Sept 10-27 Finally Back at Mack Creek

I have still done a few debris clean ups for a few folks. I also have been cleaning out my buildings that got flooded. I have been surprised at what I was able to save. I had several battery powered tools that got underwater. After drying out my drill and impact wrench worked. The battery charger and several batteries were shot. My welding machine made it but my wire welder didn't. I got a lot of things hauled off that I didn't need . Still have stuff spread everywhere. I was finally able to get back up to Mack Creek. I have been mowing most every day. Eddie has been here off and on. He has been doing road work and fixing creek crossings. The rains really washed our main road but they will look like a smooth highway when he gets thru. The weather has been humid and hot. The first 4 days the mosquitos were as bad as I have ever seen them. I went home for a couple of days as Mackenna's volleyball season started for Jr. High. They won their first game easily. The next night we went to Cody Gollnisch"s wedding. It was still hot when I got back to the lease. I had to take the Ranger in to the shop and hope to get it back soon.  Susan has just stayed home and sewed. She went to Pam's and spent the night and they just ran around.

Back to Camp

Doing a little mowing

Sometimes you have to change a flat

Road Work

Kenna

Maggie snuggled up

Eddie killed him a piggy

August 28-Sept 10 Harvey got worst and Slow Recovery

This is just a small synopsis. We ended up with 48 inches of rain. Our house became an island but we didn't get any water in it. Looks as if two inches from weep holes on slab was as high as the water got. We were able to get out and make it to Liberty and stayed at my Moms. In town we never lost electricity. The Trinity River reached a record level in Liberty at 32.7  feet. The levee protecting parts of Liberty is 33 ft. After the rainwater went down we moved back home.Our flooding was from rain as the river doesn't bother us. We had to go an alternate route to get home because of the river. We were without power for 9 days. I had a generator for the water well and freezer and another for the house. We could run the fridge , tv, 2 box fans , coffee pot. We cooked on our little charcoal grill and I rigged up the propane fire pit to cook on. Our RV was at the deer lease so we didn't have it,,. Finally when we could get out,  we went to Kristi/Mike. They had about 4 ft of water in their house. It was a massive clean up effort. They are living with some friends for now. We also have other friends who have had their houses flooded.  Its devastating and there are just no words.

For us life has returned now to somewhat normal. For many people it will be months before normal becomes normal again. For some normal will not return, I'm only showing a few pictures as I really didn't take many and I will always remember what I saw.

Kristi yard after cleanup. I used my tractor to push debris to street for pickup.

View from Kristi yard down the street

Kristi yard

Debris pickup, I followed this guy with my tractor from yard to yard pushing stuff so he could reach it

Highway 90 between Liberty and Dayton

Highway 90 in Liberty. John Deere dealership flooded.

Down the hill from us. This is FM 563 and the boats launched here to rescue people. Trinity River flooding

Our driveway before we left 

Our front yard before we left

Our backyard before we left