Prodigious Precipitation - September 18, 2014
Girls wait for their school bus in a light rain
Light rain gets a little heavier by late morning
Deluge falls for most of the afternoon
Tour the neighborhood after the rain stops at 3pm
Stalled car sits in the middle of the road
Older Sentra handles the flood water better than the new Altima
Sentra continues on and splashes a few high school students wading home
Intersection by the pool usually has the deepest water
And today is no exception!
Water continues to drain and more cars brave its declining depths
The pool may be closed but the water is quite accessible
Cross over to the pool side to get past this street
City of League City Streets and Drainage is on the scene!
The old median/new turning lane is now a pond
The safety cones make a good depth indicator
The greenspace is flooded, drowning all the mosquitos?
Drainage Department is at work in opposite the neighborhood pool
Round the corner and find the road drained 7 minutes later, nice job!
The Streets and Drainage group gets a gold star for this effort
Sorry California for hogging all your rain
Next day, the mushrooms come out
And then the turtles appear, Alex offers her some grass
She does not want to come out and say hi
Maybe we should leave her alone and then she'll come out?
Carmen, Becca, Erin and Alex watch the turtle from inside
I'm not coming out until you all go inside
Try to coax her out with some salad
I don't want any salad, I want freedom!
She spins around and makes her move
First duck into the fort and hide before the next move
Make sure the coast is clear and then break for the fence
She hides in the mushroom forest, then makes it to safety