'If you've been through it, you know that for a while, rainstorms make you nervous. Water collecting in the streets is an unwelcome sight and compulsively watching weather forecasts and weather apps becomes a way of life.'
Bay Area Citizen reporter Jennifer Bolton and her husband, Luke, were forced to evacuate from their home on Sunday, Aug. 27 after water filled their Dickinson home on Saturday night. Both were rescued and are now safe with relatives.Two hours — that's how long it took for us to be hip-deep in floodwater while we sat on the couch.
From upstairs in our attic room, we heard heavy oak desks, our kitchen island, a piano, all come off their legs, floating in our living room. I didn't know refrigerators could float.My husband went back downstairs in now waist-deep water to retrieve our snake, Squeezer Augustus, and Reptilicus, our Savannah monitor. He got the pet rats as well. Because he's thoughtful, he got my guitar and my diplomas.
I went back down into the attic to let my family know we were OK, but before I left, I made my husband promise not to go back into the water. He did not listen. I left the bag we packed with our wallets and important papers, his breathing machine, my grandmother's earrings, because at a certain point, your brain stops working and everything in your body is telling you to just get out. I shimmied my way through our neat, newly-installed escape hatch and literally log-rolled down the roof .
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