High water

Regarding the flooding around here, I heard somebody say, "Well, it's not as bad as 1996" which is the last time the rivers and streams got seriously out of hand in Corvallis.

Photo by D Gable

A. I doubt that statement is much comfort to the people whose cars these are, parked outside my workplace on Conifer St.
B. It's still pouring! Who knows how high the water will be by the time this is over?

So yeah, there's no school again for me today; that neighborhood still looks bad.  In fact today all of the schools are closed; one of the high schools (Crescent Valley) has been turned into a Red Cross station for evacuees.

Photo by F Bierlmaier

And I thought my workplace looked bad! This is where John was supposed to be yesterday, on this very road going to the HJ Andrews Forest. The driver who went down in this landslide yesterday morning is alright, although badly bruised. Obviously you couldn't say the same for the station wagon, which slid beneath the guardrail along with the entire lane of the road.

I plan to stay home today. Drink some tea, and later fix Chicken Tikka Masala, which I can then check off of that silly list of 100 foods to eat. And then, maybe, maybe it's finally time to break down and get Netflix.