Down Trees, Tornados and Floods - Oh My!

We have had quite an interesting day so far and unfortunately, it's not over. The rain is still pouring down! We had a very windy night last night and there was plenty of evidence this morning when Reed and I headed out for his gymnastics class. We had to turn around once due to a down tree but made it home with no further issues.

When Reed and I left to pick Millie up from school at 1, it started raining harder. We usually get there about 45 minutes early and he plays around in the car and I read. As soon as we got in line, I heard on the radio there was a thunderstorm warning with hail. Great, I was really hoping I would not be sitting in my car, helpless while it was pummeled by hail. There ended up only being a little hail so the car came out unscathed. At 1pm, I put Reed back in his car seat and was ready to start moving to get Millie. Well, we waited...and waited...and waited longer. No kids were being released. Finally, at 1:30, I called a neighbor who I noticed left the car pool line so I thought she might know what was going on. She told me there was a tornado warning (yikes, nice that the station I was listing to didn't bother to mention that) and she said they were not releasing the kids for a while but they were letting the parents in the building. So, I worked my way out of the line, parked and Reed and I ran in the building.

We FINALLY got the all clear that we could leave but then on the way home, the road we take was flooded and everyone was turning around. So, I tried another route and although there was a lot of water on the road, I made it through to the highway. Then there was another road flooded but I made it though that one as well.

I was pretty happy to finally make it home and we all made an executive decision that we would not be trying to make it to tennis later today. Millie is now showing Reed how he should react during a tornado and they are both crouching with their heads down and their hands over their heads. We still have lots of rain coming our way so hopefully Rick can make it home tonight.