Sun. - Wed. May 6-9
From a comfortable MO,
This has been full days for our area of the country. We received a lot of rain early in the week - over 4 inches - all coming rather quickly. Needless to say, the rivers and creeks were soon out of their banks. Flood stage on the Grand River is about 24 feet and it was predicted to crest at 37.5 today. The paper indicated tonight that it might be .75 feet less. The flooding rivals the infamous "93" flood when you look at the surrounding areas.
Highway 36 is a two lane highway between Chillicothe and Utica - a little less than 10 miles to our west. Highway 65 going south out of Chillicothe is closed about two miles south of town. If you have watched national news you will hear of several communities along the Missouri River that have been flooded - and the news just keeps going.
In Chillicothe, some of you will remember the large "Churchill" building on the southwest area of town - some of you will think of it as the current school district central office - anyway, when we returned from a track meet on Tuesday (held in St. Joseph) we noticed that the entry way to the basement area of this building had many sandbags. Jim had been to the south end of town this a.m. and wanted me to see the area this evening. The central office had been surrounded by sandbags and the CT reported this afternoon that as of press time there was at least 10 inches of water in the basement area. The office workers left at noon.
To the west of the central office a modular home place had several "sample" homes on display and these were moved to the eastern area of the old Churchill lot - and it appeared this evening they had been moved from where we had seen them on Tuesday - to even higher ground.
The Mautino "three-wheeler" type of business to the west of the central office obviously has water in it and the various modes of transportation had been moved eastward and seemed to be safe.
Areas on the west side of Chillicothe - just to the north of the above areas that have been discribed have water in the homes.
I took our winter bedspread to the laundrymat this morning and one lady there had two loads of clothes being washed - all she and her husband had salvaged from their home in the Sampsel area. They had refurbished their home after the 1993 flood with the idea that "everyone" said that had been a 500 year flood. She and her husband obviously did not have money to spare and both looked as if life had not been to easy for them. She was worried about two trunks that had been stored in their garage as they contained items that she had received from her deceased mother.
I sometimes wonder about "Mother Nature." Earthquakes, tornadoes, hurricanes, and floods should make us take count of what we have.
Anyway, we have had rain, sun, humidity, etc., but here we are still safe at least.
We went to St. Joseph on Tuesday to the Benton Relays. It was a lovely late afternoon and early evening for a track meet. This is the final regular meet of the year with District coming up this Saturday followed by Sectional the following week - then State.
Jim mowed the yard (riding lawnmower) today and then we puttered until it was time to see Dr. Metry this afternoon. Jim has been in a lot of pain with his left knee and left hip. We will hear on Friday when Jim can see Dr. George at Liberty.
I am flying to LA on the 23rd to spend a few days with Jim's sister as she is having back surgery on the 21st. I will return on the 27th. I don't think I can be of much help to her, but maybe I can save her a few steps.
I have the computer work for Mobile Meals coming up on the 14th, 21st, and 28th. One volunteer that does this is in Europe and the second is driving the 101 in California.
Jim had breakfast with both groups this a.m. He noted that I had mentioned he had oatmeal with one group and toast with the second and he "corrected" me that he only had coffee with the second group.
I will join the ladies for breakfast in the a.m. and then have a few errands to do. I finished the newest book by G.A. McKevett this evening - am thinking the title is something like FAT FREE & FATAL. These are certainly light reading, but I do enjoy the characters in the book. I finished SOVEREIGN by CS (or is it CJ) Sansom on Tuesday and it is in Pat's hands now.
We walked about 10:00 this morning with the girls on the surface streets. They are rather out of shape (and of course they aren't that large), but they have been sort of tired the rest of the day. We have been listening to the man who does "Dog Whisperer" on tv - that isn't the title, but is close. We have thoroughly enjoyed the CDs so far and realize we have let the girls become the "Alpha" characters in this family so we are trying to retrain ourselves. One of the things we have done is to allow the girls to roam (on a leash) as we walked, but the author claims this lets them be the Alpha when they need to be actually the follower.
