We got another nasty storm yesterday. We had 1 1/2 inch hail and pouring rain. The sky was icky green, and all the tornado sirens were going off left and right. I put the cats in their carrier and put them in the basement, and I put the rats in their carrier and placed them next to the cats. I piled really thick blankets next to them incase we had to curl up and huddle for our life. Luckily, nothing actually touched down, except in Madison- there was a tornado in Dane County.
I cannot even begin to tell you how bad it is over here. The amount of rain we have gotten is beyond insane. Every single river in the area is 5 times it's size and there is severe flooding everywhere. They had to shut down I-94 for a while due to flooding, there are school closings, and worst of all there is a 6 year old and 12 year old (sisters) missing- they were swept away by the Milwaukee River, their bodies have not been found yet. Sand bags are getting piled everywhere. I think we have gotten around 15 inches of rain- most likely more. In some areas the water is waist high, the city of Kenosha is under a state emergency because the flooding down there is terrible, people can only get around by boat.
Our yard is so saturated, we are extremely worried about the trees in our yard- any powerful wind- and they will blow over onto the house. Their roots won't be able to hold. All of the trees in our yard are HUGE- all over 150 years old, one of them alone could take out the whole house. We were really nervous yesterday, because there were wind sheers of 70 MPH plus in the area around us.
I want to drive around and take pictures of the river flooding- it's too overwhelming to describe with words- one has to see it with their eyes.
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