I volunteer once or twice a week with the MetroParks for mainly garden maintenance. The parks have so many pretty gardens but as we all know, gardens need regular maintenance or the weeds win out. Last Thursday I signed up to work at Island MetroPark which, typical to its name, is a small island in the Stillwater River. Tuesday and Wednesday the rain came down in buckets and the Stillwater flooded the park.
The photos below are not my photos and I am not sure who to credit. These are some powerful photos. I drove to Island Park a couple days ago to see if I could get in to take some pictures but the entrances were blocked. The water had receded and park employees were there working hard to clear out the mud and other debris. It was obvious that a lot of work had been done but there was still a long way to go. The boss sent an email posting where we would work for this coming week. The water is gone, the clean up is mostly done, and volunteers can now go back to do whatever we're assigned to do. But wow. Mother Nature sure sent a big reminder that she really is the one in charge.
I hope the gardens recover from their drowning.
ReplyDeleteI think the gardens will be OK. The daffodils are on their way out and the tulips are pushing out of the ground ready to show their beauty.
DeleteThe Kentucky River at Frankfort crested over 48 feet above normal.
ReplyDeleteKentucky has so much flood damage. The Great Miami crested at 33 feet.
DeleteThat's a lot of water covering that island. I'm reminded of the spring floods growing up in a town right on the Mississippi River. The low lands looked a lot like these photos every spring.
ReplyDeleteLiving in river towns and cities has its perks but when that river takes charge, there's a lot of damage.
DeleteI remember covering floods of the Red River in North Dakota which affected two largest cities in the state. Seemed like it happened every year.
ReplyDeleteWow...that was a big assignment being in and around all the damage.
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