Hurricane Irene

We have been hit with the rainfall that was brought in by Irene. It rained solid for 18 hours and the river was up to the bottom of the bridges here in this area. I didn't have my camera when I could have taken some great pictures and was at the site while the river subsided. We were told that some houses went into the water. One family in the ward we attend lost theirs and they will be staying upstairs with us. Some businesses along the river were flooded and will not re-open. There were houses as old as the one in the last blog that were close enough to be destroyed by the floods. That tells us that this hasn't happened in over 200 years. This picture shows the height that the water was up on the abutment for the freeway overpass. Notice the log on ledge...the water was above that!

This is on the house in the last post. It is the year the house was built. Amazing!!

House on Dairy Hill Rd.

We live in an old part of our country. This is a house that was built in 1797. It is a little saggy in spots, but people still live in it and keep the lawns mowed to excellence...as do most people here in this part of the country.

What keeps Vermont green!

This is Hurricane Irene as we experience it here in Vermont. The rain is torrential and has been for hours. They tell us it will continue for another day. We are predicted to get from 4-6" from it. We are up on a knoll and won't likely be affected other than a little mud on our rain washed car!

This is Hurricane Irene as we experience it here in Vermont. The rain is torrential and has been for hours. They tell us it will continue for another day. We are predicted to get from 4-6"

Each day whether we go in at 9:00 or 12:00 or 2:00, we still get to drive down roads like this either on our way to the site or driving to see the surrounding countryside. We consider ourselves very blessed to be able to do this.

This is a little critter that found his way onto our front lawn. He is a groundhog or as is talked about in the tongue twister...how much wood could a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?