August 22, 2006

• Raining Again

  Sometime during the night I awakened briefly to the all-too-familiar
  sound of water dripping from the roof.  It is dripping inside and
  out.  When I got up a few minutes ago and went outside, the
  surface of the ground was glistening, reflective, from saturation with
  water.  Last night’s rainfall must have been heavy; more soil has
  been washed away leaving new rocks exposed.  More flooding is
  expected.

  Yesterday, it was announced that all Valley polling places would be
  open for today’s primary election.  Greyfox plans to be up here
  later today for that, to deliver fresh supplies to us, and to have some
  time at the computer.  I went online this morning to check news
  sources for updates and find out if the road is still open.  I
  guess it is.  Nothing had been updated for several hours.

  I spent some time looking through the  flood photo gallery
  at adn.com. I saw a big mudslide that blocked a road near Girdwood, a
  house floated off its foundations and hung up on a logjam in the Little
  Susitna River, our old friend Dusty Sourdough pointing out the new
  channel of the Big Su that now flows through his yard…. 

  Once again I sent a silent “thank you” to Charley, who nixed my idea of
  buying a riverfront lot 23 years ago when we were scouting out property
  before our move from Anchorage.  The lot we bought here in the
  woods didn’t have the sweeping views, and it also hasn’t been swept
  away.  I have been watching the rivers and creeks cutting away at
  their banks, with that same feeling of gratitude, ever since we moved
  out here.

  I’m going back to look at more pictures while I drink some coffee and wake up.

  More later….
  

  • 1:57 pm
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