I'm Back!!! Very long-about Flood

[DianaB]

Here's some more picts.

1. This is my husband's fuel tanks that have floated out into the field. The shop is in the back ground.
2. This corn field had a wheat field across the road. The water piled up the wheat straw and pushed over the corn.
3. Here's a tree and a stump that floated into the field.
4. My husband showing how high the water got on his tractor.

[DianaB]

And even more picts.

1. This is the porch roof that my husband and son got the neighbors from. They crawled out the middle window to get out. Can you believe that the water was up to the second story just the day before?
2. This is the neighbor's grain bin. The water made the grain swell and the bin split. My brother-in-law had one do this but this one looks a lot worse.
3 &4. More grain bin pictures.

[DianaB]

Oops! I forgot to add the pictures!!!!

[Tink]

What a scary mess Diana!
I'm so glad you're all ok.

[AngieDoogles]

Oh Diana! I'm so sorry this has caused so much trouble for you and your family!! That's awful about your crops and machinery and your son's home...and just everything! *hugs* We will keep you, your family, and your community in our thoughts and prayers.

[Marilyn]

Diana, this is amazing. Soooo glad you don't live in your old house any more!!! Also, hope your tractors will be okay & that you are able to find everything that is missing. What a mess!!!! My heart goes out to you and your community!! I grew up on a farm, so I know how devistating this is to your crops. My prayers are with you all.

It's still raining here. Most farmers here are trying to harvest, so you know what this is doing to them. Roads are still closed, and some folks have water in their homes. We live in a subdivision that drains very well, and we are not in danger of river or creek flooding. Others are not so fortunate. Hubby's building business is practically shutdown until the rain stops & things dry up a bit. Even homes that are "dried in" are waiting for sheetrock that can't be delivered. Most delivery trucks here are open, flatbeds since our weather is usually pretty nice.

Take care!!!!

[DianaB]

Thanks everyone for your concern. Yesterday was a hard day for me and I finally broke down and cried. I drove to town and several homes close to town have all their belongings out in the yard drying. It was so sad because I know all of them. My daughters are tired of mucking around in the mud at the shop and wanted to do other things yesterday, but when I asked my husband if they could go and do something else I could tell that he wasn't very happy about it. I know that he's very stressed, but I feel that I'm in the middle trying to keep everyone happy and it just hit me hard yesterday.

We keep hearing different reports about our water. We have water for now, but a valve was accidentally left on that is now shut off so our water could go off at any time. A portable water treatment plant is coming in sometime to help out but, again, it's uncertain how soon it will be up and running. The water plant, I've heard, is going to take months to get up and going again. I haven't done any laundry since this all started so I'm going to have to drive out of town to get to a laundry mat. I just need to find out who has water and who doesn't. I may go this afternoon or tomorrow.

My husband's got one tractor running and another one that he had apart is running too. He was pretty happy about getting them going. He still has the combine to work on. He's been told to keep track of all that he's lost (we had tractor tires that washed away!!!) and we will be able to get a low interest disaster loan.

My husband thinks that we'll be working ground in a few days. We still have some crops to get in.