When It Rains...

...it pours. That has certainly been true for Colorado this past week. All over the state, we have been experiencing pretty severe storms that include torrential rains, dangerous lightning, crazy flooding, and strong winds. Last night the storm out our house was intense. It was most definitely the strongest storm we have had in the nearly three years we have lived here and one of the stronger storms I have experienced in my life. The lightning was pretty scary. In fact, the house four down from ours was hit by lightning and the attic caught fire. There were many, many emergency vehicles in front of our house dealing with the fire. Luckily, everyone who lives in the house got out safely and the fire seems to have been minor.





The storms continued today. You can see in the pictures how fast the water started to build up in the school parking lot and on the baseball field - these were taken less than 10 minutes after the rain started.











The storms took a little break, but as the sun set, the wind started up and it began to rain again.