What a Strange Morning

10th April 2008

We had yet another severe thunderstorm that moved through North Texas last night. This storm was also packing high winds and spawned at least one tornado and caused wide spread power outages. Needless to say, in the light of morning, the damages are being assessed.

On our drive to my daughter’s school this morning, we saw many wooden fences that had been blown down overnight. Upon arriving at school, we found the building had no power. They were allowing students to stay, but also allowed students to return home and said they wouldn’t be counted as absent. There was no way of knowing how long the power would be out and all of the kids were having to sit in the lunch room.

I opted to take my daughter back home with me. She was actually enjoying herself and spent time on the phone with one of her friends while checking out music on I-Tunes. Then the call came. Power had been restored and they wanted all students to return to school. It was an automated phone call that didn’t bother to say what would happen if the students didn’t come back today, but I didn’t want to take a chance. So, after running a couple of small errands, I took my daughter to school. It will be a very short day for her, only about 4 hours and that includes lunch time!

I’m mostly glad to hear that the weather has moved out of our area and we may have a chance to dry out, at least for a day.

Tags: North Texas weather

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1 On April 10th, 2008, Tay said:

Mom! This is really BORING now that u droped me off at school. This is the only way to tell u. They stuck us all on computers and we have to play some weird game. This is my 5 minute break. She said we can do something else after a while, but we really arn’t having class. See you soon!! ~T~

posted on April 10th, 2008 at 11:14 am

2 On April 10th, 2008, lynne said:

Sorry it’s so boring, I thought they’d be having classes. Are there many kids absent?

posted on April 10th, 2008 at 11:36 am

3 On April 10th, 2008, Jennifer Robin said:

Wow. I read about that storm. We get some pretty wild ones here sometimes too, but they’re mostly just torrential rain and high winds, rarely thunder. I actually miss thunder, but don’t envy your area the damages from this storm at all.

Jennifer Robin’s last blog post..This Old Trunk

posted on April 10th, 2008 at 3:01 pm

4 On April 10th, 2008, Monique said:

Nothing quite as fun as being awakened at 3 am by crazy winds and sirens.

I live in McKinney and that storm had me up until after 5 am, and I had to leave for work at 8. I am not looking forward to this rainy season if this is any indication of how its going to be.

Monique’s last blog post..This Is How You Take A Poo In New Mexico

posted on April 10th, 2008 at 3:07 pm

5 On April 10th, 2008, lynne said:

Jennifer - The sun has finally come out here in North Texas and hopefully we’ll have a few days of sunshine to dry out. The ground is completely saturated, so drying would be a good thing!

posted on April 10th, 2008 at 4:15 pm

6 On April 10th, 2008, Ellen said:

Lynne:
I was wondering if you’ll got hit hard with the bad weather. I slept through it but my part of town didn’t get a thing. Yippppeeee! However, this morning I went to the S Target in Plano off of the tollway and they had all doors open with no power @ 8 am. I stayed and did my work in the store and it was so nice because it was sooooo quiet. That part of town got hit very hard. Carrolton, which is very close to that Target, got hammered. Also, Allen got hit really bad. The news is saying that there were tornadoes. At the moment as I type this ( 4:30pm) the wind is blowing so hard in my area. It reminds me of last night. Yikes!!! Maybe the weather has decided to come back and smack us after all!!

Ellen’s last blog post..Update on Sewing Project

posted on April 10th, 2008 at 4:31 pm

7 On April 10th, 2008, lynne said:

Monique - I had no idea that I lived just down the road from you! We live on the Allen/Parker line. Please don’t tell me you work at the Allen P.O.?!
The storms over the last two days have managed to add to my exhaustion, I’m sure glad to see the sun today!

posted on April 10th, 2008 at 4:32 pm

8 On April 10th, 2008, lynne said:

Hi Ellen - We got hit with the high winds and rain. Our backyard is currently an extension of our swimming pool, it’s under water. My dog loves it, she’s covered in mud! I am so glad to see the sun and the wind is not nearly as bad as it was. What crazy weather, it’s making me miss the calm winters of Chicago!

posted on April 10th, 2008 at 4:35 pm

9 On April 12th, 2008, valmg said:

Glad to hear you’re all safe. I hope you get some nice weather now.

valmg’s last blog post..Milk that spoils

posted on April 12th, 2008 at 7:24 pm

10 On April 12th, 2008, lynne said:

Thanks Val! After the weather we’ve had this week, I’m missing my snow plow. I’d rather spend 30 minutes clearing my driveway of snow than lay awake all night listening to 80 mile an hour winds and wondering what damage they were doing.

posted on April 12th, 2008 at 8:31 pm

11 On April 13th, 2008, Laurie said:

Hi Lynne- We made it through okay in Frisco, but I saw trees, fences and powerlines down as I drove through McKinney and Allen on the way to work in Plano. My brother wasn’t so lucky in Hurst though, and I finally posted pictures of their damage. Glad you guys are okay!

Laurie’s last blog post..Weather Damage

posted on April 13th, 2008 at 2:44 pm

12 On April 14th, 2008, lynne said:

Laurie - Glad things weren’t as crazy in Frisco with all this weather. I’m so happy to not be hearing the wind today. We got a lot of yard work done over the weekend, but it was so windy, there were some things we just couldn’t do. Hope your brother’s home is okay and they can get those trees removed.

posted on April 14th, 2008 at 10:59 am