I've been seeing on the news, where the waters are rising from all the rain and melting snow out there. Hope all PTers in that region remain high and dry.
Pat - I saw where Grand Rapids expects some high water. Are you okay so far???
I've been seeing on the news, where the waters are rising from all the rain and melting snow out there. Hope all PTers in that region remain high and dry.
Pat - I saw where Grand Rapids expects some high water. Are you okay so far???
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To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven.
Ecclesiastes 3:1The clock of life is wound but once and no man has the power
To know just when the hands will stop - on what day, or what hour.
Now is the only time you have, so live it with a will -
Don't wait until tomorrow - the hands may then be still.
~~~~true author unknown~~~~
Thanks for asking, Ellie. I'm actually a couple of hours away from Grand Rapids. We're okay here, but they've really been getting high water in the Grand River there. Basements and low-lying areas are getting flooded, and there are people out trying to sandbag the river shores.
From what I see on the news, it looks bad all over the upper Midwest.. the Mississippi is really high, and other rivers in many other states are flooding. LOTS of sandbags are being stacked up all over. (Do those really make much difference? I'm sure they must be effective in some cases or people wouldn't keep doing it, but it looks so much like wishful thinking at work to me..)
Hoping and praying for all affected..
I meant," said Ipslore bitterly, "what is there in this world that truly makes living worthwhile?"
Death thought about it.
CATS, he said eventually. CATS ARE NICE.
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Wolfy ~ Fuzzbutt #3My little dog ~ a heartbeat at my feet
Sparky the Fuzzbutt - PT's DOTD 8/3/2010
RIP 2/28/1999~10/9/2012Myndi the Fuzzbutt - Mom's DOTD - Everyday
RIP 1/24/1996~8/9/2013
Ellie - Mom to the Fuzzbuttz
To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven.
Ecclesiastes 3:1The clock of life is wound but once and no man has the power
To know just when the hands will stop - on what day, or what hour.
Now is the only time you have, so live it with a will -
Don't wait until tomorrow - the hands may then be still.
~~~~true author unknown~~~~
How much of this is happening where there were worries of drought last year?
I've Been Frosted
*waving my hand* On Thursday we had 7 inches of rain fall in 30 hours. What a mess. There are still road closures related to high water. On a positive note, though - the grass is now bright green and growing quickly! We're supposed to get another 1/2 to 1 inch of rain today. I hope all that water will leave the ground much wetter than it was!
Praying for peace in the Middle East, Ukraine, and around the world.
I've been Boo'd ... right off the stage!
Aaahh, I have been defrosted! Thank you, Bonny and Asiel!
Brrrr, I've been Frosted! Thank you, Asiel and Pomtzu!
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"We consume our tomorrows fretting about our yesterdays." -- Persius, first century Roman poet
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This is about a mile south of where my parents live. What a mess. This story makes things sound better than they are. The water isn't receding, so heavy equipment is being brought in.
FOREST VIEW, Ill. (CBS) — It’s a waiting game for people trying to clean up from rising flood waters.
A levee breach along the Des Plaines river sent water rushing into homes and basements in southwest suburban Forest View.
That breach prompted nearly a village-wide evacuation. Today there is progress, as water starts to recede.
On one block, what was covered with river water yesterday, is now starting to dry out today.
80 percent of homes in Forest View took-in water. It started pouring-in Thursday night, and it didn’t take long for some residents to begin evacuating.
Yesterday, you needed to a boat to get around most of the village.
That’s what firefighters used to rescue those who were trying to get out of their homes, many with no power.
Even the village president told CBS 2’s Courtney Gousman that he had to evacuate, because his basement was filled with almost 6-feet of water.
Asked if he could foresee this happening, Forest View Village President Richard Grenvich said, “No. As a matter of fact, the village administrator and I were talking yesterday about how well things had gone with all the flooding that had been occurring in the northern suburbs and we had nothing.”
Since the Des Plaines crested yesterday, it appears, the worst is over. There are about 650 residents in the village- many who will now begin the clean-up process.
Praying for peace in the Middle East, Ukraine, and around the world.
I've been Boo'd ... right off the stage!
Aaahh, I have been defrosted! Thank you, Bonny and Asiel!
Brrrr, I've been Frosted! Thank you, Asiel and Pomtzu!
"That's the power of kittens (and puppies too, of course): They can reduce us to quivering masses of Jell-O in about two seconds flat and make us like it. Good thing they don't have opposable thumbs or they'd surely have taken over the world by now." -- Paul Lukas
"We consume our tomorrows fretting about our yesterdays." -- Persius, first century Roman poet
Cassie's Catster page: http://www.catster.com/cats/448678
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