Friday, July 10, 2009

RIVER SAWTOOTH MEETS LAKE PONDEROSA

On the 4th of July, we were not privileged to watch the storm that "you've never seen anything like." Brandon was SO disappointed, though I am okay with it. It rained, hailed, etc. with thunder and lighting for over 30 minutes straight, and then of course decided to flood our neighborhood. The water in the front of the house came right in our garage. In the back, it was almost up to our deck. The water was so high that they put cones and caution tape up to block our street. If we had decided to come home that night, we would not have been able to get home!

Our friends that were watching our house cussed us out because we left it locked up tight and did not leave them a key. They were gracious enough to take pictures for us the next day. Here they are - I've titled them "River Sawtooth meets Lake Ponderosa."

The hail on the side of the house. Monday morning (over 36 hours after the fact) I was raking up hail in the front yard.

From our driveway.

Another with a van coming through the water.

See all of the debris in the yard and where the water got to at that point.

One more angle.

We are still working on clean up duties . . . One more thing to mention is that our tree lost over 2/3 of the leaves. It really looks more like fall than summer!

4 comments:

Robyn said...

YIKES! Poky has had quite the storms this year- sometimes it makes me glad we haven't moved yet when I see those pics. :)

Zoey said...

Remember that that is the next day!!! Yes, be glad that Boise's weather is a bit calmer. It has been quite a year for us here!

Rhonda said...

Good times good times. We were sitting on Grandmas patio with your parents and Aunt Sondra watching it come down like crazy and the golf course flood. But it looks like your area was a lot worse off. Grandma had bark from her front yard washing down the street. This weather is stupid.

The Z-Pack said...

We missed the storm, too, but it hit Kimberly pretty hard. Everyone said it was like a hurricane. All we saw was the aftermath, just like you guys. When did you get the Toyota Sienna?