The Worst Day Ever--Flood Edition

So Midland has these 20-30 year floods apparently, and we just so happened to live through one. There was an excessive amount of rainfall this month and apparently the storm drains and rivers just couldn't handle all the excess, so it backed up into our basements. It depended on where you lived, but our neighborhood got it pretty bad. It was a horrible feeling to wake up to this kind of devastation that will cost us thousands of dollars and months worth of work to clean up and repair.  It was literally the worst day in Midland.

This was one of the first things we could see from the stairs. We weren't supposed to go into the flood water because there was sewage as well as electrical charge in the water. We had to wait for it to recede.

This is how high it was and you can't see because it's dark, but the whole basement had floating items strewn all over.

At least the Forbidden Planet poster is dry.

At least two feet of water with nowhere to go but recede.

From our driveway--it was flooded all over the neighborhood.

Sharon Pierce brought donuts and bread after she heard the news. This was the highlight of this tragedy--all the helpers that came and served us for hours and hours.

Shows how far the water go to our house--the mulch line--that we had just put in last summer was all washed up.

Mulch line on the side yard.

Again--a mulch line--there was so much water!!

The sister missionaries and the Lowe family helping us clean and organize our garage.

The sisters helped us wipe off our food storage and dry everything off in our garage.

This was part of the pile of stuff we had to throw away. It was devastating seeing so much of our stuff out there--so much time, money, and memories down the drain...literally.

After the flood was over and things started to calm down, there was this really sunny afternoon. The girls took our new dog, Cooper, out to enjoy the sunshine.