Twice last night we unplugged electronics and took our positions in the interior-most corner of the "red" guest room. We have no windowless room in our old house so we've decided that this corner is our safest spot during tornado warnings. I ventured a few times to the porches --- when the worst of the "Dunder and Blixem" eased off --- to witness the meteorlogical wonder as the heavens doused us, sheets of water shed from the eaves, and rushing torrents coursed down the driveway and across the yard. Wow!
Today, the whirlwind has passed and the blue skies and white clouds seem almost an apology for the uproar in the night. So we take a walkabout to survey the flooding...
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| You can rotate this pic taken atop the levee right behind our house. The Oostanaula is feeling its oats today. |
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| Had to take a shortcut through the grass and under the bridge to keep our feet dry. We carried our recycle glass with us for deposit in the bins on Bale St. Sheila also carried her little picker-upper stick so we could collect some litter along the way. |
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| The new owners of the old Star House building are busy reopening all the bricked-up windows on the building. I'm looking forward to seeing what becomes of this diamond-in-the-rough. |
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| On the boardwalk under the Fifth Avenue bridge. Not a lot of clearance between the water and the boardwalk today. |
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Guess we won't go this way today.
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| We have certainly enjoyed this boardwalk the last few years...! |
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| ... I wonder if there has been any consideration of a board walk between the library and Ridge Ferry Park. If you could read the yellow sign I think it reads: "Trail Subject to Flooding". |
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| The Riverwalk sign should read Riverwade today. |
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