January 11, 2009

Thank you to everyone who called or emailed asking how we were doing. Our house wasn't flooded but MANY people were. After reading some articles on past flooding and the conditions that led up to it I'm beginning to think this might be a yearly event. Hopefully not but we'll be as prepared as possible just in case.

If you would like to see more pictures of the flood just click on the link.

Jan09FloodPics

The flood that we had last December caused a lot of damage. While many people have been able to rebuild and move on there is still quite a bit of repairing left to do. This is a picture of one of the bridges that washed out. I have no idea when or if it is going to be fixed.

Photo from Bruce Ely/The Oregonian

Ok. So last month it was record floods. Today we had a tornado touch

down around Vancouver, WA. What's next? Locusts?

We're Okay

This week has been devastating for my county. Monday morning brought flooding worse than I have ever seen. It started out in Pe Ell where my MIL lives. Bridges washed out, there were mudslides and half the town was/is under water. Luckily she, Lonnie and the kids are okay. Michael's sister Kristy moved out there the previous weekend and while she got water in her basement. she and the kids are ok.

Michael's other sister Liz wasn't so lucky. She lives about 1/2 a mile from our house and was completely flooded out. She got about 5 feet of water inside the house and is guessing everything is a complete loss.

My brother and his family are ok. They live in an area that didn't have severe flooding. My Aunt and Uncle live up on a hill so they are fine. Julianna's street was flooded but the water didn't reach her house.

The top picture was taken from our upstairs window. The water got to within a few feet of the house before it started to recede. The bottom picture is Michael's poor little Rabbit. May it Rest In Peace.

World Egg Day

Watch the video.

Did you know that October 12 is World Egg Day? Well, until today neither did I. To honor this great day I thought I would share a great piece of music history and show you a local video. It's about a town called Winlock that isn't too long of a drive from our house.

* Ummm...after posting this I went back and watched the entire video. You may not want your kids to see it until after you do. (probably not even then) There is a large naked man hidden within.