We tried to get into North Little Rock last night, Christmas, to visit the Old Mill, but the interstate was closed due to flooding. We felt quite boxed in and deprived, until we saw this house. The house next door had what appeared to be a package that had been delivered to the front porch; the package (if that's what it was) had floated to somewhere near the middle of the front yard. My heart goes out to these folks; such a devastating thing to go through on Christmas Day. I pray that they know the comfort of God's hand in this difficult situation. I hope their homes and cars are still usable.
Believe it or not, that is a road covered with water. You can see the traffic backed up. Nobody was going much of anywhere yesterday.
A baseball park in Jacksonville. On the left in the background, find the two lightposts, each having a cluster of 3 lights. They are just about 1 foot above the water. 
I wonder if these cars were stationary during the rain, or if drivers thought they'd be able to make it through the water on the road. Being in Pensacola for Hurricanes Erin, Opal, George, Dennis, Ivan, Katrina, etc., I have not seen flood conditions like this. 
If this last picture continued just a bit more to the left, you'd see the stranded cars from the previous picture.
We went out again today, trying again to get to North Little Rock. The weather has been quite clear all day, but the water has not receded enough, and the interstate was still closed. We are going to try again tomorrow afternoon.
2 comments:
whoa. weird that it was like that! i've never seen it that bad! i'm so glad you guys weren't caught in it.
What was Lika & Jason's house like during this flooding period? I am remembering how their house is at the end of the cul de sac - did the house get any water inside or any flooding especially in the old den and now Toa's bedroom? That sure was a lot of water! talofai! and the house next door with the package floating in the middle of the yard is just .... a lot of water!
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