Hurricane Harvey Dumps More than 4 Feet of Rain

Poor Texas, The remnants of of  Hurricane Harvey is causing devastating floods pouring into the nation's fourth-largest city Sunday as rising water chased thousands of people to rooftops or higher ground and overwhelmed rescuers who could not keep up with the constant calls for help.

Helicopters, boats and high-water vehicles swarmed around inundated Houston neighborhoods, pulling people from their homes or from the turbid water, which was high enough in some places to gush into second floors.The flooding was so widespread that authorities had trouble pinpointing the worst areas. They urged people to get on top of their homes to avoid becoming trapped in attics and to wave sheets or towels to draw attention to their location."The breadth and intensity of this rainfall is beyond anything experienced before," the National Weather Service said in a statement. The unrelenting rain is forecast well into this next week and the the gulf coast is now braced for days of catastrophic flooding. The National Weather Service said some areas could be slammed with an unprecedented" 50 inches of rain by the week's end as the storm lingers in the region. We can't imagine that amount of rain. Below are a few pictures taken off the internet.  There is just so much devastation.

We had a beautiful morning with cotton candy pink clouds in the west as the sun was rising in the east.  That usually means rain and sure enough after church a light gentle rain moved in this afternoon after church. A bunch of us went to mom's house for an impromptu potluck. There was plenty of food and lots of people to play with. The rain slowed down to a drizzle so the volley ball players all went out to play but a bunch of us stayed inside and played games until dark.