was taken a bit later than the video posted above.  It wouldn't surprise me if the bridge wasn't there anymore but I haven't heard if that's so.

So...Rain is good...in reasonable amounts 

Just to answer any questions, this rainstorm didn't affect us.  We're about 180 miles to the East. I guess the storm dumped all it's rain on the middle of Texas. 

Thank You, Lord!

 Sources

https://www.statesman.com/weather/severe/article/texas-flash-flood-emergency-guadalupe-river-22347523.php  

https://youtu.be/cXjA2jV10UY?t=5 Pedernales state park

 https://www.fredericksburgstandard.com/news/article_533bd6b7-9655-4df2-a69a-93f124aac933.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xA2Uovobes   

 

 

 

Monday Update

  

Well, Campers, it's that day of the week. So maybe a little Jimmy to get us started.

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 Monday! You know....The one you dread because you're still in the "work=pay" grind.  Now, according to Sarge, that's no longer the problem for he and I. So he says.

But, there is a little bit of a hiccup there, see...I'm married and no longer working (for pay).  Back in the day, if there was something that she thought needed to be done, I could say, I'll take care of it over the weekend.  

That worked occasionally, not often, but...sometimes.

Now, however, no excuse.  

In all seriousness, retirement has been pretty nice.  I do get a lot of things done around the place.  I get to spend quite a bit of time in my workshop.  My Chef skills are also improving. 

And, I am down about 10 LBs (Mrs J says she thinks it's more.  I like her way of thinking!).  So...I got that going for me.

As to this weeks posting.  My last post talked about the flood just south of our property.  At that time, the count was 125 dead and more than a hundred missing.    The rescue effort got a lot of help from volunteers from pretty much all over the country.  The team we put up in our guest house came from Michigan, Florida, Illinois and Louisiana.  Virtually everybody involved in the effort came by private vehicle, with cadaver dogs and/or their own equipment.  No pay, no expenses.

Those are Heroes in my book.

Their Search Dogs have Business Cards! 😆😆😆

The cadaver dogs had a very hard job, wading around in the horribly poluted water with raw sewage. logs and yes, bodies all around.  I've got a lot of respect for their owners also.  Not an easy job and hard on the nerves.  Quite a few little girls lost their lives among the others.  Finding them had to have a lose/lose impact on the searchers and their dogs. As to the bodies, may they all rest in peace in the Lord's arms. 

In any case, the searching is significantly reduced but still going on. Many of the searchers are back at their homes. The "final" count is 135 dead.  The number of missing has dropped significantly from more than 100 to 3.  So a bit of "not quite as bad" news. 

Thank You, Lord!  

I'll switch topics to a bit of, hopefully, good news this week.  We got a call from our real estate agent asking if he could bring someone by the next day to look at the house.

Well, Duh!

So, the next several hours were spent mowing, vacuuming, scrubbing, putting extraneous "stuff" in the attic, mucking the horse barn, et cetera, et cetera, et cetera.

Well, turns out the folks interested live in Colorado, are about our age and also retired.  Their retired interest is caring for orphaned kids.  So, they were looking for a fairly large property.  They had engaged a real estate agent in town to look for that and do a film walk through of it.

Yes, Beans, ~20" rain will turn the grass green even in a Texas Summer!

 

Our property has 10 bedrooms total in the 4 dwellings.  All the bedrooms can handle at least 2 kids each (one can handle 8 comfortably). So, should meet the buyer hopeful's needs.

So we've got the house inspection by their real estate agent ready in the nick of time, we loaded up the 4 dogs and 1 cat into two cars and drove to the Sonic Drive In in town until given the all clear.  Yes, Beans, the look on the attendant's face when she brought up the burgers  and Atticus was sitting in the driver's seat made my day!

In any case, the Colorado folks told their agent they were very interested in the property and are making plans to fly over here and take a look in person in the next couple of weeks.

The Catholic upbringing in me caused me to leave no prayer unturned (to mix metaphors). 

Yes, the statue is buried in our back yard.  We'll be bringing it with us when we sell.

We'll see what we will see!  Fingers Crossed!

Peace out, y'all!