The-Once-In-A-Lifetime-Flood....Again

The news around these parts is all about the flooding of NY, PA, and NJ. 14 people so far have been killed by the Delaware River and surrounding brooks, creeks, and other assorted waterways. For anyone in this area, this is now the third "biggest flood ever" in the last year and a half. The biggest flood before that was in 1955. It's awesome and scary at the same time. Our house, while on the Delaware, is actually up on a hill so we were told that should the river ever crest at our door-step, Philadelphia would be complete submerged. This bring a little hope to us that we won't have to deal with floods but little comfort for the surrounding areas. Most of the roads leading into and out of Barryville are still closed. The Barryville Bridge just opened this morning, after having been closed all of yesterday, forcing Jeff and I to load the cats into a laundry basket and carry them and our stuff across the river and up to our home last night at the end of our commute from the city. I can tell you that walking across a very old, soon-to-be demolished bridge over these raging waters wasn't exactly a picnic
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