Crazy Rain – 12/26/2015

We were in the midst of several days of hard rain. I took some photos out of the window, then decided to go exploring. IMG_20151226_095831

At the creek near the house, it was running high and violent. Large waves would come and go and large debris was pushed downstream.

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Lots of flooding on streets and several businesses under water.

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We ended up at Litzinger Road Ecology Center (Danelle’s work) to move important stuff to higher ground as there was a large likelihood of flooding. Here are photos from the building looking at the flooded creek.

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Possibly most annoying was the water in my basement. Many people had it worse than me, so I’m not complaining, but explaining. I pulled out 300 gallons of water in 1 day and most of the water coming in was going straight to the drain.

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In the aftermath, we found an un-used wedding present that was packed away deep on a shelf. Its still good 15 years later.IMG_20151228_205110

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