Clockwise from upper left: (1) an area of the park across the street from my house that is under about four feet of water, none of which should be pictured from this vantage point; (2) trees now in the Puyallup River as it creeps through the park; (3) the roiling of the river looking down from the nearby bridge; (4) trees that normally are about five feet above the river now in it.
Once the river crested and the waters began to recede, we could finally get some rest. The wife and I did not get a lot of sleep on Monday evening or early Tuesday morning as the river rose. When I arrived at work, there was water damage and/or flooding everywhere. Water was dripping into our administrative space, our parking lot was partially flooded, gutters were clogged and overflowing, and our chapel's basement was flooded. I spent most of Tuesday cleaning gutters, vacuuming water out of drains and stairwells, working with the carpet cleaning crew that arrived to clean and dry out our chapel carpet, and other assorted water related tasks.
I am still trying to catch up on sleep from the anxiety, worry, work, and weariness associated with water and more water.
1 comment:
river front property 2 days ever 10 years. what a selling point!
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