September Flood

It's no secret that we've been very much lacking in the rain department lately. It is so dry, in fact, that not only does Lake Travis have islands...but those islands now have weeds growing on them.

Yes, they are now inhabited by wildlife.

Anyhow, the exceptional drought means that we wildly welcome any precipitation, no matter how much or how little.

But what is it they always say? When it rains, it pours.

About a week ago, it most definitely poured.

We live in an area that is near two creeks, one of which is known for flooding*. While we were in no danger of having water rush through our house, it was still pretty impressive. About 20 minutes after it stopped raining, I went out to take pictures (I'm a bit of a weather nerd...).

This was the scene in our neighborhood:


This is at the end of our street - waters were moving pretty quickly:



A few blocks North, Shoal Creek was definitely a river:


A few South away, the water was even closer to street level:



Sunrise the next day...beautiful!





*No - we are most definitely not in the flood plain. We made sure of that before we bought the house.