The Wise Man Built His House...

And the rains came down. Holy smokes did the rains come down on Laie yesterday. To say it poured would be a gross understatement. One of the joys of living in Laie is that every couple of years we get a good dumping. It is pretty much inevitable that the rain will come and instead of getting all worked up about the inevitable flood damage people still go out and "play." What never ceases to amaze me is how fast the water gets soaked back up into the ground. This morning our yard was "dry." I am truely greatful that our house is up on stilts and built upon the sand... cuz the water just kept on rising up those back porch steps and even though we had about 6" of standing water in our yard and the carport was totally flooded our house stayed dry. The worst I suffered was the loss of one of my work shoes that was left out on the steps... (I found the other shoe floating around in the back yard). Here are some pics of La'ie.