Anchors Away

The picture on the left, is a shot taken shortly after we moved into the house... late August. Note the merry little creek that our street is named after. I've seen duckies in that little burbling brook! So cute!!






Now, take a look at that same view this morning here on the right. Notice how the raging torrent of churning flood waters has completely filled the ravine so that in only a few more feet it will begin to threaten our neighbors. Goodbye neighbors! It was nice knowin ya! Any ducky that set down on that roaring river this morning, probably got hit in the face with an uprooted tree, and was dragged down to it's little ducky doom.

I believe that about a month ago, I made some blithe, cheeky comments about the rain in L.A. carrying away small trucks... well... I think we've found a contender. This thing could doubtless carry away a brontosaurus. Our side of the creek has a significant retaining wall, which I discovered from noticing the way the creek fails to undermine our house in a sloping curve and doom us to destruction and inadequate insurance reimbursements, and instead cuts straight across... like a... well like a wall is holding it back... but even so we've had a small mudslide on the slope under our house. I suppose now I'll need to hire a geologist to come out and make sure that it's not going to turn into a house slide in the next rain. Yippee! I've never hired a geologist before - what fun!

I honestly do hope the rain stops soon, or else I'll be down there with the neighbors learning all about the fine art of building a sandbag wall.