West Cocoa Chat

1:30am and the rain is still coming down. I now have a dripping leak in my gameroom ceiling as well as some wet carpet. If you're awake, we could use a "rain-stopping / Fay moving" prayer.

It's about 20 minutes past midnight and we're up to 13 inches of rain. Our road is almost covered and the water is starting up our yard. If you're awake or when you wake up, say a prayer to stop this rain and get Fay moving out of here. Thanks.

I wanted to thank everyone that has been praying for us as we continue to weather Tropical Storm Fay. Here in West Cocoa we had about 10 inches of rain but so far we’ve had no septic backups or major flooding. Unfortunately this is not the case for Cocoa, Merritt Island, Cocoa Beach, Satellite Beach, Melbourne, and Palm Bay.

Satellite Beach alone has received (http://www.wftv.com/news/17242588/detail.html) 24 inches of rain from Fay. There are about 50,000 homes that have had sewage backups into their homes. Fay is still moving extremely slow and at times is stationary. There are times when you “prefer” a hurricane, as they tend to move faster and drop less rain. Schools here in Brevard are closed again tomorrow for a third consecutive day and I wouldn’t be surprised if we miss Friday as well due to the flooding and schools being used by the Red Cross as shelters.

I went for a run during a lull in the rain. My usual route starts out at our church along U.S.1 and takes me down along the Indian River. For me, there is something cathartic about being out during a storm. I still remember driving with my Dad in 1979 during Hurricane David. I don’t remember any of our conversation but I do remember being with him, dodging debris as we took some food to some folks who were at the local newspaper. There was quite a bit of debris on the River Road as I ran so my thoughts went back to that night.

I was brought back to reality when I made my turn to head back to the church and was caught by a feeder band that was coming in from the ocean. Running in the rain is literally one of the coolest things you can do as far running conditions are concerned.

I’ll leave with that profound thought. Don’t forget the folks in South Brevard as well as us as another feeder band is headed our way.