No power yet. My sister and brother-in-law in Pearland got theirs back earlier this afternoon which makes us hopeful. At least we know that some people are getting back on the grid. Tartan put the Sequoia into 4 wheel drive mode and went to get the camper to bring back to the house. He was able to get out and back in again, but he decided to try tomorrow morning. The water is still a bit high in some places and he hopes it\u2019ll be easier to tow the camper after the water goes down a little more. The rain has stopped which is good. The breeze has died down which is not as good. Since it\u2019s getting to be evening, the temperature is bearable but I do wish a little bit of wind was blowing. <\/p>\n
The last weather forecast I heard says it\u2019ll get hot tomorrow, but in the afternoon or evening a cold front will start to push through. The down side is it\u2019ll probably bring some more rain but on the plus side it should bring down the temperatures. I really hope Tartan will be able to bring home the camper because then we can hook it up to the generator and have air conditioning! Another nice discovery is that we don\u2019t have to use the big generator for the refrigerators and the freezer. Tartan hooked them up to the little generator and even in \u201ceco\u201d mode, it\u2019s running them, a halogen light, and my laptop just fine. We\u2019re using up a lot less fuel this way.<\/p>\n
The drainage ditch is gradually emptying out. What I didn\u2019t know was that there was a branch clogging the outlet; Tartan spied it and fished it out of the way. That\u2019s why even with the continued rain, the level went down and our yard didn\u2019t look so flooded. Way to go, hubby!<\/p>\n
The kids and I picked up the various branches littering the front yard and put them into one big pile. We\u2019ll eventually have to move that pile and also pick up all the mess in the backyard, but at least we got a start while it was still cool outside.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
No power yet. My sister and brother-in-law in Pearland got theirs back earlier this afternoon which makes us hopeful. At least we know that some people are getting back on<\/p>\n
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