sadness

we have horrible flooding here in north texas. so much destruction and loss of life.

it hit the same town close to me that was recently hit by a tornado.

the news keep showing a precious 4 yr old angel who swept from her mother's arm.

my heart is broken.

I'm so sorry ....seems like that's all I say to you anymore dear friend.

ty alffe.

it's times like this, that even my own problems seem so minor.

where julie and i live...we got 4 inches of rain. some got over 8. all from one storm that hit at about 2am.



hey bj...does any of your local tv staions have a message board? like a fox staion? you can post about the kitties..and i bet you will get help.

We got between five and ten inches depending on whose rain gauge on the street didn't blow all the water out. We had six feet of water on our street and knock on wood, it only made it halfway up our yard. Three neighbors weren't so lucky with as much as seven inches of water. We stayed down there until 6:15 helping rip out carpet. Of course since we don't live in a flood plain, there is no insurance. One water remediation wanted 15K just to come out to suck out the water...not rip up the carpet or repair anything. One family had just spent about 50K putting in new carpets and wood floors. Six cars were swamped and all of our trash cans/recycle bins were swept away and the trash is everywhere. Please keep all of them in your prayers.

Oh how awful julie....
bizi
(((HUGS))))

(((Julie)))

.....and

(((Curious)))

I saw on the news last night about the N. Texax disaster. Terrible news.

befuddled2

I can hardly fathom that much rain from one storm.. I'm glad you and yours are safe.

I'm so sorry for all of you about that storm. How horrible
We're all praying for you.

Prayers going up for you. You guys and that horrible flooding, the 9 firemen, the missing pregnant momma. Lord. I'm going home after work and I think just go straight to bed.

((Curious and Julie))

Doody - I agree. So much tragedy and human suffering on the news. My heart and prayers go out to the families effected by this.

My ex-husband was a Chicago firefighter. They lost two men from their station in a highrise fire, and I knew them well. The first was a rookie who got off on the wrong floor and fell down an elevator shaft. The second was Joe, a very dear man who was only months away from retirement. He went in later to look for the rookie, but ended up making the same mistake. It felt like we lost family members.

My ex was a jerk of a husband, but I have the utmost respect for firemen. He enjoyed saving people, and didn't hesitate to risk his life to do so. How tragic to lose nine in one single warehouse fire.

We also have a woman (wife/mother) out here who has been missing for over a month now - Lisa Stebic. It makes no sense that she would take off and leave her children. Hate to say it, but I suspect the husband (hope I'm wrong). I feel so bad for those children.

I understand now why my husband feels the need to take an occasional break to watch SpongeBob. Maybe I'll go blow bubbles and see if I can make a Giraffe.