flood - omg

there was so much rain last night the fields around the house became lakes, the street became a river up to my knees and the river became a rushing torrent of water across the road. i walked to the store about 25m away and i was laughing. i had never been in a flood before and the kids were playing in the river (street) having a blast. i was only in the store for about 5 minutes and by the time i returned home the water had risen another couple of feet. i wasn't laughing any more. i didn't panic but asked jose about people living in low lying areas that may need help. his lack of concern bothered me but he said no problem, that people build houses on high areas. as i walked around town to see what, if anything, was flooding, i saw the house at the end of the street where our church is was going to get flooded if the rain kept up. then i went to the road heading out of town. it was impassable and the water was up to the back door of the house at the end of town. i watched as a man rode his horse (the water was up to the horse's chest) through the river that yesterday had been the street. the current was quite strong and when the horse went sideways in the currnet he hit it to spur it on. school kids came to play in it but i told them it was dangerous and to get out. i walked home past the church and the water had risen to within a foot of their house. when i got home the bench under the street was under water. i could hardly believe it. mimi was scared. the water came another 4 feet closer to the house than it was 5 years ago. she said they had called the police to come and shoot the crocodile as it was dragging a rooster away. when i first walked to the store i saw a snake being washed over the road - river and thought how sushi would be freaking. then i saw all the spiders that were being washed over the road and i freaked. jose and meffi were walking through thigh deep water down by the bench and he said there was a tarantula on the tree. he said it was huge and that we would have a lot of spiders now because they would be washed up here from the river. OMG i need prayer. he said it was the snakes you had to be very careful of because they are very poisonous. yeah well i don't plan on getting too close to them either.