My hometown is flooded! (more pics in #11)

These are absolutely stunning photographs, Kirsten, and they tell the story of what is happening in your home town so VERY, touchingly well.

Please send some to your local newspaper.. town or county (or whatever you have in Germany) web sites.. local TV stations.. network stations..

Really, I think people all around should see these. Those directly affected will respond and relate immediately to what they are saying, and all who love you folks coping with this and love your area will deepen their understanding of just what you are dealing with.

As usual your photographs are awesome and I do agree with Phesina, they should be seen by every local newspaper, tv or whatever media you have there.
I do hope the water will recede before any heavy rains come down.

My first thought was "OMG! Such gorgeous buildings and area being ruined". I'm glad you're OK. Your beautiful pictures made me re-realize how lucky I've been throughout our snowstorms. I guess the ducks didn't mind it one bit. The crow was amazing. Stay safe.

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Originally Posted by Sonia59

Would it not be such a bad context, I would say your photos are wonderful, and the area looks great, with such nice colours in spite of the extremely grey sky.

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I was thinking the same thing. The pictures are gorgeous, but I hate to see what they're doing to those beautiful buildings. I'm glad to hear that your safe and your home wasn't affected.

Thanks for sharing these.

Yes, it's sad what the water is doing to our buildings. However, the water is going back now, at least a little bit.

As for sending my pics to our local newspaper: they don't need mine, they already have lots of pictures on their websites, some of them much better than mine. Lots of people took photos of the flood.

Hi Kirsten,
Your extraordinary pictures tell a heartbreaking story. Such a beautiful town dealing with so much water. I'm happy and relieved to know that you, Lily, and Luna are safe. If your situation should change with more rain possibly on the way, be sure to pm me and I'll help you and your sweet girls any way I possibly can.

Be well and be safe :love:

Thank you very much for offering that! :love: But we're okay so far, I don't think we'll be running out of goods here. The water went back a little, but a new flood is expected at the weekend, maybe worse than before. We'll see...

I hope you guys don't get any more flooding or you will end up like Vicenza did back in November. There was a total of €1.4 billion in damage. There were 3 killed. All elderly people who got swept away by the rising river. There were places that were under 90 cm or 3 feet of water. The emergency crews actually couldn't use cars, trucks etc. They had to use boats to get around. It was madness. Stay safe & stay dry.

I am going to post a few photos of the flood we had back in November.

http://www.sott.net/image/image/s2/4...ng_Vicenza.png

http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/...kground=000000

http://www.vosizneias.com/assets/upl...a836c42f5d.jpg

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_vdFcYLkyxb...40/vicenza.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...2010_(121).jpg

OMG, this looks bad! Such a beautiful town, and all this water... :( And just look at all these cars!!

So sorry to hear that people lost their lives! :(