Raining
and raining
and raining
and raining.
Since Monday.
Actually that's not true because it stopped yesterday and we actually saw the sun for a while, and then the clouds moved back in. But no rain overnight. And not this morning.
Praising God!
Because the flood waters were able to recede a bit.
And that is good.
Especially when you have this going on all around you.
And this:
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| neighborhood on the south end of our town Water you see in these pictures is all moving water |
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| fields closer to D&S's school |
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| farmer cleaning up random debris that washed down onto his property Debris is EVERYWHERE ~ huge trees and branches, roads, gravel, pieces of buildings... |
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| road near D&S's school |
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| this huge dumpster was floating down the "river" that was now in the middle of this neighborhood |
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| National Guard did air evacs all day yesterday for the people isolated & stranded in various mountain towns. We heard them fly over our house all day. |
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| National Guard brought in many huge high-clearance type vehicles to evacuate people from the town of Lyons 5 miles west of us ~ they had no power, gas, or water for two days and still don't. More people from that town will be evacuated today. |
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| bus convoy taking people from the Nat'l Guard vehicles east to our church which is being used as an evacuation center |
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| roads all over the place are washed away Jason had a better pic of a washed away road but I can't access his phone pics now |
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Our house is fine. We don't even have water in the window wells. We are blessed. Thanks God :) So if we stay at home we should be just fine.
Jason and all the other emergency personnel have been working around the clock. Jas didn't make it home on Thursday night, but did come home last night (because those waters receded quite a bit and he has the cool flashy lights on his car that helped him drive north to get home :). So our family (and all those other families with loved ones who are first responders) can count on long hours and days for a while.
Weather people are predicting more rain in our forecast. Starting maybe later today, and the latest information is that it will peak tomorrow morning and could be quite a deluge.
We took a trip to Walmart today. Yep, to stock up on a couple things just in case we are stuck in the house for days. The streets were freakishly empty, and the store was barely staffed but was open. And if the weather forecast is wrong, and we are not housebound for days, we will still use all the groceries. So I figure it's ok. We drove by our church on the way and saw the school bus convoy lined up and ready to go for more evacuations today.
Praising God for His provision, for his community of believers who are stepping out and assisting wherever needed, and asking His blessing and protection for all our first responders including the National Guard, the swift-water-rescue people (who are in from all over the state), the police officers, the firefighters, the utility workers keeping our power, gas, and water on, FEMA workers and other command-post people, and for all the other people working in the middle of our situation, including the retail workers, school bus drivers transporting the evacuated people, postal service who has been delivering our mail every day, and all the volunteers working to keep things in order and to keep us safe.
(((hugs))),
chris
God is our refuge and strength, always ready to help in times of trouble. Psalm 46:1
