It seems trivial to post that our flock is OK and the coop is dry when so many people around us are struggling to clean up after this devastating flood. My daughter's school, just a few blocks away, is ruined. The basement flooded and the windows burst, strewing furniture, toys and artwork everywhere; they are closed at least for this week. Thursday night we went out to check the creek and we were met with thigh high water just a block away from our house! Streets turned into rivers and were flowing right into homes destroying everything. Neighbors joined together to build dams and do bucket brigade until all hours of the night
My school flooded when four mile creek jumped it's banks and we are closed until further notice. Lives have been lost, homes destroyed and entire towns washed out. I am thankful that we have some of the cream of the crop emergency crews here in town helping out. Helicopters have been buzzing overhead all day airlifting people out of Jamestown and the canyon. Neighbors have been posting on the neighborhood list serve available extra beds, fans, shop-vacs, sump pumps etc. There's nothing like a tragedy to bring a community together. Already people are asking how they can help those who are worse off then themselves, they haven't even dried out their own homes yet and are reaching out!
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| wet chickens, dry coop |
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| the bike path |
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| bike path underpass |
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| the beginning of the fool when the puddles were fun, not scary |
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