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The rain, rain went away

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Real Estate Broker/Owner with CastNet Realty TREC#263257

The wind blew,

 the trees bent,

the dust swirled,

the skies flashed,

the thunder rolled,

and the black clouds twisted and turned and blew south eastward. 

Yes, it is all over and the pavement at our house is still dry.  For miles and miles, the darkness covered the sky.  Rain did fall in Bandera and Rocksprings and maybe in Mountain Home but not at our house in Kerrville.

There definitely is a dry line about a mile from our house but this is ridiculous.  The weatherman said this storm was a huge storm covering a whole county at a time. Some kind of cumulous convection or something he said but it was not to be for us.

I was going to look at a property in the country when the storm blew in.  I watched as it took the front half of the roof off a church and decided the dust devils it was stirring up was too much for  me.  I had an empty house listing nearby and went there and waited until I could leave.  Then home I came.  Waiting for the much needed pouring but nothing came.  So disappointed.  Still a chance of more tomorrow...

Monique Combs
Royal Shell Real Estate - Bonita Springs, FL
Royal Shell Real Estate - Monique Combs

Ricki,

It's still raining here. I can't complain we have has such a mild summer. Beautiful!

Jul 20, 2009 12:40 PM
Judi Morgan
RETIRED - San Antonio, TX
San Antonio, TX Real Estate

Ricki, so sorry y'all didn't get any rain.  We got wind, thunder, lightning and some rain -- thought we'd get more rain than we did.  Although, it's still dark out there with wind blowing -- maybe we'll get some more before the evening's over.

Jul 20, 2009 12:40 PM
Ricki Eichler McCallum
CastNet Realty - Corpus Christi, TX
Broker,GRI,ABR, e-Pro, TAHS

Hi Monique,  You are fortunate.  Mild summers are great!

Hi Judi,   Glad you got some rain, hopefully more is on the way.  We need it so badly. :)

Jul 20, 2009 12:55 PM
Carl Winters
Canyon Lake, TX

Ricki it is Monday evening and we also received some wind, lots of thunder but so far no rain. It's eight p.m. and we are still hoping.

Jul 20, 2009 12:56 PM
Dale Baker
Baker Energy Audits and Commercial Properties Inspections - Claremont, NH
New Hampshire Relocation Real Estate Information

Howdy there Ricki

Sure am sorry y'all did not get any rain at your home. I keep asken for all of Texas to get at less a week or so of rain fall. Weathermen or the only ones that can be wroung 99% of the time, and keep their jobs and still get paid.

God Bless Texas!

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Jul 20, 2009 01:41 PM
Ricki Eichler McCallum
CastNet Realty - Corpus Christi, TX
Broker,GRI,ABR, e-Pro, TAHS

Howdy Dale,  You sure are right about that.  But I think God likes to keep them guessing :)

Jul 20, 2009 03:36 PM
Steve Shatsky
Dallas, TX

Hi Ricki... Sorry to hear that it is still dry at your place.  I'm hoping for some rain for you soon!

Jul 20, 2009 06:37 PM
Ricki Eichler McCallum
CastNet Realty - Corpus Christi, TX
Broker,GRI,ABR, e-Pro, TAHS

Thanks Steve,  It has been unreal.  To watch the clouds roll by and never drop their rain.  Almost unbelievable time after time this whole year.

Jul 21, 2009 12:31 AM
John Cannata
214-728-0449 http://TexasLoanGuy.com - Frisco, TX
Texas Home Mortgage - Purchase or Refinance

I LOVE the rain. I think I've grown to love it more in Texas. Its strange but the lightning clouds are so beautiful to me.

Jul 21, 2009 12:48 PM
Ricki Eichler McCallum
CastNet Realty - Corpus Christi, TX
Broker,GRI,ABR, e-Pro, TAHS

Hi John,  The lightning is beautiful as long as it doesn't start fires.  I used to love to watch it at Lake Whitney.  That is a great place to watch lightning shows.

Jul 21, 2009 01:26 PM
Robin Rogers
Robin Rogers, Silverbridge Realty, San Antonio, Texas - San Antonio, TX
CRS, TRC, MRP - Real Estate Investment Adviser

Hi, Ricki!

Somehow the rain passed us by in Cibolo, too. We did get a good rain/hail storm on Saturday. I guess that will have to tide us over for a while.

Cheers,

Robin

Jul 23, 2009 09:16 AM
Ricki Eichler McCallum
CastNet Realty - Corpus Christi, TX
Broker,GRI,ABR, e-Pro, TAHS

Hi Robin,  Any precip is good these days.  Still hoping for more. Have a good weekend.  :)

Jul 24, 2009 04:16 PM
Dale Baker
Baker Energy Audits and Commercial Properties Inspections - Claremont, NH
New Hampshire Relocation Real Estate Information

Howdy there Ricki

Was riden by, and wanted to stop and see if y'all have gotten any more rain your way lately.

Sure do hope all my friends in Texas, gets some real good rain fall real soon.

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Jul 25, 2009 03:44 PM
Ricki Eichler McCallum
CastNet Realty - Corpus Christi, TX
Broker,GRI,ABR, e-Pro, TAHS

We got aobut 1/4 inch the other day but that is certainly not enough but it felt so good.

Jul 27, 2009 01:42 PM
Judy Schneider
eXp Realty - Bellingham, WA

Ricki,

I also love the rain. We normally get alot of it this year has been warmer than usual! We did get thunder storms this past weekend also with some rain. It was a nice refresher! I hear Rain Dances work! LOL!

Have a great week!

Judy

Jul 28, 2009 03:23 AM
Ricki Eichler McCallum
CastNet Realty - Corpus Christi, TX
Broker,GRI,ABR, e-Pro, TAHS

Hi Judy,  I guess I had better start dancing!!!!!you too!!!!! :)

Jul 28, 2009 02:11 PM
Carl Winters
Canyon Lake, TX

Ricki I just had to come back and tell you that we finally got some rain today, July 30, 2009 a date to remember. Ceil wrote a blog yesterday about little blessings referring to rain. She laughed when she called me today from New Braunfels to tell me it was raining so her little blessing she was asking for came true. I told her she needs to ask again.

Hope yo go some rain up your way.

Jul 30, 2009 12:39 PM
Ricki Eichler McCallum
CastNet Realty - Corpus Christi, TX
Broker,GRI,ABR, e-Pro, TAHS

Hi Carl,  Yes we finally got some rain here.  In town about 3-4 inches and at our house about 1 1/4 inches.  There is a dry line about 3/4 miles away from us and it rains on one side of that line and usually not on the other.  Unfortunately, I am on the dry side.  I've got the lawn to prove it too!

Aug 02, 2009 01:40 AM
Lynn911.com ~ Dallas Real Estate Agent Top Team
Dallas Houses for Rent Dallas Apartment Rentals Lynn911.com - Dallas, TX

Ricki Texas and our weather, we had some horrible storms in past several months... however August is usually tame hotttttttttttt have a great and successful week.

Aug 05, 2009 02:45 PM
Ricki Eichler McCallum
CastNet Realty - Corpus Christi, TX
Broker,GRI,ABR, e-Pro, TAHS

I know yall got a lot of storms in June &  July.  Most of those were too far north for us.  We are so terribly dry here.  Worst drought in history.  Maybe some tropical rains will come our way soon.  hope hope!   Have  a great week!!!!!!!

Aug 05, 2009 02:49 PM