just because you live in a landlocked area
... doesn't mean you can escape hurrican damage. Again this week.
Jesus Christ. It sucks!
In case I didn't mention it, my truck looks like I went offroading. And I guess I did, since the road was one giant mudpit where it crossed the Leatherwood Creek between my parents house and the state highway. There was even a "ROAD CLOSED" sign which I decided to go around, not knowing how bad the only other possible route would be, even further downstream. Another route had been completely washed away in a landslide.
The photos from the local newspapers were enlightening -- several state highways either underwater or destroyed, homes underwater, cars floating into the river...
11 deaths, I've read, have been attributed to this latest flooding.
As I drove along the Interstate, all I saw were lakes where fields had been.
My mom said they showed photos of Cambridge on the television news, where the local jail was surrounded by water on all sides, it's own moat. Cars floated off dealer's lots and out of driveways on Wheeling Island. I wish I could find the photo of the highway in Lansing that was gone. (Note to Nala: that's where we went for the funeral).
Here's some photos:
Still can't find the image I wanted.