John and I were out in the heavy rains yesterday, going from one doctor’s appointment to another. By late afternoon, the emergency messages began to pour into our electronic devices. There was flooding in two nearby towns, Clyde and Canton. Grandson David’s coworker couldn’t get home, so the manager took him to her own house for the night. Today neighbor Logan had no school, because all schools in the county were closed due to the flooding. We thought Jonathan Creek would be swollen this morning, but we walked there and found it was not unusually high.
We don’t think the creek overflowed anywhere in our valley. We live on a lower slope of a mountain. If water ever rose this high, it would be catastrophic, and you probably wouldn’t hear from me again. Today the weather is gorgeous – sunny with blue skies and white clouds.
Mehrling Muse 
It seems many places are burning and many places are flooding Anne! If the water rises any higher we’ll have to call John…..Noah.
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Ha! Ha! Too bad we can’t get the flood waters to pour on the wildfires.
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I’m glad you’re safe. I have a healthy respect for flooding waters. Stay safe, and maybe start building an ark?
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Our building skills are not good, so maybe we’d better just stay put on our mountain slope.
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Glad all is okay–it is raining and rumbling here now.
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Hope you don’t get flooded. I just realized I’ve always lived in places that never flood.
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There are all kinds of advantages to living on high ground.
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Yes! And I like that higher elevations are cooler.
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I’m so glad you are safe, things are crazy everywhere! Fires, floods, earthquakes. Stay safe and vigilant! We are having unusual amounts of rain here in Texas as well, no flooding, but cool temps and rain are not the norms for August in Texas!!!
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I hope you get just enough rain and no more.
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Thanks you, we are enjoying the cooler temps for sure. 75 degrees in Texas in August? Weird!
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Weird, but welcome. I remember summers in West Tennessee with no air conditioning in homes.
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Glad you are safe and David was able to get home.
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I felt contentment when everyone was home safely.
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Pleased to hear you are all OK. Stay safe.
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May the water never rise before you.
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I am glad all is well in your neck of the woods. Isn’t that how it usually works? You have appointments all day and the weather acts up, making it a challenge.
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I remember carefully avoiding winter months for appointments in NY.
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Glad you guys are safe!!
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Glad to know you are okay Anne.
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Glad you are safe!
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Glad to hear you’re all ok.
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That’s good – I Googled earlier in the week when they said possible tornadoes and mentioned where and it was two hours from Asheville, which you mention your church is there. Thank goodness for that but the flooding this Summer all over the States is just incredible. Swollen creeks, rising rivers – we’ve had a lot of drownings this year due to unusual water conditions in Michigan lakes.
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David and I were shocked this morning when John told us there were still 30 people missing after the flooding in two nearby towns. Anyone who had a cell phone should have gotten warnings. Our phones, computers, and Echos all relayed extreme warnings.
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Oh my – you’re right; they gave adequate notice but 30 is a lot of missing persons.
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I think they are down to 20 missing people now. Some bodies have been found.
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Wow. We have had so much flooding on expressways this Summer and on residential streets as well. The state police motto is “turn around – don’t drown.”
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Good one!
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I heard Canton and Haywood county got the worst of it. We saw large landslides while out near Franklin. I feel so bad for all those affected by the flooding. I know on the scale of things this is minimal but have you seen some of the before and afters on the local waterfalls? I wouldn’t even have recognized Skinny Dip falls from the after photos I’ve seen but on the flip side, I heard some that had large downed trees that would’ve obstructed the view for years before they degraded have been washed away too.
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Haywood was hard hit, but not near us. I wish I could see before and after photos of local waterfalls. They must be dramatic.
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