Louisville made it big in the news today (CNN, WEATHER CHANNEL ETC.) as it rained up to six inches in a little over an hour. The general area got anywhere from 3-6 inches depending where you were. Churchill Downs got hit very heavy. We knew we were going to get a rain, but at 8:30 this morning it just started pouring with the rain coming down sideways for a good two hours. Extreme lightening and thunder. Some of the back barns at Churchill had to be evacuated after the rain quit due to flooding. The electricity had gone out and the stalls had 6-8 inches of water standing in them.

 

U of L campus is close to the downs and sustained a great deal of damage. Parking lots full of cars were total immersed in the water. The library's lower level was totally under water. So many  buildings basements filled with water and left people stranded everywhere.

 

I have never been in a storm of that magnitude that happened quite that quickly. We have had a little over 9 inches of rain in the past week. Usually we are begging for any rain this time of year as the grass is normally brown and crunchy and we would worry about the horses getting dehydrated. Now the fields look like May green. Weed eaters and mowers cannot keep up with the growth!

 

This has been a July for the record books. We never reached 90 degrees the entire month, which has never happened since they began keeping weather records.

 

We are expecting more showers tonight and this weekend and our temperatures will climb into the 90's.

 

Here is a little look.    http://www.wlky.com/video/20279276/index.html