It’s 14.9 feet and rising – it’s come up about a foot since yesterday and if the NOAA predicted crest is accurate, we’ve got about three feet more to go – supposedly in about a week. So this will be a stressful week, wondering where it’s going to stop and when. We did take the motorhome out a couple of days ago – so it’s safely parked where it will stay dry. Tomorrow Ole will be getting all his old cars out to higher ground, securing things in the pole barn and the shop, and then it’s a matter of waiting things out.
We were very fortunate in the fact that we didn’t get hit by the rain/sleet/snow storm that was predicted. It all went north of us so we won’t have to be dealing with more melting snow. The northern valley had less snow than we did so they’re better able to deal with this late storm.Â
Daisy and I took a little road trip this morning and I didn’t see anything that was terribly alarming. Many of the fields that had water in them several days ago have no more standing water. I carefully inspected the big drainage ditch to the east of us – the one that has caused us so much trouble in the past – there’s still a lot of water in it, but the level has dropped substantially since Ole and I last checked it out. So that was encouraging also. Now I need to check with Neighbor Al that lives 6 miles south of us on the river and see if it’s still coming up there, has stabilized or is dropping.Â
One of the fun things I saw this morning was tons of Canadian geese that are working their way north. They had landed in a field that was covered with water, busy feeding and honking and splashing water, etc. When you can stand out on the deck at dusk at this time of the year and hear all the honking flying over you in the sky, you know that spring has truly arrived. And it’s certainly about time for this part of the country.Â
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Just a personal observation…as I watched the news coverage of the
massive flooding in the Midwest with the levee’s about to break in Fargo, ND, what amazed me is not what we saw, but what we didn’t see…
1. We don’t see looting.
2. We don’t see street violence.
3. We don’t see people sitting on their rooftops waiting for the government to come and save them.
4. We don’t see people waiting on the government to do anything.
5. We don’t see Hollywood organizing benefits to raise money for
people to rebuild.
6. We don’t see people blaming President Obama.
7. We don’t see people ignoring evacuation orders.
8. We don’t see people blaming a government conspiracy to blow up the levees as the reason some have not held.
9. We don’t see the US Senators or the Governors of North Dakota or Minnesota crying on TV.
10. We don’t see the Mayors of any of these cities complaining about the lack of state or federal response.
11. We don’t see or hear reports of the police going around confiscating personal firearms so only the criminal will be armed.
12. We don’t see gangs of people going around and randomly shooting at the rescue workers.
13. You don’t see some leaders in this country blaming the bad behavior of the North Dakota/Minnesota flood victims on “society”.
Enough said!
Love Lena
Our garage has a free spot if need be. ?
Ahhhh! Love to hear those honkers flying north!
Stay safe, Lena. Once you’ve done what you can to prepare, relax and let go of it. As my grandpa used to say, “Whatever happens, it won’t matter in a hundred years.”
Been thinking of you and hoping things are going to improve. We aren’t dealing with water, but with wind. We are in Omaha for the night, planned to drive home to Minnesota tomorrow. However, Ernie just read that high profile vehicles are to stay off the roads tomorrow. Trailers? Yup, high profile! I’m guessing we don’t go home tomorrow.