Natural tragedies

I was all ready to post my photos of the water and whine about how inconvenient is--it is facinating to see teh damage water can do, especially in such a short time. Then I learned this afternoon that two locals drowned in it, not very far from my house at all. I realize they are not the only ones, as it is all over the news that there are something like 9 people confirmed dead, but it is totally different when it happens in your own back yard, so to speak.


In any event, this is what I was faced with when I tried to go to the farm this morning. This is the road from the highway to the farm. It actually is a pretty high road--the crops on either side are quite a distance down from the road. You cannot see that with this much water though. And this water was moving--it was not just slowly meandering, it was really flowing hard. It still is not open tonight.


Look at this insanity---this is a neighbor's farm. Normally the pastures are beautiful-----and were just starting to green up.



This is a photo of the neighbors pasture---a HUGE ditch runs between their fence line and the road. It is almost always dry, and they even keep it mowed like a yard--their pastures always look pretty. Not so much with this much water in them huh>





This photo was taken from the highway that runs between the end of my road and town. I pulled over on the shoulder to take the photo. This is a corn field. I cannot imagine how many feet of water is on it. The tree line in the back is a couple thousand yards, by Barry's estimate. Notice that there is a strong current--there were actual white caps on the water but I could not photograph them well