and the water kept rising…

Sorry I haven’t blogged in almost a week. We were stranded in our neighborhood for two days as the entrance to our subdivision was submerged under water. If I hadn’t seen it with my own eyes, I never would have believed it. We were able to finally leave the neighborhood today, for the first time since Sunday. The damage just breaks my heart. Many homes in the subdivision sustained substantial flooding.  

Those of us trapped in the back of the neighborhood ventured down to the bridge to see how high the water was… it continued to rise throughout the day and eventually covered the bridge on Monday night.

 

The water covered the fence posts. (This is the road that leads into the back of the subdivision, over the bridge)

 

Quickly rising…

Many homes whose properties back up to the river had flooding in their basements and other areas as well.

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All four tennis courts, the playground, parking lot and pool were under water for two days, all areas have suffered tremendous damage.

Seeing the tennis courts, pool and playground areas this morning was utterly devastating. Being an avid tennis player, seeing our formerly beautiful courts in such a state of destruction is heartbreaking.

       

Tennis Pavilion for courts 1 & 2 is buckled and broken.

Looking through the fence onto courts 1 and 2

 

Courts 1 and 2

 

The wooden boundaries for the playground were uprooted.

  

The pool furniture has been moved to the parking lot for cleaning.

The pool and clubhouse sustained extensive damage.

 

There is a bench in the tree about thirty feet off the ground…

 

Hopefully, with the help of many hardworking volunteers, we’ll be able to restore the common areas to their former glory.