A few months ago, Liz and Becky found a note on their door warning them of the possibility of spring floods. The note was from the neighbor across the street, and even mentioned that one of their cars had been flooded twice! We found this to be ludicrous and often would laugh about it when it would start to rain. "Uh oh...Hope nobody's car floats away today. Hahaha!" Oops. July 2, 2008, was a stormy rainy day. Liz and Coralyn had been to the gym to do a workout, and when they were returning around 9 pm and tried to turn on to Baynton, they discovered that Coralyn's car could not even start to get down the street, due to the three feet of water in the street, that was also creeping up the front lawn. Once Liz hopped out of Coralyn's car and waded to the house, she called Danielle and Niki, who live just a few houses up the street. They were also experiencing problems with the flood, and informed Liz that there was water in their basement. Liz went to check out their basement, and found several inches of water there. She quickly picked up everything she could off the floor, but realized there was little else she could do at that time. She then went outside, and with the help of Joe, Chelsea's car--which had been parked in the street--was luckily moved out of danger, but not before the water had reached and soaked the car seats, and ruined the electrical system. Liz, Danielle, Niki and Joe then became the heroes of Baynton Ave, pushing cars out of the water, clearing sewer grates and stopping others from coming down the street and getting stuck themselves. Becky came home shortly after the flood waters had started to subside, and we began to assess the damage. The red shag in the basement was ruined, and had to be removed. One bright spot though--under the shag was shuffleboard! There are sticks and discs in one of the closets in the basement, and we are ready for a competition at any time!
We feel very fortunate to have survived the Great Flood, and from here on out, promise to listen to the neighbor when he warns us of natural disasters. He has, after all, lived on Baynton for close to 20 years, while we have been there just a short 8 months.
Here is a glimpse of the sky from Liz's office in the early afternoon the day of the flood.
You may not be able to tell, since the camera was not capturing images properly, but here are Danielle and Niki standing in the street just above the flood waters.
And here is the wonderful red shag carpet after it had been ripped from the basement, and a glimpse of how much water there was in the basement.
When we got to Anchor, the Jagermeister girls were there. Joe got a visor, which he passed on to Liz, and she got a lei too!
