I was surprised to find when we moved to eastern TN that there were a lot of rivers, streams, and creeks throughout the area. Both on the way to church and to Grandma’s we see a lot of waterways of varying sizes.
That combined with a lot of low spots I mentioned a few days back meant that the rainfall yesterday resulted in a lot of areas being flooded. It was a pretty harrowing drive to Grandma’s and then to Jesse’s school, with several roads having water across them, some having a lot of water across them.
I don’t know these folks and this is in Knoxville proper, which is not where we are, but I found this searching through YouTube to give you an idea what it looked like.
A news video here shows more. It wasn’t quite as high in our area as it shows there.
The worst was when we thought we were home free after getting Jesse from school. The end of the road just before our turn had a field next to it, and water from the field was cascading like a waterfall across the road and onto the other side of the street. Standing water was bad enough, but moving water was pretty scary. I knew one other way home had been badly flooded in places when I first went that direction to see Grandma an hour earlier, and there are a lot of little side roads, but I wasn’t sure if they would be any better — they all have dips in them that were going to collect water. Thankfully traffic both ways was letting one car through at a time, and we made it home safely — skipping the grocery store visit for the day! I was pretty unnerved for a while. Thankfully our home and neighborhood weren’t flooded at all. I am so grateful God saw us home safely.
It finally stopped raining in the late afternoon, and this morning the sun has been shining brightly. There was one spot on the way to school this morning where the water was pretty high, and traffic alternated one car at a time again. One road just outside our subdivision was still closed, and I’ve been hearing the steady hum of traffic being rerouted through our subdivision all through the night and morning, but it seems to have stopped now, so hopefully the water has receded or evaporated enough to reopen the road. One school is closed and one food bank lost a lost of its wares.
So March is coming in like a lamb after February went out like a lion!
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Oh my, Barbara, I hadn’t heard about the flooding in TN. I remembered when I was really young, the water actually came into our house. Not fun – my Dad had to elevate the piano to avoid the water damage.
Take care!
You don’t want to cross a street if the water from the areas on the sides covers the road and is moving….we didn’t have much rain out of it but the wind was bad enough…
Mama Bear
We’ve had some high water here in SE Ohio but not nearly as bad as at other times. It seems the wind did more damage than the high water. Ed had to take some different routes Monday morning to pick up his students because of downed trees and limbs everywhere.
Glad you made it home safely, Barbara!
I rarely see the news and was shocked to read about this…I’m so glad you are okay. I will be praying for you all!! These things are always disconcerting…even when we know God is good…all the time!! ))HUGS((
Oh my goodness. That is a lot of water. I’d be a little freaked driving through it all too. Sad about the food bank. Praying for your guys!
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