Friday night we went to bed and in the morning woke up to this:
Um, this is our front lawn. Yeah, and that’s the bridge we use to cross the creek to get to the main road…the road that you would normally see in this photo, but is not visible at all due to the water. All that debris on top of the bridge? That’s from the water actually having been above the level of the bridge at one point, and the debris was deposited there when the water level receded some. Right now the water level is down A LOT – the street is visible and drivable now. However half our driveway on the other side of the bridge was washed away, as was part of our fence near the driveway. There was a 3 foot vertical drop down from the edge of the bridge to the ground on the other side…couldn’t drive my car over to save my life (or go to work). So, our friendly neighbors with heavy dirt moving equipment came by to shovel some dirt up to the bridge and now our cars are parked uphill a bit on the other side of the road. I didn’t think I would make it to work tomorrow, but thankfully I think I will be able to.
So many other people are not so lucky – their houses and cars were flooded (and still are). I can still remember the first thing Eric said when he woke up Sunday morning: “Suzanne, I think we lost the alpacas.” The kids started crying…we ran out there to check, and THANKFULLY they were OK…up to their necks in water, but still alive. We moved them to the workshop where they are now dry and safe. Our entire pasture was 4-5 ft deep in water. About a third of the bike path is destroyed, and a ton of creek sediment and rock has been deposited in various places, while in other places the creek decided to carve a new path. Not really sure what things are going to look like when it all dries out. I just hope it dries out soon! It’s still raining now, and supposed to rain for the next couple days.
Ironically we watched “Evan Almighty” yesterday while we were stuck inside the house. I think pretty soon WE are going to have to build an ARK.
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