Thank you!
It was a massive storm that was moving north and east, and we drove through it, then drove through it again after we stopped for gas, and then drove through it a third time when we made a pit stop. We barely got the rig backed into the driveway when it started again.
But yes, safe and sound, but not necessarily sane!
I suspect that you were driving through the remnants of Pamela... it was a hurricane that entered Mexico from the Pacific side and headed northeast right up to and through Texas...
When I lived in Houston I stayed late to work one day, not hearing any reports that a Tropical Storm was expected to hit that evening. So I drove home in Tropical Storm Allison.
Allison went back out into the gulf after drenching Houston, then turned around and hit again. I was fortunate enough not to have to drive in it that time, but the storm drains were still too full to handle the downpour so there was a lot of flood damage in the city.
I left that weekend to visit my family (I was looking for work to follow them to a different city.) When I landed I heard a report that what was left of Tropical Storm Allison might hit the next day, depending on which way it went.
Fortunately, it went the other way and I didn’t have to go thorugh it 3 times.