I40 River!

After closing on the house on the

28th we hit the road on Saturday

to head back to Fort Hot.

We had a date with the packers and

the moving truck.

The day started with rain

and lots of weather warnings

on the radio. About 195 miles

into the trip we hit some traffic.

We sit on the road

for about 45 minutes

before we started to move again.

The reason for the little pit stop

was a small mudslide

and a tree on the road.We then made it about 30 more miles

before the road turned into a parking lot.

After a little over a hour we started to move.

Only to realize why traffic had stopped.

I40 was a river!!!!

The water was over the road!

I was ready to camp out in the SUV over night

and hope that it was better the next day.

Mr. PC was sure that we would be ok.

With him at the wheel and a lot of prayers

we made our way across the river.

It looks ok from this picture, but you can

start to see the water on the road.

I was glad to be going west, because the east side had

a lot more water.

View out my window.

It had to suck for them.

The "grass" area between the east and west

side of I40 was a pool.

I hope they all got off safe and sound.

I am not sure I would have a been as brave

as the young girl in this car.

We then only made it 19 miles down I40 when we stopped

to eat. The plan was to have lunch in Jackson, TN, but

we made it at dinner time. Traffic on I40 east was

a parking lot for 10 miles.

While we had dinner the waiter told us I40 west was closed.

We got a hotel room and watched the weather channel all night.

We were very blessed to make it off I40 and to find a room.

Some people got stuck on I40 for 12 hours and some

even got to ride the storm out in thier cars.

About 3am we got to go hang out in the 1st floor hallway because

the tornado alarm was going off.

We got back to our room around 4:30 am

and had to put two little ones back to sleep.

The next day we hit the road.

This was farm land!

I saw many homes with water to the door of the home.

We did make it home on Sunday after a long day in the car.

My heart breaks for the people in that area.

Some of them have lost eveything.