Hail Storm

We got back from our camping trip on Friday night and on the 4th we took it easy in the morning and then drove up to Rexburg for lunch with my family. Suzette, David and Kelley, and Grandma and Grandpa Shirley were there. After that we drove back home and Terry got off work around 6:30. At about seven I noticed the sky was getting darker and I watched these clouds roll in. They were swirling and circling and I started thinking--is that going to turn into a tornado? Anyway, it started to rain and then to hail and it poured and poured for about 30-40 minutes and by the end, all our flours and shrubs and trees were hacked up.

The kids ran out and put on their winter boots because it looked like it had snowed. And we saw a rainbow come out over our house. Then we noticed neighbors out and about with buckets. They were going door to door because a lot of people were gone and they were bailing out the window wells. Ours were checked and what do you know? Our basement flooded. So Terry and some other neighbors got to work and ripped up the carpet and dry-vacced (sp?) all that water out. Then another neighbor who has a restoration business made sure that our carpet was cleaned and relayed in the next two days. So we were fine. Even though it was a bad thing, I felt like it was a holiday sort of because all the neighbors were out working together and there was so much community spirit.

They ended up cancelling part of church the next day and sent everyone home to make sure everyone in the neighborhood was okay and didn't need help. There were a number of roads close by that were closed because the water had backed up so bad and there were lakes here and there. Anyway, it was all a little exciting.