North Carolina Storm - 8/27/08

Such a dry spell and the rains came -

The Haw River overflowed...

Last summer my sisters' Mother's

Day gift was a new deck from her son.

A place for relaxation and all her flowers.

Lots of traffic is on this road, so there is

plenty to see.

This is Jeff and Rhonda posing
on their moms' new deck as
Jordan looks on. Turned out
really nice!

Yesterday, August 27, 2008 -

North Carolina was hit with remnants of Hurricane Fay. After all the devastating torment to Florida and all of the south, she headed our way. Bringing much needed rain, yet no one wants to see all this water. Elaine called me from work at 1:30pm and was getting worried about her home, as I assurd her it wasn't raining hard. Not long after her call, the rains came pouring down and for a while I didn't think it was going to let up at all! As the rain fell, the phone started ringing ... everybody wanting to know about the weather. Staying glued to the television and scanner there were threats of funnel clouds in Alamance County - flooded roads all over the map of our small southern towns.

Around 3:35pm, the phone rang, I answered and as she sobbed I knew what had happened. She and five other homeowners had to be evacuated from their homes. Duke Energy had to turn off the power and prepare for any emergencies around the area. George waded in the water to unlock the door and opened a window at the end of her home to crawl and retrieve her food from her freezer and pack an overnight bag. She is fine and staying with me and expecting to go home later on today.

This isn't the first time - she went through this in 1996, Fran made her way through Alamance County with her flood waters causing devastation all over.

(Pictures from Times-News)

4:00 pm

George retrieves wooden flower basket and ties it to the deck

Wendy inside after power is cut off to save belongings -

she is coaxing her mom to climb in window!

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Below are pictures of Elaines' home several hours later: