Epic Storm

Tonight we had a pretty impressive storm. I had looked at the weather channel on-line before the storm, and I could see a red blob on the radar, heading towards Boise. Red means severe storm -- and it was a very severe and angry storm! It was like nothing I had ever seen before here in Idaho. The severity was in the drenching rain. It was like an inland hurricane. The force of the rain/wind was awe-inspiring. 

 The rain and wind was just ripping trees to shreds. Our backyard neighbors had a huge branch fall on their house.

 Gutters were rendered useless. 

 And streets were turned into rivers

 All in about 15 minutes. 

 As soon as it let-up we went out to survey the damage around our neighborhood. This was the end of our street...flooded. 

 This was the church parking lot

 We drove to a neighborhood down by the river, and the streets were 2 feet deep in water 

 It was crazy

 Garbage cans were floating in the deep water. Hopefully the houses didn't flood. 

 At the end of the storm there was this beautiful rainbow. 

 I love storms. They are so thrilling. This one was pretty impressive, and much appreciated by me after a summer full of 100 degree days and no rain. 

The rain and cool-down it brought with it was Heaven-sent! 

Hope everyone made it through OK!