Austin Storms

As anyone near a television knows, Austin got to dance with tropical storm Hermine over the last few days. We had up to 13 inches of rain in some parts of the city, a house went off the road (yes I said that correctly), a tornado warning was in effect, severe flood warnings were running on every channel all day and the sheets of water cascading down from the sky went in every direction due to the high winds.

I'm a California girl, so when I hear about things like this on the news, it freaks me out. Living in Austin though, I could see that just like the wild fires in California are only bad if you're under them, severe weather is only bad if you're ill-prepared and under it. From the window overlooking Camp Mabry, which backs up to my bosses' house, I saw a lot of water. That's all. Nothing scary, nothing torrential, nothing that made me long for LA traffic. Just a whole lotta rain. Rain that we needed. Rain that cooled us down for a spell. Rain that will mean a beautiful fall.

I wish I had pictures of the house, which Sarah and I did have the pleasure of seeing; the rain, which made everything look new; or either of us drenched, which we were at one point. Alas I do not, outside of my brain. I can tell you I loved it, and that's good enough for me!