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| May 1st from snow April 29th to Rain May 1st |
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| my swing flew straight up then stuck over the fort post |
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| our slide twisted and nearly snapped in the 75mph wind. You can see the 6" ruts to the left where it was blown |
It began with some mist and some wind then some rain and some sleet, then more rain and more and more and more. Add the snow melt from the hills and from WY and you have nasty.
In the past 2 weeks we have gotten creative with how to keep ourselves entertained. We have walked laps around the block, gone to the dryest parks we could find, puddle splashed, done garage picnics, made enormous blanket forts, played in the McDonald's Playplace and drove around taking pictures of the floods.
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| center of nation monument underwater |
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| 7th St busses take from one school to another |
We are waiting to hear if we have been declared a disaster area. The flood was very similar to that in '08 we were at a moderate to severe flood stage. Moderate begins at 15' and we made it to 16.8 and 17 in different places last we had heard. The river crest at some point early Wednesday morning. There has still been continuing rains, although they have not brought as much rain at one time. A week ago in less than a week's period we had gotten 5" of rain plus snow melt and that was well before the rains stopped. They say it may crest again if we get another large storm like the one last week that brought 2-4 inches in only a couple of hours to Butte County. We are glad to have built on a hill but feel for the many friends and coworkers and other community members who were flooded or cut off from main roads.
One such is our Early Intervention Preschool teacher who has a daughter in Wayne's driver's ed class. They live off Highway 212 which comes through town and goes out past the dam. They have a low spot in their driveway and when the rainy season comes they put their small row/fishing boat by it and leave their cars parked on the highway side of the low spot. Every day they then take the boat across the washout to get home and back to their cars. It has become a spring ritual with our past few really wet years. |
| Tee Ball Field on Monday & Tuesday |
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| tee ball field on Sunday |
The water is still receding and we are waiting to see if our tee ball field will re-emerge before fist tee-ball game and pictures next Friday.
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| our main hwy & last route through town had water across 2 of 4 lanes. A pump ran desperately trying to keep it open Tues. |
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| flooded campground in he middle of town by Belle Fourche River accross from post office |
We also have some sad news once again. We were pregnant again and from the start it did not look good. I had been in a pre-menopause like state after the first miscarriage and had to try a few different meds in order to attempt to come out of it. They gave us a choice to be done or try for another right then. We still would like to have one more while we are no longer in college and have a house and careers. We went for it. On our first round of med number 2 or 3 we did conceive. They started progesterone level counts and the first one was extremely low at 2.2. They were unsure at that point if they even wanted to attempt supplements but after nearly begging they went ahead and Rx'd some. I was on them with weekly blood draws for 8 weeks. The numbers were slow to rise and then began to fall at the end. We did have an ultrasound at 6 weeks which revealed a tiny tiny baby with a normal heart rate. Unfortunately today at 10 weeks 4 days (5 days past the point we mad it last time) we lost our little one. I am going in for surgery again in the morning. It is still very disappointing and frustrating, however this one did not take us completely by surprise as it seems we had a struggling little fighter from the start. Thanks for your thoughts and prayers at this difficult time.
