http://community.victoriaadvocate.com/home/Blog/rubi12rey/8204 I'm from the Rio Grande Valley a small place called Edcouch-Elsa. Even though I don't live there anymore yesterday I felt like I was there for Hurricane Dolly and her path of destruction because my mom and sister kept me up to date. Luckily my mother’s house did not receive any damage but the yard now looks like a lake and a tree in the back yard fell over. There was much more damage in the Brownsville, South Padre Island and Port Isabel area. My family and many others in the valley went without power from about 7 p.m. to 9:30 a.m. July 24 and many are still without power. My mom had a radio so they were able to hear all the emergency updates while the power was out. At about 10 p.m. July 23 listeners were informed that power crews would get to work on the outage as soon as it was safe and since Dolly wouldn't leave most everyone went the night without power. Now that most of the storm has passed residents are left with the aftermath. They now look at the damage and say Goodbye Dolly! I'm from the Rio Grande Valley a small place called Edcouch-Elsa. Even though I don't live there anymore yesterday I felt like I was there for Hurricane Dolly and her path of destruction because my mom and sister kept me up to date. Luckily my mother’s house did not receive any damage but the yard now looks like a lake and a tree in the back yard fell over. There was much more damage in the Brownsville, South Padre Island and Port Isabel area. My family and many others in the valley went without power from about 7 p.m. to 9:30 a.m. July 24 and many are still without power. My mom had a radio so they were able to hear all the emergency updates while the power was out. At about 10 p.m. July 23 listeners were informed that power crews would get to work on the outage as soon as it was safe and since Dolly wouldn't leave most everyone went the night without power. Now that most of the storm has passed residents are left with the aftermath. They now look at the damage and say Goodbye Dolly! en-us WOW! Thanks for the info. I myself am originally from a small town in the valley, too. I was born in Weslaco but my family and I resided in Donna. Well, welcome to Victoria! http://community.victoriaadvocate.com/home/Blog/rubi12rey/8204/#c_60099 http://community.victoriaadvocate.com/home/Blog/rubi12rey/8204/#c_60099 WOW! Thanks for the info. I myself am originally from a small town in the valley, too. I was born in Weslaco but my family and I resided in Donna. Well, welcome to Victoria! Thanks for the update, Rubi. Please post regularly to let us know how your family and friends are doing. http://community.victoriaadvocate.com/home/Blog/rubi12rey/8204/#c_60104 http://community.victoriaadvocate.com/home/Blog/rubi12rey/8204/#c_60104 Thanks for the update, Rubi. Please post regularly to let us know how your family and friends are doing. I'm glad to hear that they are okay. Too bad for the tree though. http://community.victoriaadvocate.com/home/Blog/rubi12rey/8204/#c_60132 http://community.victoriaadvocate.com/home/Blog/rubi12rey/8204/#c_60132 I'm glad to hear that they are okay. Too bad for the tree though.