2009 flood cont...

This was our walk across the bridge on Sunday morning. It wasn't as bad as I thought it was going to be...just cold and scary when we had to walk in the middle to get to the other side.


Off to the right. That's supposed to be the highway down there.


Some of the cars parked across the bridge so people can get out if they have to.


Highway 220 yesterday.

Highway 75 yesterday.

Our lovely railroad bridge.

The street sign on the curve going out to the farm. I'm sure that's under water by now.

This is a picture of the ravine while standing in the yard of the farm.

Our neighbor's house is still holding up...they are getting some water in the basement but they are able to pump that out right away. The red implement in this photo is the same one that wasn't touching any water a few days ago (see previous flood photos).

"The bird is dead"....way dead. Found this in one of the grain bins at the farm.

The empty farm yard. There are about 40 left now.

A few of the 40 left...

Finn sitting in a tree at the farm.

On our way out to the farm. It's in the grove of trees in the picture. To the right is the pasture.

South of Climax about 5 miles. Way off in the water is a farmstead with water all around it.

These are fields filled with water.

Another farm that was diked. I'm sure these people didn't get any sleep last night and probably won't sleep any tonight. It is supposed to crest there soon.

Finn 'jumping' from the tree into Matthew's arms.

About 7 miles from the farm. I understand that it doesn't look like much to you in the video, but it was running water and you just don't know how much of the road has been washed out. I wasn't going to take a chance on it.

As you can imagine, the deer that lived by the river have no homes now. We saw thousands last night in huge groups moving from field to field.

Finn got to open another present while we were flood watching. This time it was a cell phone. He loved it!

As I am about to post this, we are getting more snow. We are in the band of snow that is supposed to get 6 to 10 inches. If it keeps going like it is, we'll easily get at least 6. Keep everyone here in your thoughts and prayers. Halstad, MN is cresting today and then it will be Shelly, Nielsville and then us. It is no longer just coming from just the river, we are getting it from the fields, ditches and now snow fall. Ice jams have become a huge problem too.