Wednesday, August 5, 2009
The post mortem from yesterday's storm leaves me thinking about victims. Watching coverage on national news channels showing homes, library, and vehicles under water makes me think of the people who own such or who have suffered losses and are trying to put it together now that the water has returned to it's "normal" level. We really can't take anything for granted especially the tangibles that we so often do take for granted. I remember the family photos of flooding during the "great flood" of '37 when homes and such were under water for weeks rather than a few hours. Many people migrated out of Louisville's west end after that flood even though the Corps of Engineers and Uncle Sam built a rather substantial flood wall to protect against such a massive flood in the future. "BUT" the flood wall offers no protection from the kind of flash flooding Louisville endured yesterday morning for two hours or so mid-morning. But we live for another day.
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