Daily Report: A Day That Didn't End Well Or Badly

It rained today. All morning, it drizzled. All afternoon, it rained. All evening, it poured.

Then Epril and I got word from the in-laws that the family home across town was getting flooded. They had moved to high ground. My father in law, Eddie, came up to our house (at the highest point in town) with kid sister Dimple, but momma and the other kids stayed behind. I walked with Eddie back down to where the flooding was. We saw that everyone was okay out on the highway (actually holed up at Mike Bird's half-built restaurant), and then we walked back through the neighborhood to the family house, but unfortunately we couldn't get close: A huge raging flood was passing in front of us. We could see the house... about 50 meters away, and a meter lower than where we were standing in water up to our shins. I must say it didn't look at all good. I don't know whether the wooden structure will hold out through the night.

We walked back to the main highway, got the rest of the family together, and then walked back up to my house.

I was a little surprised to see that all of my family was actually in good spirits overall. They were even a little bit light-hearted despite the pluvial hell we were walking through... with toppled trees, raging torrents at our ankles, and a rather chill breeze... despite the property loss we were facing.

We'll see what tomorrow holds.