GENE GARDNER wrote: > Today is a different kind of weather day. We only have a slow drizzle > comeing down today. The Little Arkansas River is expedted to crest > today. It is still rolling through part of town, But Sand Creek north > of town has dropped back into its banks and the water is gone from my > street and yard. Some others in town are not so lucky. Mostly thesouth > west part of town is still flooded the worst, but there is still water > backed up down town. The only damage that we suffered here was when i > drove Kathryns car across the lawn to higher ground and now there some > deep ruts in the lawn. The water was up on the foundation of the house, > but none came in. I think Kathryns prayrs must have been answered. > Some people we know got hit pretty hard. They didnt hav to open the > gates up above us after all. That really saved us. The schools are all > closed around the area. There were lots of tense moments. One such > event was a young couple out by sand creek were not expecting such a > rapid rise in he water, and before they knew it their house was > surrounded and left them with no way out. One of the local farmers has > been through this many times and knew they would be in trouble so he > drove is 4 wheeler down and got them out. He told me when he got there > that they had a miniature pony out n the lot and he couldnt touch > ground. The pony was just swimming around. Sad he was sure glad to get > his hoofs on solid ground when they got him out. Thanks to the voice of > experience. There are no reports of injury or deaths related to this > flood. There was a small house fire, and the electric power had to be > disconnected from another to prevent fire. So if the Little Arkansas > River drops in the next dayor so, We will all be ok. just the mess to > clean up and wait for the next one. We have not had one of these severe > floods since 1993. > KEEP ON SMILIN Gene > p.s. Thanks J > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > KEEP ON SMILIN, GENE