my town flooded!!

[bluebeetlebabe]

well here are the pics my house got lucky we only had a foot or two in our basement but all of my shoes and clothes were down there now I have to rewash everything!! these pics here were taken by my friend smitty, I will have more to come

[from Margaritaville...]

I am sorry. I feel for you...

[Beetlemania]

I'm glad that dirty clothes seems to be the worst for you, and I hope all else get things back together easily and quickly.

Sorry, but I enjoyed the half of the "high water" sign, but I guess that was the idea behind the picture.

[bluebeetlebabe]

more

[LadybugEwa]

So sorry about your clothes and shoes especially! But you still were lucky, looking at the pics. Is your house on higher ground?

[bluebeetlebabe]

no my house isnt really high or anything I think it is maybe a foot higher than the road but nothing much

[willy]

Just hope you and yours are all ok. My lord those pictures look scary

[FineExampl]

So we know you're okay, but ummm...where's yer Beetle?!

[angieisgroovy]

Originally Posted by FineExampl

So we know you're okay, but ummm...where's yer Beetle?!

um...yeah, what he said! but really, I hope all is well. Good luck with the clean up.

I feel bad for the person trying to sell that camper!

[bluebeetlebabe]

yeah I thought the camper is pretty much done for lol and my bug is safe and sound! he was nice and dry in my garage!! there was a mini cooper that made me the saddest! the poor thing was completely underwater!!!

[Maggadog]

Since I don't know the area, what river are you by? Was the flood a result of a lot of rain upstream from you, or what? By concidence, I was listening to "I'm So Glad" by Cream (ask your parents about them) while readign this thread. I was just thinking the music appropriate to your situation.
Good luck in your clean-up chores, and I hope your town gets back to normal quickly.

[wawalker]

Sorry about your basement Beth--get that pumped out as quick as you can and then spray it down with some diluted bleach water to prevent mold . I am on one of the highest points in my county, but I got a trickle at the base of one of my basement walls where I need to fix the grade outside. Lots of rain, huh? First we get drought for months, then floods. I recognize the area where most of the pics were shot, that Nat'l Guard motor pool and maintenance shop was part of the unit I went to the first Gulf War with--I am glad I'm out, looks like lots of maintenance will be needed on those trucks!

..and to answer someone elses question, yes, the Rocky Fork of the Mohican River is what flooded the area.

[bluebeetlebabe]

well we have the sandusky river and the olentangy river close by. I think there are a few more but I cant think of names right now. The flood was mainly because we had gotten 9 inches of rain in one night on top of rain that we have been getting about every day like a inch a day for the last like 4-5 days. We even got more rain today! the rain caused the rivers and creeks to overflow, knocking out bridges, cars, streets, and buildings! Lots of main streets are closed like state routes etc. on top of this not even a week ago we had a tornado pass through like 2 of them! This poor area is a mess!

[Mazzzja]

Sorry to read and see this

The weather is totally off this year, don't you think?

Take care!

[bugsy98nb]

*hugs to beth * That sucks . parts of ohio allover are flooding , Findlay has it bad too. they had to shut part of i75 south down yesterday because of the flooding . the one little town just south of me Waterville is under a flood warning from the maumee river . Oy Mother nature needs to get her mood swings Straightened out .

[bluebeetlebabe]

yeah I think she is pmsing!

[bugfreak]

wow. glad i didn't buy a house in that town.

sounds like you got lucky compared to the folks in some of those photographs.


good luck to you and your townfolk.

[scarabY2k]

Dear Lord that's terrible!! I'm glad you're okay and that you didn't suffer catastrophic damage.

Here's to no more rain, quick drainage and plenty of sunshine.

[bluebeetlebabe]

well folks its pouring outside again.... looks like another crumy storm, I hope it dont rain to much I dont think we can handle much more!

[Papa Bug]

Beth, did you survive the 2nd storm without getting flooded?!

I work on the north side of Findlay. We had 33 people call off on Tuesday due to the flooding. On Wednesday we only had 18 people still at work by 11:00am, everyone else went home.
In Ottawa, about 25 miles west of Findlay, they are expecting the water not to go down for a couple more days. I have a lot of friends in Ottawa, so I expect to be helping some of them with their clean up efforts.

We were very fortunate in that we only had flooding down our Main St, with no property damage.

I hope Greybugger & his family are OK they live in Arlinton, which was hit pretty hard as well.