Billye...you ok? re: rain....flooding?
 

just checking on my fellow gal texan?:Cowgirl: i saw your town (which i will not mention..or mine) on the news. wowza hon...we sure are having crazy weather!

did ya see on tuesday where the highway got shut down? well..that is close to me and the very exit we are moving to next weekend! :eek:

hope you are ok. :Sinking:

I do to all of you in Texas,i have a son and daughter-in-law in Ocity
so all you folks there and Kansas and they had to open a Damm by
Lake of the Ozarks in Mo. Please all stay warm and dry,well it's warm
just bless you all and stay safe. :) And Ryan call you Mama Sue

I too worry about you and everyone who is ....
 

getting soo drenched!
Wishing you sunshine soon - j

We are getting it pretty good too. It is like The Flood here... We drove over the bridge in Little Elm, Texas (north of Dallas) the other day and water was lapping at the underneath. Tonight's newscast indicated that the town is also worried and has positioned fire and police on both sides of the bridge, in the event the bridge is flooded out. This will be a real mess, should this happen.

People who live on the north side of the bridge are going to have a devil of a time getting to work, since there isn't a really good way to get around it. Most people on the south side probably work south of the area.

Some of you may remember that I love to fish a lot. The lakes in North Texas are all considerably over the normal level though, and it is impossible to even launch a boat, unless you already have a boat in a slip at a marina...

The only day it has not rained here, was the Fourth...

Cathie

Hi All, We're getting the east side of your rain. I've never seen so much water. It's rained here everyday for weeks. Sorry to see all the flooding in Texas. I have family in OK., it's bad there to. Good luck Texas

Wow...
 

This has to be a nightmare for those of you in Texas and Oklahoma!

I can't imagine it!

You all have my positive thoughts that Mother Nature's tantrum is over soon!

Send some of it this way!
 

We're dry. Getting ready to get dryer still. We were catching up on the rain but it looks like that's about to change and we really need it.

Everyone down and out that way please stay safe. :hug:

I keep seeing about TX on the news. That is a downer. Here we have had little rain but on the 4th we got it and last night we had some. I'm in MI and my mom has no power still from last night. I think its going to be in the mid 90's here. I like the hot though better then the cold.

Wow! I just found out that Little Elm has both bridges blocked off. This means some households had to be evacuated... I feel for those people. We are on pretty high ground in our area, north of Dallas, so will be OK. The mosquitos are out in NUMBERS!!!

Gainesville, Texas, north of Little Elm, has suffered terribly from the flooding and some loss of life that occurred when rescue operations were going on. I think every time they think it is over, they get hit again...

One lake south of Dallas is 29 feet above normal...

I don't think we are going to have a lot of Crappie in the freezer this year...

Cathie

Five Feet High and Rising......
 

Rememer that one??!!! :p Sure getting that way here. We live way back in the woods and it is such a mess. Today was the first day of a little sunshine for two weeks. We've developed a leak in the connecting passageway between the older part of our house and the new section of it. Had a guy out yesterday to look at it and he got his truck off the drive and stuck up to the axle yesterday. Destroyed a section of the drive and the drain from the middle of our circle drive to the outside of it. I stood out there for only about 3-5 minutes watching my husband and him digging the truck out. It was raining cats and dogs and I was standing under the porch. Absolutely covered up in mosquito bites in that short period of time.

I was soooooo glad to see the sun today. So depressed. The daughter of a very close friend was killed in a car wreck about two days ago. Funeral is on Saturday. I watched that child grow up. It brought back memories of my only brother's death in a similar wreck and being waked up in the middle of the night to go identify his body. Those poor parents. I remember how it was so hard for me and my family. He was only 28 and had a new baby girl. Alcohol involved in both accidents. Such a needless loss. She had just received a full scolarship to a good college.

Anyway, the sun is shining and I'm trying to get some of it. It always helps my mood.

Also got some crisis in my children's family situations. Stress isn't letting me sleep and I'm eating too much.

Whine, whine, whine. :cool: Just needed to get this out. Thanks all of you.

Billye

Billye`
 

So sorry all this is happening - how terribly sad for your friend and her family, and of course all those that are left behind....

Sending very warm thoughts that you get thru the next few days with strength and the dignity you always demonstrate - and be sure to take care of yourself too:rain:

My Dear Billye:

You need lots of hugs today!!!:hug: :hug: :hug:

Hope the sun shines and brings you peaceful days ahead.

I am sorry for your loss!!!

mel

I'm sorry for y'all in Texas and the lower plains and you in particular Billye.

I looked up the rain forecast for Texas. It depends on exactly where you live. It puts into perspective that we are here and whole only at the whim of God and nature. Take care and be safe.

Billye & Cathie
 

I' very glad your both safe,well all of you in Texsa my gosh it looks
like we might get some here in Mo. agan. Billye that's how we lost
my husband,a man on drugs who didn't want to live,he hit my husband
headon. He lived but my husband didn't, I will never forget my daughters
screams. It's so very sad i'm glad you got it out. I just got a call from
my daughter there visting friends in Ca. and it's very hot there,she said
she hopes there no power failures it's 116 and the babies 2 months old.
I still haven't hear from my son in OK. but there probably busy at the
hospital. Well bess wishes to you all. Sue

I never seem to be able to find adequate words to express my feelings about the loss of someone so young. I am so sorry to hear about this, Billye.

This is a good place to let your feelings out though. Please remember that we are thinking about you. You are very special to all of us.

Cathie

Billye my heart is with you....
 

I hope you, Cathie and all others are on high ground safety-wise...
Also as precaution lots of canned/bottled water and a generator or coleman stove or the like...Being eaten alive by bugs isn't fun either. Whew!

Hugs and hopes for a few pain free moments! - j

Billye, I'm glad at least you feel--
 

--that you can mention these things on these borads, and you can allow this surrogate family to give you whatever support it can.

Such a loss can never be completely recovered from, but perhaps we can help in some small way. :grouphug:

I also hope you've had the support and shoulders of those closer to you in less "virtual" realms.

In the meantime, I hope you and your husband don't have to start drawing up plans for an ark.:rolleyes: