I just reread my post from last night and I can’t believe how far off the mark I was.  I’d reported that the storm had basically passed us by

 

I recall speaking to my mom around 11 oclock last night and telling her just how little the storm had effected us.. that was before i walked outside. Around midnight I tried to take a friend home.. and found that the four main roads out of here were under water.. .. Duxbury road, Cochran road and route 2, both north and south were covered by several feet of churning water. in 30 years of living here..

i’ve never seen it that bad.. not even in 1992 when we were evacuated.. I remember that night so clearly.. Diane was very pregnant with Sam. .they woke us around 2 AM and made us head to higher ground..

 

The memory of that night was with me as I turned the car back and drove home. The field across from us was now a lake.. the river was in our neighbors barn..  I sat watching the water until about 1 AM. then I went back inside and tried to sleep.. Strange noises dratted in through the open windows.. wind, splashing, rain.. Around 3 I recall being awakened to the sound of horses whinnying and sloshing  through the water.. They’d been lead to higher ground by our neighbors.

When we woke today.. it was to blue skies and cool temperatures.. from our window.. it looked like nothing had happened.. until we looked across the street. The road out of our house was closed

 

.. our neighbors yard and barn were in the river..

 

and there was a lake where the field belonged

Around 11 I tried to get to work.. Route 2 was still a river .note the boat sailign down the middle of the road.. and the top of the cars parked there..

This is 1 block form our house.. or it would be uf we measured distance in blocks up here..

Lots of folks from our village were up early to survey the damge.. see how hight the water is behidn us >!>!

everywhere thre was huge piles of debree.. trees, tires, all sorts of junk..

this is right across from our house .

here are the horse Id heard last night..

I managed to find a way to work by heading south on dugway road to teh hunting road.. then intowards richmond.. .. Richmond was totally under water as these pictures from freind Jean show..

 

 

I turned back towards hinesburg and headed over east hill road to williston.. Willisotn road was still closed, but that was ok.. I was heading the otehr way.. Overall the flood  added about 10 miles to my commute.. but I got there !

All day long we’ve been getting calls, instant messages, facebook queries and emails asking if we were Ok.. .. I guess the media had relaly played up what had happened here in Vermont like this CNN report . W eappreciate all the well wshes and concern.. we’re fine.. buto our neighbors are not all o lucky

Our friends, Krisata, Austin and Caroline’s house on Cochran road..Timber Hill farm .. or the horse barn as many call it.. was comepleyly flooded there was almost 4 feet of runnign water in their basement last night..  . Krista is askign for help between 9am and noon tomorrow to clear the mess from her basement.. If you have an hour or so to help.. please show up at Timber Hill Farm on Cochran road flats with rok gloves and boots. She’d really appreciate your help !

 

OK.. that’s it for now.. I gotta sleep..

Hopefully things will be drier and clearer tomorrow.

 

Nite all, nite sam

-me