Raining daily. Heavy rains. Roads flooded, bayous overflowing, rivers rising up and over, the swamps blossoming onto dry land, houses - especially mobile homes - damaged by rising water.
People had to be rescued because the only way to get to them was by boat - even when the water didn't make it inside the house, the homes rested on cinder blocks or stilts, allowing the yard to become a pond and the home an island.
Our rainy season here is in the Winter and early Spring. Not late Spring and into the Summer. The land is usually cracking from the heat by now and it isn't.
The drainage ditch at the bottom of my driveway always fills up during a heavy rain - and it is usually something to behold. Life carries on with frogs and turtles coming to the once dry grassy areas that are now nutrient rich waters filled with tiny fish, tadpoles, and all manner of bugs.
Then the birds come - egrets, storks, pelicans, and whooping cranes. All looking to eat the fish, frogs, and lizards.
I can see it all from my front porch. One of the reasons I bought the home.
But this year the water started inching up the hill, getting closer and closer to the yard. We worried about our driveway getting washed away - another common sight this year.
We bought on higher ground because of possible flooding. Glad we did but now I wonder if we are high enough.
I've been in this area for 10 years and the last two have been crazy weather-wise. Multiple hurricanes have hit us, flooding, and one of the worst power outages I have ever experienced. Took months to get power back in some areas.
I hope for everyone safety. Please take care.
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