Ok. Here it is folks. Proof of the stressful hours and days we have had. Again, our family stayed completely dry inside our home. Some of our neighbors, friends and schools didn't get so lucky.
When we woke up today, the sun was shining and the birds were singing. After the past 48 hours of stress we have had, I thought the birds were mocking us. But, Matt won't buy me a any sort of gun to encourage them to be quiet!
Saturday--Day 1
We ran to Home Depot to look at blinds and pick up a drain for one of our down spouts. We had NO idea what we were in for or we would have never left the house.
The above two pictures are of the tunnel by Walgreens on Saturday afternoon.
Below is Monday evening.
Sunday--Day 2
This day church was cancelled. We had hours and hours of watching the rain and watching the radar. We also watched some of the Monk I haven't shipped back to my sister. I was so thankful we had them! We got a call in the early afternoon that school was cancelled.
Monday--The Clean-up Begins
Those of you have been thru flooding like this know that a camera cannot capture the devastation it causes. We spent four hours helping strangers clear out their garages. Many people saw what was coming and moved stuff out of their garages and off the bottom level. Others were out of town and were left with thousands and thousands of dollars worth of damage. Some items are irreplaceable.
Above is a view of a tunnel back in September.
Below is a picture taken Monday evening.
Above is last September.
Below is Monday night of the exact same path.
Below are pictures of Luke's school. Oh, yeah. We just got a call...Field Day is cancelled tomorrow. Ya think? Why not just change it to water activities? We have school tomorrow. How in the world can they guantee that a child won't slip away and drown?
Below is Kat crossing some red tape...the first of her life!
The water was ABOVE the basket ball standards last night.
The playground at Luke's school.
Below is the top of the swings at Luke's school.
Today was a very long day. Physically and emotionally exhausting. It will take Franklin days and months to recover. The smell alone will take that long to get out of my nose.
