The Atlanta FLOOD - Living in Houston prepared me!
I learned the hard way, when we first moved to the western suburbs off Houston's Katy Freeway, that FLASH! flooding is a literal description of what actually occurs. One moment the street is normal, 5 min. later there's a river rushing past your door (and into your car!). The two years we spent there taught me to pay attention to weather forecasts (something that wasn't that important in Manhattan, in terms of safety)!
Since 1981 we've lived in the northern suburbs of Atlanta (a 12 min. drive down GA 400 to the beltway). For the last almost-4 years we've lived in our dream house on a lakefront.
Lake Martin's only 55 acres and we've seen it get a it full, but never overrun its banks. Til Monday.
Fortunately, our backyard slopes downnnnnn to Lake Martin, so our home was never at risk. But it wasn't til the day after, when I put on my waterproof rainboots & slogged down to the nature walk that goes around this 55-acre lake, that I realized how far up the slope the waters had risen!
I put my photos with commentary in an album that's open to anyone to see on Facebook.
It's under my name.
Picking up garbage along shore, blowing wet leaves off our steep driveway & decks is excellent exercise, BTW!
Since 1981 we've lived in the northern suburbs of Atlanta (a 12 min. drive down GA 400 to the beltway). For the last almost-4 years we've lived in our dream house on a lakefront.
Lake Martin's only 55 acres and we've seen it get a it full, but never overrun its banks. Til Monday.
Fortunately, our backyard slopes downnnnnn to Lake Martin, so our home was never at risk. But it wasn't til the day after, when I put on my waterproof rainboots & slogged down to the nature walk that goes around this 55-acre lake, that I realized how far up the slope the waters had risen!
I put my photos with commentary in an album that's open to anyone to see on Facebook.
It's under my name.Picking up garbage along shore, blowing wet leaves off our steep driveway & decks is excellent exercise, BTW!
Lauralyn Bellamy, MA, MDIV, ct Dreamcoach
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