Asheville, NC
Not much time to write a lot right now as I'm heading into Shabbat, but a quick update.As my previous posts stated, we've had a lot of rain. Well, there's a hurricane off the Atlantic coast whose effects are being seen as far west as the mid-West. The mountains of NC (where we are) is being hit especially hard with flash floods; the worst is yet to come tomorrow into Sunday night.
Being right on the river, it's been interesting to watch how much the river has risen in the last day. Usually there's about 10 feet from the water to the top of the ridge; now it's about 5 feet. We're under a flood watch and were warned there's a (good) chance we'll be asked to evacuate some time tomorrow night when the heaviest rains arrive, as the river will overflow its banks and we'll get flooded.
Currently, we're packing up everything that we can. We put all out outdoor stuff away yesterday and currently Mitch is disconnecting the sewer and water, so if we have to pull out, all we'll need to do is unplug the electric. We already filled the fresh water so we have enough to use the sink and flush the toilet for at least a week. The evacuation plan is there's a supermarket that closed down (they moved to another location) on the main road about 5 miles away. That should be a big enough space for us to park for a day or 2 or 3.
Watch for the next post to see what happened!
Be safe. Hope everything goes well. Isn't it nice to have a "mobile" home that you can just move if the need arises?
ReplyDeleteSaying prayers, crossing fingers, for you and for Jess & Griffin. I do admit to feeling smugly safe here, if only I could get the kitchen window closed.
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