Last night was quite a wild ride! At about 5:30 pm the weather alert radio began to alarm. There were major storms approaching from the west of the Dallas/Ft. Worth area. When they were about 120 miles to our west there were two small, confirmed funnel clouds, although not on the ground. As the storms approached, the tornado threat was somewhat reduced but weather spotters were reporting wind gusts exceeding 80 mph. The storms were very fast moving and by 6:30 they were producing serious wind damage about 40 miles to the west of us, with the eye of the storm projected to pass directly over the park where we are.

 About this same time the Corps of Engineers rangers began to go through the parks suggesting that visitors take cover in the concrete shower houses or leave the park for shelter in the police station about two miles away. Since our son lives about eight miles from us and has much better shelter than we, and with Pam still on crutches, we chose to flee the scene. We touched bases with the gate attendants as we left, arriving at our son's house at about 7 pm. By 7:30 the storm hit and the winds were pretty wild, although somewhat deminished from the destructive winds that had hit to our west. By 8 pm it was raining so hard that one could hardly see the streetlights that we right in front of the house. By nine it was mostly over and we returned to the park, finding that all had faired well and only a few small tree limbs were broken. This morning my rain gage had recorded 6 1/2 inches of rain between 7 last night and 9 am today! The sun has now returned and things do seem to be back to nromal once again.