One of the aircraft projects that I have been working on involves the installation of an XM weather link to a GPS. During activation of the service yesterday I could see that we were going to get a strong thunderstorm. By the end of the evening there had been so much rain that the creek on our property swelled so much that it rose over our driveway. The culverts couldn't handle the amount of water so it backed up and flooded our barn where the goats, sheep and rabbit were. The only way to them from the house is by the driveway which had 12 inches of water rushing over it. Our neighbors came out to see the flooding on our property and to help us get the animals to safety. One neighbor offered their paddock so we could corral them while another went to get a horse trailer for temporary shelter.
This was plenty of excitement for one day but it was a good opportunity that the Lord brought our way to make a connection with our neighbors.
The water washed some of the stones from our driveway into the yard and of course down the creek on its way to the Tuscarawas River. Now that the water has settled, the creek bank is littered with scraps of wood & logs so there is plenty of clean up to be done.
3 comments:
Ian, no way. We're glad you were able to get the animals out of the barn in such a difficult situation. Maybe you need an ark instead of a culvert?
Good job on the blog.
Hey Capt'm
Great to hear a little about what's goin on with you guys. I'm trying to keep up with the latest blog craze but I've barely got a photo posted so far. Maybe you should take the wheels off that chicken house and replace them with floats ;)
Ian-nisimo
Sorry to hear about the struggles caused by rain.
Glad to hear about contacting neighboors.
Probably you should take into consideration having your animal stock divided into seasonal species.
You may want to start now with a tuna fish farm.
Lord bless you.
ED
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