Be safe.
B.
This has been full days for our area of the country. We received a lot of rain early in the week - over 4 inches - all coming rather quickly. Needless to say, the rivers and creeks were soon out of their banks. Flood stage on the Grand River is about 24 feet and it was predicted to crest at 37.5 today. The paper indicated tonight that it might be .75 feet less. The flooding rivals the infamous "93" flood when you look at the surrounding areas.
Highway 36 is a two lane highway between Chillicothe and Utica - a little less than 10 miles to our west. Highway 65 going south out of Chillicothe is closed about two miles south of town. If you have watched national news you will hear of several communities along the Missouri River that have been flooded - and the news just keeps going.
In Chillicothe, some of you will remember the large "Churchill" building on the southwest area of town - some of you will think of it as the current school district central office - anyway, when we returned from a track meet on Tuesday (held in St. Joseph) we noticed that the entry way to the basement area of this building had many sandbags. Jim had been to the south end of town this a.m. and wanted me to see the area this evening. The central office had been surrounded by sandbags and the CT reported this afternoon that as of press time there was at least 10 inches of water in the basement area. The office workers left at noon.
To the west of the central office a modular home place had several "sample" homes on display and these were moved to the eastern area of the old Churchill lot - and it appeared this evening they had been moved from where we had seen them on Tuesday - to even higher ground.
The Mautino "three-wheeler" type of business to the west of the central office obviously has water in it and the various modes of transportation had been moved eastward and seemed to be safe.
Areas on the west side of Chillicothe - just to the north of the above areas that have been discribed have water in the homes.
I took our winter bedspread to the laundrymat this morning and one lady there had two loads of clothes being washed - all she and her husband had salvaged from their home in the Sampsel area. They had refurbished their home after the 1993 flood with the idea that "everyone" said that had been a 500 year flood. She and her husband obviously did not have money to spare and both looked as if life had not been to easy for them. She was worried about two trunks that had been stored in their garage as they contained items that she had received from her deceased mother.
I sometimes wonder about "Mother Nature." Earthquakes, tornadoes, hurricanes, and floods should make us take count of what we have.
Anyway, we have had rain, sun, humidity, etc., but here we are still safe at least.
We went to St. Joseph on Tuesday to the Benton Relays. It was a lovely late afternoon and early evening for a track meet. This is the final regular meet of the year with District coming up this Saturday followed by Sectional the following week - then State.
Jim mowed the yard (riding lawnmower) today and then we puttered until it was time to see Dr. Metry this afternoon. Jim has been in a lot of pain with his left knee and left hip. We will hear on Friday when Jim can see Dr. George at Liberty.
I am flying to LA on the 23rd to spend a few days with Jim's sister as she is having back surgery on the 21st. I will return on the 27th. I don't think I can be of much help to her, but maybe I can save her a few steps.
I have the computer work for Mobile Meals coming up on the 14th, 21st, and 28th. One volunteer that does this is in Europe and the second is driving the 101 in California.
Jim had breakfast with both groups this a.m. He noted that I had mentioned he had oatmeal with one group and toast with the second and he "corrected" me that he only had coffee with the second group.
I will join the ladies for breakfast in the a.m. and then have a few errands to do. I finished the newest book by G.A. McKevett this evening - am thinking the title is something like FAT FREE & FATAL. These are certainly light reading, but I do enjoy the characters in the book. I finished SOVEREIGN by CS (or is it CJ) Sansom on Tuesday and it is in Pat's hands now.
We walked about 10:00 this morning with the girls on the surface streets. They are rather out of shape (and of course they aren't that large), but they have been sort of tired the rest of the day. We have been listening to the man who does "Dog Whisperer" on tv - that isn't the title, but is close. We have thoroughly enjoyed the CDs so far and realize we have let the girls become the "Alpha" characters in this family so we are trying to retrain ourselves. One of the things we have done is to allow the girls to roam (on a leash) as we walked, but the author claims this lets them be the Alpha when they need to be actually the follower.
Be safe.
B.
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