TORONTO – There’s nothing that can prepare you for the waking up in the middle of the night, and finding your home nearly washed away by a veritable “Wall of Water”.
But that was the case for the Perez family, who were staying at their summer home in Wimberley, Texas Saturday when the Blanco River overflowed.
The resulting torrent of water was so powerful it tore their front door off its hinges, sending a gush of water into their living room.
“It turned the living room into a gigantic washing machine,” Ernie Perez told CNN.
In the video, you can overhear Sarah Perez wonder whether they should call 911.
“911 is not going to be able to get to us,” Ernie grimly replies.
Luckily for the Perez family, he ended up being wrong – firefighters already happened to be in their neighbourhood, checking up on an elderly neighbour.
Eventually, they were able to get the Perez’s to safety.
Deadly severe weather over the Memorial Day holiday weekend tested government alert and evacuation procedures, as officials scrambled to deal with storms and historic flooding that left more than a dozen people dead and a similar number missing.
At least 17 people were killed in the Memorial Day weekend storms in Texas and Oklahoma.
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