So, nobody cares and you don't have the local history and reference to "get it"… but our farm flooded this morning. Entirely. Around the new house - it didn't come inside - and basically the entire 15 acres short of the 150+ yr old farmhouse which has a raised yard, and the old milk/dairy barn stayed dry. Everything else… the whole damn creek was running through the farmyard. We got all of the outdoor animals safe, short of a few barncats that are hopefully hiding in a hayloft… and the chickens/ducks. My sister couldn't get to their coop - the water was hip high on her. They DO have higher up roosts so hopefully some of them were smart. Ummm… but yea. We've lived here almost 35 years - never had anything like this. One of the local old-timers said he saw it higher once "when he was a boy." It's going down now. But the sky is still spitting big fat rain in bursts. Don't know if water got into the cars. Lots of tools and equipment completely lost in one of the other barns that got washed through.

Fox Creek School

A rustic stone old school house sits atop a grassy hill under a bright blue sky scattered with fluffy clouds. A lone tree stands beside a gravel road leading away from the house, with an American flag visible on the building.

Flint Hills National Scenic Byway

Storm City, Kansas

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This isn’t where I meant to end up.

The Practice
John Gallaher

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