Happy Holidays!

Happy Holiday wishes to everyone. Things here at the canal are doing well. We hope that everyone is having a great Christmas weekend and that the new year brings good health and happiness to all.

Quick Update on Clean Up

Dan and Pat from Northshore Nursery have cleaned the upper culvert and have been working, along with the county this week on cleaning up and filling Brooke Drive. What a difference from last weekend. It's beginning to look more normal around here. Once the basic clean up has been done I have asked Dan and Pat to give us a bid on any culvert repair replacement work that needs to be done in the future. I will keep you apprised but as for now everything is going well here at Shorehill.

County Scheduled to Clean Community Entry Tomorrow - December 14th

I spoke with the road crew manager and we are on their schedule for tomorrow, December 14th. They will work on the entryway to the community and North Shore Road. They will move the debris back into Brooke Drive to start filling the ravine in the middle of the road.

Update on Flood Damage

If anyone has ended up with extra shovels or rakes let me know. We and Goranson's are missing tools.

North Shore Nursery is currently working up on Brooke Drive to open up one of the major culverts and try to get the water flowing back into the proper channels. This will help if we have some more heavy rains. I have also contacted the county to get on their list for cleanup of the entry into the community since it is a county road. Pat from NorthShore is also going to talk to them about getting some of the fill they are picking up to fill Brooke Drive.

North Shore Road is now accessible. There are still piles of mud and debris on the road but one lane has been opened up so that you can get in and out. Use caution. Vehicles low to the road may have difficulty.

Pictures of Flooding

What a day! We had an amazing crew of people come out to help save the community as best we could. Pete, Sandy, Dennis, Chris, Trina, Tom, Sally, Ron, Gayle, Greg, Keith, Gloria, Bill, Randy, Harold, Paul, and Chrystal all showed up and did all that could be done in a fight against mother nature to help divert the water and avoid damage. We checked the houses on the waterfront and worked hard to keep the water from flooding. Everyone's homes seem okay at this point. As you can see from the pictures, there is alot of work to be done once the floods are over. North Shore Road has been closed most of the day. Ron and I went for a drive about an hour ago to see if any progress had been made to open up the road. In a 4 wheel drive vehicle we made about seven miles, crossing 4 major slides on the road. Huge piles of dirt are across the road. One side is opened enough that with a 4x4 you could climb slowly over. We then came across county trucks working and turned around. Here are some pictures. Pete also has a PDF file with lots more but I could not post the PDF file here. I believe he has emailed them to most of you but if you didn't receive a copy and would like one just email me and I'll get them to you. We'll let you know more as there is more to tell. Please feel free to call me if you have any specific questions about your residence. Thanks again to everyone to worked so hard today. This picture was taken later in the afternoon, after the rains had calmed down.

This was a good thing to see, the beach still not damaged and the water flowing

through the culvert. It got a little rougher later in the day but the beach is still okay.

Thicker than it looks.
Where few men dare to venture.
Pete takes a strole up to see what's going on at top of Brooke Drive. Not a pretty site.

Gary and Karman's home doing fine. Ostranders' place okay but getting a little mud and water flowing through their property.

One of the first morning photos. Tom and Sally's and Brooke's cabins did okay.

No coffee, no breakfast. The floods got us all up and out working early.

Beginning of the day photos

Having seen some of the other places down the canal, we have faired well thus far, although there is major work to be done on Brooke Drive. Pray for sunshine!

Flooding at Shorehill

I hate to report that we are experiencing flooding again at Shorehill. Brooke's cabin and Tom and Salley's cabin are doing okay at this point. Brooke Drive is not holding up well. Dirt and rocks are flowing down the center and into the entryway and the canal. Work at beach is doing fine. I will post some pictures soon. Ron, Tom and Pete have assessed the situation and are going to trying doing a little shoveling to divert water and rocks but the consensus is that there is probably not much we can do until after it stops. The volume of water seems to be the main problem. The work done behind Tom's cabin last time seems to be holding up well.

If you are at the canal and able to help Ron, Tom and Pete, please grab a shovel and come on down.

I will update the blog as anything new transpires.

Gayle