BAM!!! DOWN POUR

yes...you are suppose to be looking at our backyard again but something is down with the blogger and their picture downloads???...i don't think the picture does the down pour any justice anyway...but this was our first tropical storm...one huge burst of lightening and thunder let us know it was here...i have never heard such a loud noise!!! the tile and lack of cloth in our house create no sound barrier! the rain lasted for like 5 hours(which is not typical...usually just shorter amounts every day at the same time)......we didn't have power for 4 hours of it...and we didn't have candles...matches...or an umbrella and we had all these kids and some parents and a dark house...what to do? aunt karren saved the day and ran out to buy us what we needed! (everyone here becomes AUNT or UNCLE)