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I wondered how ya'll were faring in all that mess. @Baymule - so glad ya'll are safe! @Devonviolet - hard to sleep when you're hot and clammy, huh? It's miserable!

I don't know how we got so lucky, but we got absolutely nuttin' yesterday and only a small shower today. I'm not gonna get too excited though - there's probably more out there just waiting....
 

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We finally went to bed last night around 11:00. We have adjustable beds, so I propped up in a sitting position to read. Weeeelllllll.........the power went off again! There I was sitting up in a straight chair that was supposed to be my bed. :tongue I tried and tried to go to sleep, I rooted DH over and tried to steal sleeping space from him, I finally gave up and turned around in the bed and stuck my feet up. :barnie About 1:30 the power came back on, the first thing I did was press FLAT on the bed remote. Then I turned out the light and went to sleep. :clap

I thought ya'll would get a laugh out of me stuck in the "up" position. :gig

Oh, and we got 5" of rain.
 

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:lol: @Baymule, you crack me up too!

I've always thought an adjustable bed would be fun. It would only take one power outage to make me do what @frustratedearthmother does . . . hit FLAT at the slighest hint of weather . . . sunny day - FLAT! Cold front on the way - FLAT! Spring Rain shower - FLAT! Well, you get the picture. :gig

FEM, It looked like the squall line was to the East of you. So, I thought that y'all were at least getting wet. You're right though . . . I'm just sure there is some moisture headed your way, either from the Pacific, off Mexico, or the Gulf. :p
 

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That's pretty impressive! The link didn't get me to the video though... It took me to a news page. I did find it though, here:
 

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Hey ya'll watch this video of the culverts washing out! It has happened around here quite a few times in the year we have been living here, but this is the first time I've seen video of it. This was on a county road in our immediate neighborhood.

http://www.wsbtv.com/news/trending-...ing-causes-dramatic-culvert-washout/250469214
That same video showed up on our (Dallas) news. The thing I don't understand . . . with 2 large culverts, why didn't the water go through the culverts rather tHan push them out of the way???
 

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Too much water at one time, too fast, and the culverts weren't big enough to carry the water away.

The land we used to own in Livingston had a wet weather creek that cut across that front of it. We battled culverts and floods, knocked down fences, from the massive amount of water that came through. Our culverts and road went completely underwater, that dry wash turned into a roaring river. I found a deal on a steel culvert in Beaumont, 90 miles away. It was 22 feet long, 7 feet tall for $850, we drove there immediately and paid the man. I found someone to haul it for $350 and was thrilled. The neighbor across the street bought a bulldozer and we hired him to put it in. THAT culvert worked! It was an old underground gas tank with the ends cut out. Normally they cost $2500 to $4000.

I have pictures of a small rain right after we had the culvert put in. I don't miss that property at all, but it was a good investment at the time.


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Here is a picture of Joe walking down the road we put in. He is 16 hands tall and looks small walking over the culvert.

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Oh man! The weirdest thing just happened! Y'all are gonna think I'm crazy! :ep

We have the windows open, for fresh air. We were watching TV and I started hearing a high pitched noise. At first I thought there were children screaming in the background, on the TV. But, it really didn't fit with the story line and didn't really sound like children. So I muted the TV and realized it was outside, in the field next to our property.

All of a sudden I realized it was, "COYOTES!" I jumped up from my chair & told DH to grab the gun & ran for the back door.

I was shocked at how loud & close the coyotes sounded. But, even more shocked and puzzled, that the dogs weren't barking. Every other time the coyotes have sounded off, the dogs have gone crazy barking.

I couldn't see the coyotes in the dark, but they sounded like they we're in a big pile of dead trees (next to the road), that the land owner bull dozed over a year ago.

DH was still getting the gun and the dogs weren't barking . . . so I started "barking", like I was an angry dog! :lol:

Ya know what? The coyotes stopped making their ruckus and our dogs started barking. :th

Once the coyotes went quiet, I went & got the spotlight & shown it out into the field, toward the dead tree pile, but didn't see any coyote eyes reflected back at me.

Never a dull moment, living in the country!
 
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