Levee Run

Earlier today Dad took me out on the levees to see all the sandbagging. It is unbelievably enormous. There's a TEN MILE stretch of sand, tarps, and sandbags on top of the levee, which prevented the water from going over. Ten miles!! Dad talked about what an incredible operation it was bringing in the sand, sandbags, and getting it all done. We rode all the way from the pumping station where Dad works to the Big Ditch. Here's some pictures from the ride:

The Pumping Station!



Our ride!



Miles of sandbags:



All the trash that floated up with the water:



This is what a boil looks like. Water goes underneath the levee and pops up on the other side. It boils like a pot of boiling water. They place sandbags around it to try to contain it.



You can tell how high the water got by the looking at the brown mud left on the tarp. It was literally inches from the top of the sandbags!



The never ending sandbags:



I also drove up Highway 99 a bit to see the water. Here's a picture of the bottoms. You can see the waterline (between the green crops and brown), and how much the water has receded:



I'm about to leave now and go on the boat with Dad and Nate to see the house. This will be my first time up close. The water has gone down enough that we might be able to see what sort of damage has been done. Yikes.