For the second straight March the flood water came for our town. This past September I joined Engine Co 1, our town's volunteer fire department. So I was part of the response this time around. The predictions were for levels matching or surpassing last year's. Before that you'd have to go back to 1986 for levels like that.
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Mexican restaurant on Thursday;
seafood on Friday |
Friday morning the national guard sent up five 2 1/2 ton trucks and drivers to help in rescue, recon and whatever else we needed. Six hours before the river crested we took a pair of them and did a neighborhood assessment tour. By the time the river crested at 1am Saturday morning it was clear the flood waters stayed a few inches lower than last year. No water got into my house, and it only crept halfway into my garage. Only the tires on a few bikes and the bottoms of some watertight bins even got touched. Everything else had been moved to shelves, been stacked on tables, or were suspended from the rafters by ropes. The place looked like it belonged to a hoarder with an anti-gravity machine.
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| Waterfront property is not always more valuable |
I have some great video of the flood tour in which all the local street look like rivers. Only the houses and tops of bushes show above the surface. Unfortunately blogger was not able to upload them. I'll try again this afternoon.
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| The home of Engine Co No 1, where I am a volunteer |
