The Flood

As you may have heard Southeast KS is flooded. I went home this weekend for my 10 year class reunion (10 years, UGH) but was unable to go because all the roads from my parents house to Parsons were closed. Then to make matters worse they came and said there was a mandatory evacuation of Coyville because they were going to open the flood gates. So mom and dad stayed and as of right now they don't have any water yet but they say it's getting deeper as the day goes on. However, Brady and I headed back to Manhattan because we weren't sure when we'd get back if we didn't leave then. Here are some pictures I took on my way back from working Saturday morning in Chanute. Dad drove me over there and thank goodness he did because I would have been to scared to cross some of the water in my Grand Prix (darn short cars). It is a mess and will be a mess for quite some time. It's not a flood area so noone expected this. So much has been damaged and there is water everywhere.
So I missed my 10 year reunion and I'm kinda bummed about it. I didn't want to go at first, but as it got closer I was really pretty excited to see everyone, I mean 10 years, people change. I did get to see some pictures and I would have loved to see those people. Maybe in 5 years we will have another one and maybe Jason will actually be around to go with me.
Now, lets hope for some sun and dry weather so everyone can start the clean-up.

This was taken about an hour before they ended up closing this road too. We were in a hurry to get back home before all the roads were closed