Massive Flooding and Evacuation
Jan. 8th, 2009 05:18 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
amberfocusHey. It's been one heck of a day, people. Started with a brief power failure at 3:45 a.m. caused by a massive mudslide. Power was restored shortly thereafter but it took down the phone, cable and internet connection. The rain has been so bad and the snow melt run off so high that almost every road has been closed. The creek that is only .2 miles from our house has completely covered the road in nearly a foot of water. The main highway is closed. The river jumped its banks. Every creek between my home and the river has flooded. Run off from the foothills has covered vast stretches of land and the highway. I have lived through many a flood season and have never seen it so bad before.
My house is safe. The water would have to rise fifteen feet to reach us and then the house is four feet off the ground. We aren't actually in a flood plain so we've never had to worry about this before. Anyway, the police were coming round and asking us to evacuate so we packed up and took the South Pass down the mountain and the worst on that road was several places with about four inches of water running across the road. It took an hour and a half to drive what is normally a 35 minute drive.
Here's an aerial shot of the river where it's nearest to my house. The river should be between the two lines of trees.
But we made it safely to my mother's house and we'll be staying here for a bit. Probably a couple of days. And without phone or internet at home, I wouldn't be trying to get back anytime soon anyway.
I will be posting Zeppelins soon now that I've had a chance to sit down and relax.
My house is safe. The water would have to rise fifteen feet to reach us and then the house is four feet off the ground. We aren't actually in a flood plain so we've never had to worry about this before. Anyway, the police were coming round and asking us to evacuate so we packed up and took the South Pass down the mountain and the worst on that road was several places with about four inches of water running across the road. It took an hour and a half to drive what is normally a 35 minute drive.
Here's an aerial shot of the river where it's nearest to my house. The river should be between the two lines of trees.
But we made it safely to my mother's house and we'll be staying here for a bit. Probably a couple of days. And without phone or internet at home, I wouldn't be trying to get back anytime soon anyway.
I will be posting Zeppelins soon now that I've had a chance to sit down and relax.
