Re: flood

Oh my!!!! What a disaster! Yes, I realize it could be worse, but what an
awful mess to ring in the new year. And so very unfair, with Pam in a
nearly year-long drought. I do hope your rats drowned, but what a terror
for those other small animals. I, too, wish I could be there to help
out.


Kitty

-- "David Franzman" <dfranzma@pacbell.net> wrote:
Well that was ugly!  This whole county looks like a huge lake.  I just had 
3' of water rush through my greenhouses again.  The force was so great that 
the driveway which I just put down weed tarp and 4" or gravel has been 
scraped clean...weed tarp not to be seen.  The doors to my greenhouses have 
been smashed in by floating debris.  I have 6x6s, tool cabinets, 50 gallon 
drums (full), sheets of plywood and other debris right now up against the 
gh's.  The 6x6's battered down the doors.  We have them going in front of 
the gh to keep other stuff out.  We are leaving all of it until tomorrow and 
it will act as a barrier to any more floating stuff when the next storm hits 
tomorrow.  In addition to that we have layers of mud on the ground inside. 
Behind the gh's is, as I mentioned, a raging torrent of a very small creek. 
It's only about 10' across normally but right now it must be going about 30 
mph.  Of course you wouldn't be able to see a difference where the creek is 
except the speed of the flow.  Unfortunately I forgot to bring a camera but 
tomorrow I will.  I expect that most of the water will have receded already 
but it'll show the debris piles.

All of the plants are fine.  This year we were prepared and everything is on 
tables that exceed the height of the water.  Again there was some structural 
damage to the houses but it could have been a lot worse.  The larger 
houses's plastic is still intact.  I can't close any doors right now because 
of the force of the water and flotsam that is in the doorways.  As I left 
the property the water was just below my knees.  You could boogey board if 
you had one.  It has never been this high say the folks who live here and 
have been here for over 20 years.  9" of rain within 36 hours on top of the 
12" in the last two weeks.

The poor folks who live here came within an inch of water coursing their 
their homes.  One of which was just completely remodeled with wood floors. 
Their horses had water up to their bellies in the fields at 3 this morning. 
There were drowning chickens, and sheep that had to be moved and I sincerely 
hope this has taken care of my rat problem.  Where poison didn't work 
perhaps the wrath of God did.

As far as my house is concerned we had rivelets of water going through our 
garage which I've never seen before.  We were out at 2am trying to dam the 
water and divert it to no avail.  Nothing major though.

I should add by the way that neither my gh's or home is in a flood plain. 
This is just what happens when you get the amount of rain we have had in two 
weeks.  Those areas that are in a flood plain...such as Guernville are under 
water with the water still rising.  They will be 14' above flood stage by 
this evening.  Below is a link to an MSNBC news article about it.  Check out 
the photo that's about what it looks like on my property.

David
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10632481/

http://www.atouchofthetropics.net 

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