May 23 – “Danger: Tornado Warning”

The big news around Galveston today all has to do with the weather.  We didn’t even leave the house.  Oh, it was raining.  But not just raining.  Oh, no.  This time it was raining.  Kel texted us and said he had to wade in knee-deep water to deliver mail in the east end.

At our house, water was pouring off of our roof in sheets.  We stood at the back door to the patio and watched as the water crept closer and closer toward us, until it finally reached an area that was landscaped just enough to divert its path away from the door.  Now, don’t get me wrong, Chris says it was great for the yard.  The rain suddenly woke up every growth sensor in existence in the tiny little blades of grass in our yard.  I’m already trying to fit in a mowing the grass day into my schedule.  Also on the plus side, the birdbath is now filled up.  And we don’t have to water for a few days.  On the major minus side, we heard that a tornado was spotted out near Jamaica Beach.  In fact, I was working at my computer when all of a sudden my phone started making a horrendous noise.  Sounded like a seagull fighting with one of those blackbirds and neither side was winning.  I hastily grabbed the phone and read the message.  “Danger: Tornado Warning.  Take cover … right now.”  Of course Chris went over to the glass front storm door to check things out.  And then came the next bit of the warning.  “Stay away from windows and doors …”  That’s when I got up and checked things out.  We don’t obey National Weather Service orders very well, do we?  Galvestonians are like that.  Yeah, we are.  I saw a photo of it on FaceBook.  Looked pretty big.

The morning paper (yes, we still subscribe to that relic) says all damage was minor and was mainly isolated to one of the time share condo places out past the church.  As of yet we haven’t heard of anyone we know with any damage.  I haven’t been out to the church yet to survey the grounds there, either.  We’ll see. 

So how is the weather today?  Well, Cailyn just texted us to let us know she is heading to school for a special field trip experience … to Palm Beach.  That’s the outdoor swimming area out by Moody Gardens.  The weather is once again Galveston gorgeous.  It’s just eerie how that happens.  Often after a hurricane it is the same way.  What was so horrifying one day can be so beautiful the next.  And speaking of hurricanes … June 1^st is next week.  Official hurricane season.  Welcome to the joys of living on a tropical island paradise. 

Hebrews 10:23 says, “Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful.”

Father, thank you so much for the rain.  It really did refresh the grass and all of Chris’ plants outside.  Amen.