Our tri-state area received brutal amounts of rain
leading to tremendous flooding that had the power to close down interstates,
sweep cars and campers 200 yards into the fields, and crumble foundations.
On the Saturday night before fathers day our town received 5 inches of rain in a short amount of time while the town north of us received 8 inches.
The flash flood was enough to break the damn of our local lake leading to exponential amounts of water down the river and flooding numerous towns to the south of us.
This was all amplified by tornado and thunderstorm warnings and watches.
As we drove around to assess the damage we found our favorite city park 5-6 feet
under water with the levels reaching the top of the slides and roof of the shelter houses.
We saw water that resembled a lake more than a river miles from were it should be.
Our 1950's home was not able to keep all the water out either as we had to roll up carpet
and shop vac for hours and days on end.. (thanks to Luke's mom and dad for aide).
Despite the headache of a little water in our basement we still consider ourselves the lucky ones.
We will remember to June floods of 2014 for a long time.
