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!