I am sending out this post to our families in the Midwest. The Beilmans have, so far, survived Colorado's Flood of 2013!!! We are safe and dry at home! We have gotten about a foot of rainfall over the past few days which has led to flooding and evacuations all around us. Last night, they evacuated a neighborhood just down the road from us. That was a little too close to home and I actually brought all of our pool flotation devices upstairs in case we needed to do a water evacuation overnight. You laugh, but it made sense at the time. (Not to Sean, he thought I was crazy.) Today we have gotten an advisory from C-DOT to not drive in our county unless it is an emergency, but as I type this I am looking at sunny skies outside. What a wonderful sight! We are supposed to get another 1.5-3 inches of rain over the weekend, so we're not ready to celebrate yet! But, it certainly could be worse. A lot of folks have not been so fortunate.
After having recess canceled for two days in a row, Carter wanted to go out and play in the rain!
See the huge puddle at the bottom of our future stairs? It was like a moat around the deck.
Here is the sky finally starting to clear. Hallelujah!
We saw a total of three military helicopters fly over our house on Friday to rescue those stranded folks North of us. *Update: On Sunday, they canceled school for tomorrow (9/16) due to washed out roads and standing water in the district. We currently have road closures to the West of us, on the main road out of our neighborhood. Luckily, we have an alternate route but know of several people who are stuck at home!
