Floating Down the Street in Flood Water

Well it rained and it poured all night long last night and by morning it showed. There were some of the loudest thunderclaps that we've ever heard and in the middle of our midnight movie we heard our own sump pump turn on multiple times pumping water from out from under our foundation. Luckily the neighborhood didn't seem to suffer any water damage despite the fact that these pictures were taken only a few yards down the road.

Apparently this park which doesn't even have a name to my knowledge, was designed by the Army Corps of Engineers recently to be a flood plain for the Zumbro river that winds its way along the bike trails around our house. Needless to say, as seen below, most of these bike trails are unaccessible in the present condition and our road in front of our house is closed until these waters recede.

From these pictures that we took you can see the depth of the flooding by gaging it against the park bench picnic table in the picture with the park sign in it to the right. According to one of the people that was looking puddle side with us this has been the worst flooding even to exceed the 1970's flood that was the last benchmark. Apparently according to the news this same storm system has already claimed 4 people east of us in Winona.

Well as far as we go it seems that we aren't in any danger for any flooding so long as the drainage systems keep up and we don't get another deluge of this 17" rain in a 24 hour period. Thanks for the concern that some of you have extended to us. If anything we've come to realize that we aren't in Utah anymore.