I read your post with mixed feelings, sadness for your scare and losses, gratefulness for the rain that could be used. But the expression "it never rains but it pours" came to mind.
We recently broke our mild drought, too, with a heavy rain from the remnants of Hurricane Lee and got 6" overnight. It was a bit much for the ground to take a week or so ago, and now we have huge mushrooms growing everywhere.
Jan in VA