What is your weather like ... today

[j.w]

72F here and rising at 10:15am...............here we go John H.................Summer has arisen

 

[HTH]

Cooler with a high of 99 but we have a whopping 32% humidity!

 

[j.w]

We are at 79 now and humidity is 64% but if our temps were higher like yours HTH we would be in ice cube tubs right now. I've been out pulling weeds sweating bullets but when I stop and just do nothing it is still quite comfy

 

[Event Horizon]

Hi all. Glad to hear Colleen is dry.

I stopped reading backward when I started reading about refusing to leave during the evacuation. Colleen sounded very prepared before the event hit her area. Unfortunately public at large are not as prepared and this puts our First Responders at risk.

I hope I don’t get in trouble for posting this, but I’m going to anyway because there has been a lot of talk about this flood on this thread. There were many First Responders that did not have the time to take care of their own property or belongings, as they went on call.

If I broke a rule here with this post please remove it and let me know.

 

[mtpond]

What a beautiful evening, blue sky and 76F in the shade with a light breeze. Sitting on the deck by the pond and watching the fish pick around the sides of the pond. What could be more relaxing after working a nine hour day?

 

[CountryEscape]

It was 90's earlier this week, only 85 today. Best part is this weekend just high 70's! Woohoo!!!! Tomorrow scattered showers, but going to an auction, maybe get some good deals if it does rain, keeping most people home. Sunday supposed to be sunny.

 

[callingcolleen1]

For sure, most people should leave flood zone, some day I will be too old to fight the flood, and will have to be dragged out of flood zone kicking and screaming, but I still think people should have the option to stay, like people have the option to chase tornados, and other risky things. If you force people to leave, lots will just hide out in their homes. If you tell them to leave, but give them the option to stay, then at least you will know who is still out there at risk. I believe they found a body in high river of somebody in their house, they probably hid and died hiding....

In the badly washed out town of High River, the whole town was supposed to leave, over 300 people were found hiding and refused to leave. You will always have people that refuse to leave, but if you let them choose to stay, then you will know they are there at least.

I would not advise anyone to stay if you are evacuated. It is stressfull not knowing if you will have water surrounding the house or not. I think it is more stressful to watch the water creep closer to your house than just evacuating.

The hubby and I took turns sleeping, someone was always on "flood duty"during the flood event. We live in a low risk area in terms of "swept away" but we do get sewer backup. The creek backs up slowly where I am and you can "see it comming" most of the times.

Women with children and elderly should leave always, even if just a sewer back up. Sewer backup can bring much disease as well.

I will always choose to stay as my whole life is invested in this house and yard. We have fought off many floods and have lived here since 1987. I know what to expect in most cases. I am prepared. We have boats, life jackets, and other emergency stuff.

One day the flood will be too big for me, as history repeats itself, and I will have to paddle my way to the nearby hill. There was a very big creek back up during winter in this town during the 1950's that saw much water all around the house. Nobody was killed during that flood backup, as the river ice jam caused the creek to back up. The military was called in to bomb the ice jam, but many homes were flooded....

 

[sissy]

My nephews are all first responders and they deal with everything and knowing first hand what they go through good luck to them all .I came in to rest and figure check in and gosh the fog was thick this morning up until 9 I was in a fog out there but nice and cool and felt good on my skin .

 

[HTH]

Finally a break from the heat. 90s today then low to mid 80s for nearly a week. If they got it right.

 

[sissy]

supposed to be 87 today with the chance of a pop up storm from the heat ,but that is normal here .

 

[j.w]

Will be in the 80's today w/ high humidity. Makes you feel so much hotter w/ all the wetness in the air.Still I will take this sunshine no matter how it's dished to me. Wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy better than rain, rain, and more rain!

 

[callingcolleen1]

Going to the 90's today, really hot heat for me, too hot for the puppies, they will have to hide with their heads under the bed this afternoon. Puppies had a hard night of barking up a storm, don't know why they were barking, cause almost nobody on the block home except me, I am the only one on this side of the block with no sewer damage!

Well the cleanup in my neighborhood has begun! my next door neighbor just so happens to be the very first house to start the cleanup. Nobody else has got their insurance company's cleaning their houses anywhere for blocks around, not even the fancy 4 condo town houses that were brand spanking new, the next block over, nobody working on their flooded basements yet. I hear insurance companies are getting sick of fixing the same houses every flood, they are supposed to at least try and plug basement to prevent backup.... most people did nothing!

Notice the neighbor who had his house up for sale, now it is taken down.

 

[sissy]

every thing looks so normal colleen

 

[callingcolleen1]

We never got any flood water in our neighborhood, just lots of sewer back up. The city has started to place the large blue garbage bins on the street for people to throw out the contaminated basement stuff. If you look again you will see some large bins and the neighbor has taken all the sewer backup furniture out and it is in his back yard, they are going to throw it all out, but they are waiting for another garbage bin as that one in front of the house is for the insurance contractors. There will be lots more of those blue garbage bins comming soon, don't know where the city will get them all. Lots of people are not back in there homes yet, as they stink and they are still waiting for insurance adjustors. The other side of town close to the river is a very very big mess, as they got the actual flood water and sewer back up. Across the street there a couple homes that had bad sewerback up and they are waiting for a long process of inspectors and insurance adjustors, who presently are very very busy, but they will have to do something about all these old houses on my side of the block with sewer backup, they are now empty, people left, and only the one house right now is getting cleaned out. I guess it depends on your insurance, I would hate to think this will go on all summer, with the heat and the stench....

 

[callingcolleen1]

Two houses on my block were condemned today by the city I just noticed. I suspect there will be more condemned homes in my neighborhood to come..... sewer backup was bad with this flood. The dykes that they made a block over by the creek must have kept the streets dry this time, but did nothing for sewer backup.

These two homes are three doors down from my house....