Creeks overflowed onto many residential properties and farmland.
Our property was fortunate. We live on a hill so the only damage was to our spring Peonies. Once the rain hit, the stems flopped to the side, like, Charlie Brown's Christmas tree. But many properties received over-flowing water including our county library.
Our county library sets to the east of the creekbed. When the creek toppled, they informed us they were going to start sandbagging. I surmise they feared that wasn't going to keep the rising water out, as the forecast was for more rain.
Eventually, they chose to relocate the books up a floor. Since the children's section resides in the basement, I assume it was a colorful climb.
During this time, the local Red Cross had started handing out clean-up kits. Unfortunately, when the rain subsided, those affected were informed that because this was an isolated area of flooding, state and federal threshold criteria were not met. That meant no financial aid would be available to those whose properties were damaged.
For those of us unscathed by the flooding, life returned to normal. In the days to follow, I read many children's books.
