Yesterday morning the school superintendent came out to the bus barn to find out how many buses are available if the Davenport School has to be evacuated. It is crazy around here. Now you can boat between Davenport and Kindred. (5 miles apart)
Yesterday there were 5 airboats and one Red Cross Van parked in the school parking lot. I know of about 4 houses that have lost their battle with flood waters in the past few days.The river broke out where it was expected to. It traveled to hwy 46 but the force didn't wash out the road out right away. Hwy 46 held it back for a while which made the river break out at unexpected other areas. Now the lake, I mean the flood, extends east to the Horace hwy. (water on both sides of the road). It extends north to one mile short of hwy 16 on the east side of the river. On the west side of the river it extends much farther north.
When the water washed out hwy 46 (where expected) and it headed to Davenport. They have a 5 ft dike around part of the town. The lake, er I mean the flood, extends past Davenport going north. Yesterday they cut the road south of Davenport to direct the water away from the town. Today they might cut hwy 16 on the west side of Davenport to direct the water to the west of the town.
Today the Davenport kindergartners and first graders were told that they may have to be evacuated tomorrow or Friday. They explained all the details so that the kids will know what's going on and it hopefully will be a smooth transition moving them from Davenport School to Kindred School.Autistic children do not do well with change. I have 4 of them on my shuttle bus. One of the little girls was so upset and scared. She wanted her mom. She cried the whole trip from Davenport to Kindred. ( Kindred School has grades 2 - 12. I shuttle many of the K-1 students between schools everyday.)
This afternoon, when going to Davenport School, I could see the water on the north side of town. It's slowly closing in on the whole town. It won't be long before the town is land-locked....possibly.
Co. Rd 1 went under today. Co. Rd 2 went under yesterday. Yes, the flood is that far east. I don't know how far south it extends.
I have let the kids take zillions of pictures out the school bus window. I've posted them on phanfare if you want to check them out. http://albums.phanfare.com/3377861/3690193_4047128#imageID=65539062
The kids' attitudes have changed over the past weeks. At first they were saying "Wow. Look at the water. Cool!" ...and they'd take pictures of the water. Now, they've all seen the water. It's not new, at all. Now they are excited about whirlpools. They mostly take pictures of just the whirl pools. ha ha (they are kind of neat.)