Well, the worst of the flooding is over and the water has receded and there are no more stay-at-home flood days. Here are some cool before and after aerials to give you an idea of how many areas were affected. After everything downloads, you should be able to move your cursor over the photo to see the change.
Luckily no one I know was greatly affected by the floods, but definitely people all around me know at least a couple of people who were. I know I won't look at the rain the same for awhile. Up until yesterday, it was all heat and sunshine, but yesterday and today, the daily thunderstorms kinda give you an eerie feeling.
But there have been some silver linings through it all... this weekend, we finally went to the organic markets we heard about. Although not all the vendors could be there, there were quite a few. The ones who did had some pretty good stories about even managing to get themselves and their products there. The organic meat vendors even had a 1/2 off sale. We ended up getting two large bags of lamb, chicken, beef, and pork to stock the freezer with, we were so excited!
There's also been free public transportation this week, to help volunteers and everyone else get around during this difficult time. So that has been nice, although the routes and schedules have been cut back.
I read a cute story about a guy finding a Mexican coin from the 1800s!
You just have to find a silver lining whenever you can, especially since they say the floods are moving South (note the photo of the blow up doll... this photo would never publish in the US!!). Anyway, hopefully, no more lives are lost...
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