A day on the ark

Noah endured 40 days and nights of rain, but did he experience a globular nebula? (?) It rained for about 36 hours straight here from Sunday into Monday. Had it been ten degrees colder, we would have had 6 and 1/2 feet of snow.

From our vantage point, it looked like most of central New Jersey was closed today. Our respective schools all were shut, as we learned from a neighbor who knocked on our door at 7:30, doing the rounds on foot because the internet was down. We spent a morning in the house, but with Edith bouncing off the walls by 10am, Tom and I gave up on the plan to get schoolwork done in shifts and decided to engage Edith in cooking a lasagna dinner for our similarly housebound neighbors. The meal required us to get a few items at the grocery store. Just 1/2 mile away uphill, so we figured we would make it fine. We did, but because the highway was closed just past the grocery store where it starts back downhill again, hundreds of cars getting off the highway in search of non-flooded alternative routes right at the grocery store exit made getting out of the shopping plaza a significant undertaking. We didn't venture out again.

Still, a day of lost work, limited mobility, and a call from the township asking us to limit our water use because the drains can't handle the backup are nothing compared to the horrific news from Blacksburg, Virginia today. It feels almost selfish to write a post about our situation here.

On the far side of the bridge, you can see where the canal path disappears into the water

The lawn behind Edith's daycare

Where our walk ended this morning

The woods around our house

Want to play the golf course on our street? Known for its water hazards