Ain't No Sunshine

Take a second and be thankful that you still have a roof over your head and that the big bad storm that no one was really prepared for nor even really knew was coming got your home or vehicle. As I drove into Cordova this morning I was thinking that maybe it wouldn't be all that bad until I topped the hill at Costco and then I could really take in the damage. I was able to whip out my camera and take a few pictures that really don't do it any justice at all. I was in awe of how in such a short amount of time the storm turned into a life or death situation. I have yet to hear of any injuries that were serious or any fatalities at all, so thank God for that. My lab took no damage at all not even the small trees that line the medians in our parking lot. We are less than mile away from where it all went down and we were hoping for none of the clean up that poor Kohl's is going through today. It savagely ripped the left side of the building apart while there were people inside including employees and shoppers. The cars in the parking lot looked as though they had been pushed around in a large circle and the had very little glass remaining in all the windows. The majority of the stores in the shopping center there suffered some damage along with most of the street lights. When I was sharing this information with Big, he told me to check Channel 3's website for storm photos and all I can say is, Wow. I was so thankful that I left this area a bit early to run home because at five minutes after closing time I would have been sitting right in the muck of what was a pretty nasty beast. The families and businesses are in my thoughts today as they assess all of the property ruined and try to put their lives back together. Please say a prayer for them, it must be devastating to have to endure the fear and then the effect.

Oh, and if this weather doesn't ease and the rain doesn't quit I believe my friend Hollie is going to loose her mind. She and her family have decided to put a swimming pool in this summer hoping to be able to use it at least a month before the heat went away. Last year we had a drought in July and August but not the year she is trying to do yard construction. Everyday that the rain comes it just pushes her date further and further away from finally getting most suburbanite's dream, an in-ground pool. Yesterday, she just grunted as I read her NOAA's rendition of how the weekend's weather would play out because, you guessed it, RAIN.

Until next time, keep Cordova and other affected areas in your thoughts and hope for sunshine.