What a storm we had in Dubuque.  15.5 inches in 12 hours and I’ve also read that we had 20 inches in 24 hours.  Lots of water very quickly.  I know I didn’t sleep well because of all the lightning and thunder.

I took a couple of days for vacation and I was suppose to play golf with friends today and Friday.  That got washed out so Jeanne and I took a drive around town this morning and out in the countryside to check out the damage from the “epic” flooding.  It was pretty amazing.

The image above is the debris from a building lightning strike  The building is at 1st and Main Streets and the entire area was blocked off by the police.

Angie and Ben had been downtown Thursday evening for dinner and as they came out of the restaurant they head the lightning strike.  They thought perhaps it struck a tree near by.

I suppose this building is at least a 150 years old and it is interesting how after all that time it finally got struck by a bolt of lightning.  Only on the top of the parapet and it traveled down to the roof.

Our little tour lasted about and hour and a half and we drove close to 50 miles.  I have some interesting images to show you later.  Thanks for stopping by.  Be careful.