Tyhoon #11

While we get the rain from a typhoon out at sea, it is rare that we get a typhoon passing over us.  The last one was 10 years ago or so.  Today  is Sunday, and we held church as usual.  There we just seven of us, Henry being the only male; Sara was the only child.  The rest were older women.   We decided to hold an early afternoon service and we were finished by 1:45.  Then everyone went home, except us, since we were already here  ;-)

It rained heavily throughout the morning and then the wind started blowing hard, driving the rain sometimes horizontal.  There was not as much damage as could have been.  However, there was lots of water and the yard flooded by the blackberry bush, as well as standing water in the parking lot. That is not unusual in heavy rain.  It means there's also water under the building.  :-(

The parking lot

Water running down from neighbor's upper field

Blackberry bush area

A new creek formed down a hill out back

The flooded creek which normally is just a trickle

An embankment slid into the open ditch below a nearby rice field, causing the water to run over the road.

After the storm passed about 2:30 pm, I went out to check the garden.  This recently-tilled ground was so soft, my boots sunk and I stepped out of one.  Ach! Fortunately the ground where the plants are growing was firm enough to stand on.  The foot prints are still there, though.