Tag: rain

9/8/10 storms over Dallas and Forney

Well, it started out like this…

And ended up more like this…

Last night we thought the storms from Tropical Storm Hermine had moved out of town earlier in the day and around 5:30 p.m. we decided to run over to my brother-in-law’s house, about 5 miles from our house, before “heading to town” to grab some dinner.

We heard about tornadoes in Ellis County (45 miles or so south) but didn’t think much about it until we arrived at Brad’s house and discovered the storm was heading our way.

We rushed home just in time to get our digital TV tuner working (satellite sucks in storms) and in time to see the storms roll in from the south.

We took cover around the 2 minute mark in the video above — although Laurie was wanting me to take cover a lot sooner. I turned up the TV, grabbed my laptop and headed to the bathtub with Laurie — watching the radar feeds online as the storm passed over (6:04 – 6:18 or so).

You can see what looks like some rotation in the first two minutes of the storm (between the two homes and on the right hand side of the screen) and then some smaller rotation after the two minute mark.

The Forney Post has photos from near Hwy 80 and FM 460 (about two miles from our house) that appear to show the rotation you can see in my video between the two homes.

I’m not aware of any damage in our area, but Dallas and some areas to the south didn’t fair so well. Luckily I’ve heard no reports of injuries so far.

It all made for an exciting evening — and a late dinner — and helped us realize we may have trouble getting (our soon to be) family of five in the bathtub if needed. Between Laurie, the dog and I… we were quite squished.

So how was your Wednesday evening?

(Both videos filmed with my Flip UltraHD Camcorder

Focus on the Family prays for a blessing on Obama

http://flickr.com/photos/publik18/2549501861/

Church Marketing Sucks reports that the political arm of Focus on the Family, Focus on the Family Action (a registered 501-C4), is asking folks to pray for rain during Obama’s acceptance speech in Denver.

While rain sounds like a horrible way to kick off a campaign, a co-worker suggests that she’s always heard that rain is a blessing. After a dry spell here in North Texas – I can definitely say that today’s rain is a blessing.

When you think about it, how often do we sing songs and read Scripture where folks praying for God’s blessings to flow like rain?

Even the Hebrew Talmud says, “The day when rain falls is as great as the day on which heaven and earth were created.”

Perhaps Focus on the Family is praying for something they may not really want.

Of course – I’ve found that true in my life as well so many other times :-).

What other ways/times have you found rain to be a blessing?

related ::
Church Marketing Sucks :: Praying for Rain on Obama & Saying No to Money
KOAA.com :: man prays for rain
Focus on the Family
Focus on the Family Action
My Jewish Learning :: Rain as a Blessing