We had already set an all-time record for October rainfall. But, we're looking for an additional 5 to 8 inches of rain tonight through tomorrow.
If you have ever been to downtown Shreveport, you will no doubt remember the impressive sight of the First United Methodist Church that sits at the end of Texas Street. It is a beautiful, historic building.
Well, as of about 1:30 this afternoon, this is it...
That's not Photoshopped. The steeple is GONE! Evidently, a small tornado ripped through the west side of downtown, dumping the historic steeple directly on top of a white Lexus...with somebody sitting inside of it.
KSLA is reporting that the guy in the car (miraculously) is doing well at LSU Medical Center, and expected to recover.
There have been several tornadoes to the north, and east of Shreveport...but no deaths reported, thankfully.
The rain continues to fall by the bucket-loads. As a Louisiana boy, I've seen some frog-stranglers. But I'm pretty sure there ain't no frogs left to strangle. The underpasses & streets are all flooded...and we've got the REAL rain yet to come.
Our street has water higher than I've ever seen it. And I've seen it pretty danged high before. I'm watching as monster trucks barely make it down the street, and low-profile cars just take a look, and say, "to heck with all this"...then turn around and head back somewhere else.
Y'all breathe a little prayer out for my future daughter-in-law, would ya'? She is stuck at work way out in SE Shreveport (which got hit pretty bad, too). She lives right next door to me, and I worry about her something awful. I talked to her a few minutes ago, and she gets off work in a couple of hours. I told her not to MOVE until she talks to me, and that I'd keep abreast of road closures, street flooding, etc. I'm worried about her.
Oh crap...the rain had slowed up, but shazzzaaaaaaaam! Here she comes again... Oh man...it's gonna be a long night at Andy's Place.
I remember that church from my one and only visit to Shreveport.
ReplyDeleteWhen I saw the weather on TV last night I wondered if the tornadoes would hit your area. Seems they did.
Thanks for the good thoughts Pat. It was a mess for sure. But we're not too much worse for the wear.
ReplyDeleteThe worst part was waiting up until my little girl made it home. Jeepers!!!
No snownados came to call here; but the Weds-Thurs winter storm dropped 22" where I live, and 34" where I work. Biggest snowstorm for October here since '97. Suspicions are, this won't be the last of it's size this season, what with El Nino holding sway in the Pacific. All of our biggest snowstorms in my memory here have come in El Nino years.
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