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Rain Creek Farm

Timothy silhouetted against the morning light across the pasture outside the living room window.  Timothy is actually outside perched atop the air conditioner.  (09.06.02)

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Southeast Texas Radar

Radar image from 5am Saturday morning.  The red bloom at the left end of this storm line is directly over Colorado County (Columbus).  Shortly after seeing this image and hearing the first report of a tree across a street in Columbus David went to work as the City's emergency management coordinator.  (09.07.02)

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Columbus

Not much damage, but high winds knocked out electrical service all over the city.  About 80% of the city was in the dark.  Here an electrical crew just cut off the downed wires and restored the rest of the circuit.  City Hall, EMS Building, Fire Station, one water plant, one sewer plant and half a dozen liftstations were all without power for a couple hours.  (09.07.02)

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Rain Creek Farm

This kind of storm system generates long narrow bands of severe weather.  Once we returned home it was time to feed the donkeys.  Another one of the storm bands could be seen passing us to the north.    (09.07.02)

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Rain Creek Farm

This storm band never got to Rain Creek Farm.  There was enough time between these bands for David to mow the front yard and around the farmhouse.  (09.07.02)

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South-Central Texas Radar

Our turn came at 2:45p.  Rain Creek Farm is under the red cell in the lower half just to the right of center (Fayette County).  More hard rain, not much wind.  This added to the inch of rain received while we were in Columbus earlier in the morning.  (09.07.02)

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Rain Creek Farm

The sun shines brightly between the bands of storm clouds.  (09.07.02)

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Rain Creek Farm

Scout and the other kittens moved to the back porch to keep out of the rain.  (09.07.02)

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Fayetteville

The view in Fayetteville after dinner.  (09.07.02)

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Fayetteville

We took this photograph in front of one of our neighbor's pasture gates on our way back from Ellinger.  You can see the rain falling from the clouds.  (09.07.02)

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