http://www.riehlife.com/2008/07/10/1993-floodstage500-year-flood-damage-on-a-human-scale-by-erwin-a-thompson/ Creating connections through the arts and across cultures Wed, 01 Feb 2012 10:30:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.riehlife.com/2008/07/10/1993-floodstage500-year-flood-damage-on-a-human-scale-by-erwin-a-thompson/comment-page-1/#comment-3204 Arletta Thu, 10 Jul 2008 16:56:20 +0000 http://www.riehlife.com/2008/07/10/1993-floodstage500-year-flood-damage-on-a-human-scale-by-erwin-a-thompson/#comment-3204 Erwin, As one flood survivor to another, I can't say I "enjoy" the series. It brings back the sights and sounds of the Russian River rising in 1986. 1995 and 2004...all 9 years apart. Then, there is the smell of dank nasty stuff that no amount of bleach water erased. Hosing out the house, drilling holes in the floor to let the waters wash out, treasures turned to trash, the shared home of neighbors who'd just completed their raised home, Red Cross brooms and firemen making the rounds in boats to insure that residents in need got help, Army helicopters flying us out....oh, the stuff of memory! Erwin,
As one flood survivor to another, I can't say I "enjoy" the series. It brings back the sights and sounds of the Russian River rising in 1986. 1995 and 2004...all 9 years apart. Then, there is the smell of dank nasty stuff that no amount of bleach water erased. Hosing out the house, drilling holes in the floor to let the waters wash out, treasures turned to trash, the shared home of neighbors who'd just completed their raised home, Red Cross brooms and firemen making the rounds in boats to insure that residents in need got help, Army helicopters flying us out....oh, the stuff of memory!

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