Friday, March 21, 2008

Flood in White Cloud

We had a LOT of rain through the week, to the point that there were several flash floods. There was quite a lot of flooding where some friends live in White Cloud. Here are some pics.

This drive leads to a very flooded house, they had to bring in boats to rescue the man inside. He had refused to leave, even though his wife had gone into town. She didn't seem to be very glad to see him. His dog gave him a much warmer welcome! His propane tank had been swept away, they later found it laying up against the treeline.

I was very sad to see that it had flooded the old gas station, I love that place. Michael said that the water was moving as fast as a river. He went to their house this morning and said that there was considerable damage to the road.

2 comments:

Mom to Anyone said...

WOW, WOW, WOW!! Did the river go over its banks or was this just the flash flood from the rain? Were Brad and Hannah stuck at home (or away?)

shearfam said...

The river left it's banks, but there is a driveway that just bypassed all of the water. It was pretty cool, I wish I could have seen it first hand, I've just seen the pictures Michael took.