Friday, October 07, 2005
Flood Watch
All those horrible hurricanes the past few months, and we hadn’t had any rain since early August. Now its been raining since Wednesday afternoon, and is not expected to let up until sometime Sunday. Parts of our county (Burke) are flooded, and surrounding counties are also flooded. The flood warning is extended until 1am Saturday morning, but its been extended several times throughout the day already, and could continue I expect if the rain doesn’t let up.
Where our house is, is not likely to flood, we’re too high up. But it is entirely likely that we could end up like last year (before I moved south) with half the town in low lying parts flooded because the Catawba River overflowed. So just in case it knocks out power and water services, I’ve filled a bunch of jugs with water, and first thing in the morning will go out and get some dog food! We’re almost out and if we get flooded, we may not be able to get any for a while. Hopefully the dam and river will hold til morning! There’s plenty of non-perishables for me and James, just not enough dog food. I should have got some today and forgot. Oh well, there’s a few steaks in the freezer, and some fish sticks, so the situation is not completely desperate ;-)
The flood warning extends for nearly the entire western portion of North Carolina (anything west of Charlotte pretty much) and upstate South Carolina. A few rivers and streams have already gone over their banks, and washed out roads and such. I hope it doesn’t get as bad as last fall, it shouldn’t, but ya just never know. Our yard is a quagmire, and every time the dogs have to go out to pee they come in dragging the red mud all over everything. I’ve given up washing the floor behind them. I’ll wait til the rain stops and the mud dries. There’s not much point til then.
Aunt Jane is expected to arrive around noon tomorrow. She’s driving over the mountains from Tennessee. I hope she’s ok, and doesn’t hit any flooded areas. I’m not sure which route she’ll be on, probably I-40, and I’m not sure if the interstates are flooding or not. I’ll have to get up early so I can get out and run errands before she arrives.
Ah well, that’s my excitement for this evening. Hopefully the interstate will hold up and not wash out before I start my new job on Wednesday next week. I also have a Watkins home party on Tuesday evening next week, which will also hopefully not get rained out! She’s got around 15 people planning to come, so I could make a boat load of money! We may need the boat! ;-)
If you don’t hear from me for a few days, we’re washed out, send help! ¶ 11:37 PM
Where our house is, is not likely to flood, we’re too high up. But it is entirely likely that we could end up like last year (before I moved south) with half the town in low lying parts flooded because the Catawba River overflowed. So just in case it knocks out power and water services, I’ve filled a bunch of jugs with water, and first thing in the morning will go out and get some dog food! We’re almost out and if we get flooded, we may not be able to get any for a while. Hopefully the dam and river will hold til morning! There’s plenty of non-perishables for me and James, just not enough dog food. I should have got some today and forgot. Oh well, there’s a few steaks in the freezer, and some fish sticks, so the situation is not completely desperate ;-)
The flood warning extends for nearly the entire western portion of North Carolina (anything west of Charlotte pretty much) and upstate South Carolina. A few rivers and streams have already gone over their banks, and washed out roads and such. I hope it doesn’t get as bad as last fall, it shouldn’t, but ya just never know. Our yard is a quagmire, and every time the dogs have to go out to pee they come in dragging the red mud all over everything. I’ve given up washing the floor behind them. I’ll wait til the rain stops and the mud dries. There’s not much point til then.
Aunt Jane is expected to arrive around noon tomorrow. She’s driving over the mountains from Tennessee. I hope she’s ok, and doesn’t hit any flooded areas. I’m not sure which route she’ll be on, probably I-40, and I’m not sure if the interstates are flooding or not. I’ll have to get up early so I can get out and run errands before she arrives.
Ah well, that’s my excitement for this evening. Hopefully the interstate will hold up and not wash out before I start my new job on Wednesday next week. I also have a Watkins home party on Tuesday evening next week, which will also hopefully not get rained out! She’s got around 15 people planning to come, so I could make a boat load of money! We may need the boat! ;-)
If you don’t hear from me for a few days, we’re washed out, send help! ¶ 11:37 PM
