I'm building an ark

The dike breaking a few weeks ago resulted in a few million (literally) gallons of water washing into the diked portion of the island.

This water has been sloshing around seeking its own level. My little patch of land is only 12 acres, and I use just about every bit of it, so having my pastures flooded makes life a little challenging.

The diking district has a big pump that they can use to move the water back into the river, but it's not on. I wonder why not? The dike has gates that open in very low tides to let water out -- one-way passage for water, but that's only during minus tides. So I may be stuck with this water until April or may.

The kindness of strangers

Looks like they've plugged the hole in the dike, i'll be looking at it in person this morning and releasing the animmals from the trailers if I think that it's safe. This has been a major flood event; there are hundreds of houses under water and thousands of miles of road closed and damaged.

One of the really nice things about this sort of event is that people who don't know each other really go the extra mile to help each other. Here's an ad that appeared on the local craigslist.

pasture available for flooding in Monroe (Monroe)

Reply to: sale-986968488@craigslist.org [?]Date: 2009-01-09, 6:31PM PST

We have 10 acres of pasture at our farm. Let us know if you need help~

Juliane 206-250-6168


Thank you, Juliane, for going the extra mile to help other farms and farmers. It's people like Juliane that make a community so much better.