still afloat

[Homegrown Tomatoes]

Just in case any of you wondered, we didn't get washed away yesterday, even with more than 10" of rain.  My husband did have to take the scenic route to work though, and it took him an hour and a half each way when it usually only takes about 30 minutes to work.  Still not sure which roads are open and which ones aren't yet this morning, but hoping he emails me to let me know he made it there. 

[glenn kangiser]

Crimoney, Homey. 

Glad to hear you are OK.  I saw headlines about the flooding there but did not realize it was near your area.  I hope all the rest of our members in the flooding area are doing good also. 

I did have a passing thought about your driveway and water though.  Aren't you in the same place you talked to me about the driveway on? 

[John Raabe]

In my area of Washington state (Whidbey island) we cannot turn off the faucet in the sky.

Last night we broke a 48 hour drought and it has been raining ever since. A very wet (and cold) Spring.

[StinkerBell]

Mildew is the state flower John.

[John Raabe]

And the slug is the state bird 

[Homegrown Tomatoes]

No, Glenn, those folks wouldn't sell us their house.  They got all offended by our first offer (which turned out to be the best one they got) and they ended up selling months later to someone else who offered them a lot less.  Our road is bad, but at least it is a short way to the highway, and most of the water here at the house ran downhill and away from us and the critters (the bottom end of our property is a creek bed.)  However, we live very close to the Deep Fork River, North Canadian, Soldier Creek, Coffee Creek, and a few other small tributaries of the Deep Fork.  The town of Arcadia, about 7 miles away was neck deep for a while, and several places in Luther (we live just outside of Luther) were damaged as well.  One of the guys that works with Lyon got stranded on a major highway on the way into work and ended up having to abandon his car and swim for it.  There are still some roads in the area closed either by standing water or by the fact that there are now ravines across where the road was. 

[glenn kangiser]

OK - got it now, Homey.... and your east coast is the Mississippi so that is the reason for the flooding everywhere... besides the weather. [ouch]

Glad you are all OK.

[Homegrown Tomatoes]

It's crazy... been about two weeks now since we've had rain, and the rivers and the lakes are all still way up.  The lake just a few miles down the road is still shut down because of high water, and they're hoping to get it down in time to open back up for the weekend of the 4th.  A lot of the farmland along the Deep Fork is now carved with new canyons and washes, and a lot of the bridges have whole trees washed up against the pillars underneath.