Texas weather

On Weather Underground today:

Public Information Statement

Statement as of 3:50 PM CDT on July 3, 2007

... 9 consecutive days of rain at dfw...
dfw recorded rain today... Jul 3. This makes nine days in a row with
measured rainfall---Jun 25-July 3. No rain was recorded Jun
23rd... with only a trace on June 24th.

The dfw record is 10 days... recorded twice
April 10-19 1908 and February 13-22 1932

also Arlington apparently has had to close roads, and

Arlington pd reported a high water Rescue - 3 children in Johnson Creek

That's not Babbling Brook Drive out there any more. That's Babbling Brook. The water has met in the middle.

And no, I'm NOT letting the kids go play in it - not with flash flood warnings and kids getting swept away and such.

Further sogginess

As of 5:49 pm we've beaten the previous record for rainfall on this date - and there's plenty more rain expected before midnight.

Haltom City, Watauga, and North Richland Hills are all having flash floods. The 820 by Rufe Snow was flooded in one direction. Haven't found out yet which direction, or if it's still flooded.

Fortunately it sounds like the west side of Fort Worth is okay, so Karl should get home fine.

One news site has video showing waist-deep flooding in North Richland Hills.

EDIT: Tomorrow they say 1-3" likely, 5" possible. Whee.

Cat, Hat

Ah, the joys of weeks and weeks of rain, meaning even the dry-ish days the kids are cooped up inside because there's standing water in the yards.

Bored, bored, cranky kids.

Karl's comment: "Some days you wish the Cat in the Hat was in the phone book."