The Great Flood of 2017 - Part Two

On July 24th, I drove around the city where I live and took some photographs.  Thing is... these aren't even areas that got the worst of the flooding.  I saw on the news today that temporary emergency aid offices have been set up at the local college.

These are photos from my early childhood hometown.  Businesses and homes flooded.  The supposed 100-year flood has happened at least 4 times in the past 10 years.  I don't know how these people deal with it... Carry on!

The next set of photographs are near where I work.  Even though there was lots of water, we weren't in danger of flooding.  Thus, work was not called of.  Bummer...

Below is one of the main highways that leads in and out of my city.  I live over yonder where the vehicles are.  For a few days, I had to leave the city and drive around it and come back in on the other side to get home.

 Thousands of acres of cornfields have been damaged.  No, mister, those aren't lakes... it's farmland.

 In the photo above, the green part between the
bodies of water is actually the road.

Most of the water has subsided since these photos were taken, but there's lots of clean up and water damage to be dealt with.  I'm just glad I had only 30 gallons to clean up.

At my parents' house, another huge tree was blown down by the storm.  We have been lucky twice that each time a tree has fallen, it's not hit the house or shed.  The shed was about 10 feet to the left.

 Here's to hoping we're done with severe weather for a while.

Until next time...

The Great Flood of 2017 - Part One

A series of thunderstorms rolled through the Midwest and wreaked havoc on my area.  It all started with this:

Winds were followed by rain for several days.  Rain, rain, and more rain!  The severe thunderstorms even brought some hail. Usually when it rains for days on end, I get a little water in my basement.  This the worst I've had so far.

Although my house it on higher ground, water seeped into my basement.  I sucked up 30 gallons of water over the weekend and more continues to sneak its way in from the water-logged ground.

This liquor store just opened in the last year or so.  To the right of it is an auto repair shop with LOTS of cars buried in flood waters. To the left is what used to be a fire station that was relocated after the Flood of 2010 (You can see photos and videos about it HERE and HERE).  Now it's a cleaning and restoration business. I found it ironic that it's under water now.

The photo above Duncan Donuts.  It came to the city in March of 2016.  Prior to that, the building was home to Sonic, which was also damaged and didn't re-open after the Flood of 2010.

Above is the same shopping center the Duncan Donuts is located in.  Right below the Logan's sign in the distance, you can see a small child standing on the cart corral.  There were young kids wading through the water.  Why any parent would let their kids do this in flood waters is beyond me.  There are electric signs out in those waters still running. Yikes.
The following photos are areas on the outskirts of the city.

Stay tuned for more on the flood in a future post, meantime...

Marvelous Monday Update 8/8/11

WEATHER
More photos of the July 27/28 flooding. My coworker sent me photos of Galena, Illinois which is another city about 40 minutes west of me. One of my nieces graduated high school there. In the storm where we received 7" of rain, they received 13". The entire downtown area was flooded.


To see what these tracks looked like before the flood, go HERE.

Take note of the car wedged between the pipe and the ground!


MORE SCISSOR /
FLOWER FROGS!If anyone is interested, I have a couple more scissor frogs on my Stash-for-Sale blog. There's a link on my sidebar, or click HERE.

Revised: These are already spoken for.


STITCHY STUFF
Thanks for the compliments on Blossom Splendor and Japanese Garden (aka JG). Lana at A Joyful Stitcher asked who the designer is for Blossom. Blossom Splendor was designed by Joan Elliott. Several of my bloggy readers commented on the cherry blossoms, thinking they were French Knots. Actually, they are Jessica Stitches similar to the one at the right.

I am almost finished with the stitching on the upper left corner ornament on JG! One more specialty stitch and viola! it's done (except for beading).


Not sure how much more I'll be working on this since I have to start studying for school again.

On different stitchy notes:

The BF asked me the repair his winter work overalls. I sent a shoutout for black jean-type material to the Freecycle members and a lady came through for me. She even delivered! In addition to black jeans, she also gave me a black canvas apron. I ended up using the apron because it was a similar to the material the overalls were made of. I didn't even have to cut up the apron... I just took the pocket off the front. The pocket was enough to patch one gaping large hole and two smaller holes. Coincidentally, the lady was the same one who gave me a lawnmower 6 years ago.

A couple weeks ago, my parents stopped over for a visit. Dad proudly admitted that he finally has worn out his jeans and had to dig through his stash stored clothes for new jeans. I finally finished hemming his jeans. He should be good to go for a few years, LOL.


GIVEAWAYS
Sarah of CraftyMoo is hosting a giveeaway relating to her holiday in the Highlands. Pop on over and take a looksee.

Terri at Dixie Samplar is hosing a "Welcome Back to Blogging" giveaway in honor of getting her blog back up and running. Hop on over to read what happened.


TREASURE HUNTING
After my chiro appointment on Saturday, I stopped at a couple of garage sales. At one yard sale, there were gallon sized ziplocs full of ribbons, lace, and cording. The lady running the sale told me they were $1 a piece. Couldn't pass that up, could I? For $3, I got all this stashy goodness:


I also came home with a new purse... a Tommy Hilfiger purse for $3. It's got lots of compartments and well-made compared to the one I was carrying around.



Until next time,

Marvelous Monday Update 8/1/11

WEATHER
Remember Summer Flood 2010? If not, go HERE. Last Wednesday night, several areas of my county received 5-10" of rain in less than 3 hours. My city received about 7". I spent the next three days sucking up over 140 gallons of water off my basement floor with a 6-gallon wet/dry shopvac. The basement is finally dry again! In addition to the heavy rains, we had torandic rotations and straight-line winds of about 80mph. Several streets and roads were closed due to flooding and downed tree limbs.

Farther west of me, received worse weather. These are photos taken in East Dubuque, Illinois... sent to me by my sister, who used to live there:


On Thursday, I turned on the nightly news. I was surprised to see my aunt, who lives about 20 minutes west of me. She lives alone out in the country near a creek. The creek flooded and she had to be boat-rescued by the county sheriff's department. Her basement filled with water and her car was half under water.

After seeing what other people are going through, 140 gallons of water doesnt seem so bad! One would think after all that wind and rain, the temperatures and humidity would've dropped some. Nope! My tiny window AC unit has been running non-stop. I only go outside when necessary. Too bad the yard can't mow itself, haha.


STITCHY STUFF
With a little prodding from the Peanut Gallery at ILCS, I pulled out JG and worked on it. Much to my dismay, I realized some of the stitching I did last time had to be frogged. I stitched "cherry blossoms" in the wrong color. I had to frog 6 of those tiny buggers and re-stitch them. At least they look like cherry blossoms now instead of brown blobs. Just to prove I did stitch on JG, here's an update:


My plan is work on this until school starts back up, which is about a week away.

Before I decided to put Blossom Splendor on the back burner again, I did get some stitching done on her. I finished stitching the arm of her kimono, started her right hand, and did a bunch of the blossoms.


I finished the ornament for the Lizzie Kate Exchange on HOE. It turned out bigger than I anticipated, but soooooo adorable! No pics until the it arrives at its new home, but here's a tiny preview:



Until next time,