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Saturday, January 27, 2018

Downpour in Harlingen, Texas on January 27, 2018 @ 3:42 pm

The rain started in Harlingen and I didn't think anything of it....  Then it started raining hard....




Several inches
of water covers
the road to
Tropic Winds
RV Resort.





Eric and I lived on top of a mountain for 28 years.  Only once while we lived there did rainwater run across our road.  I have never been in a car, in a rainstorm, in conditions like this before.




Rainwater has
moved past the
roadway, over
the curb &
onto the lawn.





The car in front of us is moving slowly...  It doesn't have much clearance left above the water.




Ripples of
water move
out from the
car & truck
in front of
our Jeep.







I can see the
wake we are
making as we
move through
the water.





Water covers several feet of lawn past the roadway.






I am mezmirized
by what I see.






There's a lot of OH -- MY -- GOD coming out of my mouth.




Water covers
most of the
parking lot
in front of
the Main
Hall.




A curb lies, unseen, beneath the water.




Our campsite 
is uphill from
the Main Hall
& there is less
water here.





Water is sluicing down the street.  The lawns have large puddles.  A neighbor, with a rain gauge, told me that three inches of rain fell this afternoon.  According to fellow RVers, flooding like this hasn't occurred here before.

People living in low lying areas have challenges that mountain dwellers never think about.  

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Like your photos about the severe thunderstorm
There was a flood warning from weather bureau for Harligen issued at 3 pm
Glad you made back to your RV safely