Bubba, Kendall, and I got out of the house to see what damage Tropical Storm Phet did to Oman. Our area had lots of water, but not near as much as other places got. Some places had a lot of damage as well. The newspapers reported there have been 24 deaths (some of them children) and 4 people missing. Most of those deaths are from people playing or letting their children play in the wadis which are dry riverbeds that contain water only during times of heavy rain. The people around here don’t see rain that often, so when it does rain they go down to these wadis and have picnics and let the children run in the water. Then sometimes the children or even adults get swept up in the current and well you know the rest. It so sad because it could be prevented. Some of the pics below are from around our house and around Oman.
This is close to our old house
Mosque over by our old house
The waves were still high the next day
The beach
Blue sky
Pumping out the water
They have a ways to go
This area is called CCC
The clean up begins
I don't see this store opening for a while
Expensive SUV that didn't fair too well
Water, water every where
This is down one of the streets
This is over by where the tractor got stuck
Local kids playing in the water
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