Giving thanks/flooding
Susan Hayek (Mon, 02 Jan 2006 19:33:38 PST)
Diana wrote:
The New Year in the Ferndale valley where I live in northern California was
an exciting one. We have been experiencing a series of very severe storms
in California, and the Eel River and most of the valley flooded during these
storms, with Humboldt County declaring a state of emergency. Susan Hayek
has some very dramatic photographs of the flooding, since she lives on the
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I do have dramatic photos.
Anyone interested in pictures of our local flooding, I've put up some
on my website.
Remember, our river is usually a little ribbon winding its way out to
sea. We live on the east side of the river, just a property and
freeway away, Diana lives on the west side.
And...the pictures you are seeing on tv of the NorCal flooding is
probably the Bay Area (SF) or Napa in wine country, slightly north.
We are 5 hours north of SF.
We are located in an area known as the Lost Coast (behind the Redwood
Curtain); we don't make the news, usually.
Diana's hometown is marked by the yellow arrow.
http://www.humboldt1.com/mydog/Flooding103.jpg
My grandson, Noah, looking at his hometown, which is also Diana's,
from our house across the valley. At this time his town was
unaccessible, roads flooded on all sides. My daughter has the
children 3 1/2 days week and luckily she picked them up before the
surrounding valley flooded.
http://www.humboldt1.com/mydog/NoahAlone150.jpg
The bridge into Ferndale was built in 1911 and one of two concrete
bridges like this in the world. The west side of the bridge as it
enters the valley was flooded, so no cars were allowed to use the
bridge.
http://www.humboldt1.com/mydog/Fernbridge143.jpg
http://www.humboldt1.com/mydog/Flooding104ADJ.jpg
http://www.humboldt1.com/mydog/Flooding112ADJ.jpg
http://humboldt1.com/mydog/…
http://www.humboldt1.com/mydog/Looking139FW.jpg
It's too bad something so destructive can be so beautiful. You are
looking at Diana's town, Ferndale, before we all lost power. A lot of
the lights at the middle of the Valley are dairy barns. They stayed
on even during our power outage. The cows have to be milked.
http://humboldt1.com/mydog/…
Can you find the Ferndale town Christmas tree?
http://www.humboldt1.com/mydog/Flooding124.jpg
Sun on flood waters makes for good lighting for photos.
http://humboldt1.com/mydog/JasperQuizHorse89.jpg/
http://humboldt1.com/mydog/…
s.
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susan, who is.....
owned by Jasper & Schubert the Standard Poodles, Gracie the
Rhodesian, Pup-Quiz the Basenji and their Basenji brother, Jones....
on the North Coast of CA, USA
susanann@sbcglobal.net, copyright 2005