'the Cottage' after the flood waters recede a bit...
September 19th 2004 A photo of the same position from last year
The following photos correspond to the the photos on the blog taken the day before...
September 19th 2004
September 19th 2004
September 19th 2004
September 19th 2004 Some old photos from 2002 when the river was high, but not a flood.
September 19th 2004
The top of the table dislodged during the flood.
September 19th 2004 Some old photos of the river birch trees in 2002
September 19th 2004, Taken at Sunset
The flood mud was at 2 inches deep in the yard, and almost an inch deep inside the cottage. The cellar of 'the cottage' was still flooded as of sunset, Sept. 19th, as the top of the cellar is level with the top of the steps to the riverbank, and the river was still that high.
At sunset the scene seemed very sinister. The neighbors had left, and as the sun disappeared behind the mountain across the river I was still hauling some flood mud soaked rugs out. A gust of wind kicked up and suddenly the river water seemed much louder and I turned around and the river was right there! Of course it hadn't changed since the last time I looked, and I was aware it was up to the top of the riverbank steps, but for some reason it startled me in that moment. It's hard to describe how unsettling it is to have something so pretty such as the river, which you've looked at while eating breakfast at the kitchen table, or relaxed in the yard, suddenly to have invaded the kitchen where you've eaten breakfast and the yard in which you've sat and relaxed.
Other old photos of 'the cottage', most in better times, are in my Photo Album, in the section which is labeled @ 'the Cottage'.
posted by Chloe | Monday 20 September 2004 5:01 PM
Oh, Chloe. Good look with the cleanup. We all know how much you liked the cottage.
Posted by the Other michael | Tuesday 21 September 2004 10:50AM
Don't talk in the past tense! haha!
The cottage has been through other floods. That I recall, in my family's ownership, 1996, 1975, and of course 1972. It's not as bad as 1972, when it was up to the ceiling on the first floor. This time it was, I think, less than 2 feet inside the first floor. Most of what was up high, and didn't get tossed around, is okay.
A weird thing - the refrigerator, which was up on a 6 inch platform, was moved... which means it must've floated. I had no idea refrigerators are bouyant.
Posted by Chloe | Tuesday 21 September 2004 2:39PM
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Oh, Chloe. Good look with the cleanup. We all know how much you liked the cottage.
Don't talk in the past tense! haha!
