As some of you know, we were flooded pretty badly this past week when ppl opened their flood gates. I, personally have never been through anything like this….I never want to go through it again. When the water began rising I really didn’t know what to expect or how bad it was going to get. When the basement was half way full I realized what kind of disaster we faced. The power was still on and half of the house remained on throughout the entire ordeal. We realized that all our pet’s food was in the freezers in the basement and we had lost all of it. We had just enough upstairs to distribute during meals and would run down and grab more as we needed it. Needless to say, it was all gone. That started my panic. What were we going to do when we run out? And we still face this problem. We have had a couple donations so far for them but not enough. All of our food was lost also, with the exception of what we did keep in the cupboards and the refridgerator. The cost of replacing all the food we had for us and pets is going to be more than we have now. We have both lost days at work which we count on as many people do. There was no reserve.
Some of you also know that our cockatiel aviary in the house was damaged and they had to be moved out to a cage where they waited upstairs until a local rescue, wings over Williamsport, could come to pick them up. They are safe and happy and in foster homes until they can be adopted out. I can’t tell you how hard I cried. We miss them very much and love them tremendously. It will take some time to repair that room and we had no where that we could put them in the meantime. A very special thank you goes to peggy hoffman for her quick rescue and loving care of them.
You hear people say “oh, that can be replaced”…..the awful reality is…this doesn’t make us feel better. The simplist things to other people, tears your heart up, right down to the last yard ornament that you bought with your new husband.
I stood on the deck as the waters swept away 2 years of landscaping in our back yard….as I watched one of my yard ornament ducks begin to wash away….I thought of the day my husband and I bought it the previous summer. I ran off the deck and into the fast rushing water and began collecting what I could. I even ripped off some “hens and chicks” and drug them back with me to the deck. They are now in a pot of dirt on the deck….SALVAGED! I, never being through this kind of thing, did not realize the danger. I had resin duck in hand, when I spotted a small bunny floating….tears started to flow as I reached out and picked up this baby bunny hoping it wasn’t dead yet and I could revive him…..I picked him up and relief hit me like a brick and I just started laughing. It was one of my resin bunnies!
So we have begun the clean up…we have running water back in the house. I go through all these times when I just cry then I start working again.
To everyone who lost their homes and some, their lives…my heart and thoughts are with you. I keep asking myself “how could this have happened?” as I am sure you are asking yourselves too.
We will get back on track and we will be okay….some people can’t say that because their lives and homes were washed down the river with the flood waters.
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