The picture is fuzzy, but I think you get the idea. We had severe thunderstorms and wind gusts up to 60 miles per hour while we have been at Pharr. The electricity went out several times and we had over 1000 lightening strikes. All the TV channels were advising severe thunderstorm warnings as well.
As I told you in a previous post, this area was hit with an eight hour downpour which pretty much flooded everything last Monday. This storm that hit on Sunday didn't do too much to help things dry out. In fact, our hotel room, which was on the first floor actually started to flood. The rain leaked through the windows and the floor was wet. We assumed it was from water gathering beneath the hotel. They promptly moved us to another room, this time on the second floor.
So Tuesday morning, day seven of being in Pharr, and we are hopeful to be able to pick up our trailer and head to higher ground. After waiting around all day Monday at the trailer yard and watching other drivers from other companies drive off with their boats, we are hopeful that today will be the day we can do the same. Our dispatcher checked on the load yesterday and told us it "should" be here today. We will keep our fingers crossed, after all there are only so many movies and TV watching you can do in this town to keep busy.
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Ok, I'm reading about your stays in Pharr. Not sure you do that anymore. But, I'm wondering why you didn't drive over to south padre island and stay there. Maybe you do later. I guess I'll have to keep reading. Thanks for the email. It was very helpful.
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