Flood Memories

Last night's flood is really hard to comprehend.  I heard on the news last night that people had to be rescued from their cars in the Wal-Mart parking lot.  I thought they had to be mistaken.

But in fact, there was a significant flood at the bottom of my hill.  Fortunately, we live on a hill, and are and should be fairly protected from flood waters.

I have already lived through that, and hopefully will not have to ever do so again.   I was a flood victim in 1981 when a bunch of fluke factors caused an unexpected major flood in some parts of the town where I lived.  I happened to live in the lowest spot in town, and the lowest spot on my street.   My house did not have a basement, so when everyone else was pumping their basement, the waters all flowed into my yard.   The mud that came after the flood was much worse than the water itself.  That was really what destroyed everything.

But I survived, with the help of good friends and neighbors.  Gerry came to help, and he never left my side after that.  It was one of those times in life when something good comes out of disaster.

The damage at the bottom of the hill is major.  My heart goes out to all the people affected.  It will surely take Wal-Mart a long time to recover.

This is what it looked like last night.

There is also an Assisted Living facility in the same general area, which I understand had to be evacuated.    I've always thought that when I am old and infirm, that is where I might go.   Now that I see that it is in a flood zone, I will probably have to rethink that option!

A flood can be a really devastating experience.  In my case, once I got past the devastation,  there was blessing!