Wednesday, April 13, 2011

The Great Flood

We experienced our first flood damage today. Went out to do chores this morning, and the water hydrants didn't work. Took the cover off the well and it has water in it over the pressure switch. The switch was fried, so I went to town to get a sump pump to get the water out. Of course, the water table is so high it's coming back in shortly after I get it pumped out. On Sunday, the kids took the canoe out and canoed over the fence in the pasture we call our West Point and out into the neighbor's wheat field. We now have lakefront property! The river is supposed to continue to rise and crest on Sunday.