With as much rain as we've gotten this spring, we should have a sea of flowers come May. Throughout Wednesday we received 6-7 inches of rain, and here is what we found in the morning.
Here is a view from across the road at our old sawmill. The neighbor decided to store his ton truck next to the creek even though my husband said it floods there. It's hard to see in the picture, but the truck has debris all around it. The night before there was a wood pile next to it that the rain waters carried away. You can tell where the water was over the road, but it had gone down by 9:00 a.m.
Next we tried to take the back roads to town and discovered the bottoms were all underwater. All the school kids around were excited to sleep in yesterday. Pretty much all the roads besides the highway had spots that were underwater, some for a quarter mile or more.
Then we went to check the farm ground. Here is one field that normally floods, but this is higher than my husband has ever seen it. The small stream that you can jump across & drive the car across on most days is way out of its banks. The water should be way back in the trees.
Here is a continued shot. You can see the tree the waters are carrying away.
This is as far as we could go. You can see the gravel road leading to the crossing.
Here is my father-in-laws new garden. It's all underwater along with the whole south side of town.
Another street in town. Our friends house looks like an island among the standing water.
This is where the earlier field drains across the highway. You can see the magnitude of water and current.
Half way across the bridge.
Out the other side. THAT IS A LOT OF WATER!!!!
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