Yo, God? Could you lay off the water for a bit? Please?

Weird weather update!

Rain! Lots & lots of rain! It started raining Monday night and we got so much rain on Tuesday that St. Louis City started getting out the flood walls and people in Valley Park were getting pretty nervous. And this is why:

Meremac river overflowed and (luckily) poured into a quarry. The link below is a video of the break.
http://www.ksdk.com/video/default.aspx?aid=71596&sid=142578&bw=hi&cat=2

This is a storm drain near Hwys 44 & 141. Yes, you are correct. There is so much water flowing into the drain that the volume has lifted the manhole cover & the water is coming right back out!

We are about 20 minutes away from the rivers and are OK. At this point, everyone we know in the affected areas have been able to remain in their homes but send out good thoughts for all the people who have been evacuated.