Please spare a prayer if you can

[Rachel]

Oh, Leslie, it never dawned on me that you might be in the path of this. I know how hard you have worked to make a beautiful home for your family and how devastating it can be to see all that in jeopardy. What is most important is that you and your loved ones, skin and fur, stay safe. Please take care. I pray that the rain stops and that the waters recede and that you all will be okay.

[AdoreMyDogs]

Thank you all so much for the prayers. I do believe they're working, the waters aren't receding yet, but they're not raising. The flooding finally reached it's peak and they expect it to start receding (as long as the rain holds out) today or tomorrow. The scary part is that it keeps threatening more rain, and the chances of t-storm is pretty high. We're keeping an eye on that growing flood line to make sure it doesn't inch towards us any more.

The pregnant girl whos house is flooded needs prayers, also if you could. She is staying at the Red Cross I believe, and they're going to cut their losses and find a new place to live. Restoring the house would cost way more then they have, so they're just leaving the house as-is. There is a kennel that's accepting flood victoms pets for free, and that's where she is keeping her 2 dogs. She's 4 weeks from her due date and she will be homeless when her baby gets here, unless, by some miracle, she finds a house and moves into it in the following weeks.

Apparentlly this city has been in a drought for many, many years, but now there's been more rain then there ever has been. People used to pray for rain, now everyone in this city is praying for drought!

There is a state of emergency in this city. Here's some news reports and news paper photos of the flood...check it out if you like.
Times Record News

[moosmom]

Leslie,

You and your family are in my thoughts and prayers, honey. I do hope the rain lets up.

[cyber-sibes]

Sending prayers for you & your neighbors, dear.

[gini]

Many prayers will be said for your neighbor that they will be safe and find a place to live quickly.

And of course, prayers for you, that the rains stop and you can remain in your home.

[CathyBogart]

Your family will be in my thoughts...

[crow_noir]

*prayers for you and your neighbors*

hoping for a daily roll call too. :-/

[Marigold2]

I am so sorry. If the water comes to your house it will be a horrible mess it is already. Hopefully the water will recede and not get to anyones house too much. Good luck to you.

[petslover]

I am so sorry that you have to go through this right now. I really hope the rain stops. My heart goes out to your neighbor too. Very sad situation.

[Sirrahsim]

Please check in Leslie!!
It's pouring rain again

[Logan]

Leslie, here I have been, begging for rain, and you are one of those suffering with the flooding. I do hope that your friend, her baby and her pets, will find a place to settle down.

Please keep us posted.

Logan

[cassiesmom]

Prayers being said. I hope the rain will let up for you. The Chicago area seems to be very dry again this summer, not as bad as a couple of years ago but days and days between rains. Some parts of the country have far too much rain and others have not had enough.

[cassiesmom]

FYI. The Red Cross is mentioned in one of Adoremydogs posts so that is where I went seeking information. This is what it says.

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All American Red Cross disaster assistance is free, made possible by voluntary donations of time and money from the American people. You can help the victims of thousands of disasters across the country each year by making a financial gift to the American Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund, which enables the Red Cross to provide shelter, food, counseling and other assistance to victims of disaster. The American Red Cross honors donor intent. If you wish to designate your donation to a specific disaster, please do so at the time of your donation. Call 1-800-REDCROSS or 1-800-257-7575 (Spanish). Contributions to the Disaster Relief Fund may be sent to your local American Red Cross chapter or to the American Red Cross, P. O. Box 37243, Washington, DC 20013. Internet users can make a secure online contribution by visiting www.redcross.org.

[AdoreMyDogs]

Whoo hooo the flooding is actually getting better! You can see about 10 more feet of the road that was completely sunken before. It's weird, there are some dead, dried up minnows in the street, and in the flooding outside the back of our house there was a huge catfish. They have traveled a long distance, as the lake is quite a distance away.

Thank you all for the prayers. I hope the rainfall today doesn't make the flooding worse, but sofar it seems to be doing just fine. I'll take some photos of the flooding so you can see the improvement

Bless you all for the prayers. Please continue to pray for my neighbor. We haven't heard from her. I hope she and her unborn baby are doing OK where they are now.

Leslie

[Catty1]

Good news!

And I do hope that mom and her baby are ok.