Karen and I tried to see her old homestead yesterday but made the mistake of trying to cross the river during rush hour. BIG mistake. We veered off as soon as we could and headed home. Most of the bridges across the Cedar opened again today so I went over and got the following pictures. I saw the place was open and I went to the door to ask permission to shoot the photos. The woman who answered invited me in after I told her who I was. They got about 6 inches of water on the first floor. There was still some mud although they had cleaned most of it out. I did not get any farther than the living room. All the old floor and wall coverings are gone due to remodeling over the years but otherwise it looked pretty much the same. You can see the darker high water line on the outside of the house.
The funny part was as we were talking, I found out she was married to Blane Phillips who I went to school with and who I walked home with from time to time. Small world.
I also saw Bob and Judy Tosh on 16th Ave. They were cleaning up their old homestead. Their nephew lives there nowadays.
Boy that is a small world. I’m glad it wasn’t damaged any more than that.
Oh, I have been wondering and wondering about the old house. I’m glad you went over and took the pictures. I imagine that 6″ was not pleasant but better than what some folks had.
I also had been wondering about Aunt Evelyn’s house. I thought that one of Judy and Bob’s sons was living there. I wasn’t too far off… was it much worse than our old house?
Judy asked me if I had been by there. It was one of the lowest areas so it’s probably pretty bad. It is one of the areas that has not been cleared for re-entry yet so we will have to wait a few days before we know.
wish you would have included a pix of bob tosh. i was his boatboy when he was the inscence thurofer at Grace church when i was a pup.
I am surprised the home place looks as good as it does. I remember the year I graduated we had a big gully washer storm and one wall of the basement caved in. What a mess. Most of my college stuff was down there and I know Mom’s dryer got ruined. I thought for sure the pressure of this much water would cave in the basement. Glad it is still standing and being well cared for.
When the basement is full of water, the pressure is equalized. One of the things they said on the news was not to go in and pump out your basement. Pump out a foot or two and see if the water level starts to rise again. If it does, there is a lot of water pressure pushing in. If it stays at the same level after a day or so, pump out another foot. Etc.
i was wondering if the house i lived in on 16th ave is okay. it was close to the czech museum and i heard that was damaged…