We Might Be Giants

Have we felled thy sacred oak? Are we harboring the Earth Serpent? What, oh what, has occurred to invoke the wrath of Thor? You can see him frowning up in the clouds, can't you? (No kidding- that's really what the clouds looked like out my back door today.)


It's Thor's Day, and we've had a bit too much rain. Every rumble of thunder now makes us nervous. Yesterday, we got 2 or 3 inches of rain in just a few hours (on top of totally saturated ground) and it resulted in a flood here in our little town. My house is fine, but just up the river the current- or the rolling boulders- moved a bridge off its moorings and buckled the pavement, closing the road on which several friends live. The rain also washed out some local roads. The next town up the mountain was accessible by one road in and out, and that one is not even paved. It brought a rush of river through our woods- thank goodness for the dike behind our house. As we were headed out to run some errands, we forded a few inches of water across Route 7 just south of here as the river jumped its banks and ran through two corn fields instead. The Red Cross set up an emergency shelter in our municipal gym... though I understand it wasn't needed yesterday. Craziness!

All Scandinavian pagan jokes aside, I feel very blessed that we have been spared any serious flooding, long-term evacuations, or injuries thus far. Our basement is a little wet by the door, but nothing my shop vac can't handle. I pray it may continue to be such a minor inconvenience, considering all the rain that's forecast for the next few days.