Real life has been a little scary lately!

Wow! 2020 has not been kind to Michigan. First we were hit hard by the corona virus, seventh highest in the country for confirmed cases and fourth highest in deaths. Now this week there have been devastating flooding in the tri-county area where I live.



We had heavy rains over last weekend that caused the rivers to rise to high levels. Our lowlands were flooded, but that isn't unusual here, it happens several time a year but usually drains fairly quickly, in fact the water down there is now gone except for a few low pockets. The river abuts our property but the we are built on a high ridge 30 ft above the lowland and about 200 yards from the river banks.

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