Rabbit Hop Flood Pix 2019 Plus

The Tennessee River is flooding our little town of Clifton, as well as surrounding areas. We live about 3 1/2 miles out of town on the river, but far enough and high enough that we are ok, however, many of our neighbors, family, and friends are losing, or will have a lot of damage to their homes and property. I didn't make pictures of town, because so many other people were sharing theirs. These pictures were all made Sunday (yesterday) and the river and backwater has risen quite a bit since then.

The first few pictures were made about a mile below our house where there is a bridge over what is usually a creek under a fairly high bridge, and one of our neighbor's pastures. It is probably up in the end of our little pasture where our main pond is, but it's too muddy to check.

This is a pasture and people live behind it. Their road is closed off. They can only get out by boat.

Today the water is partially across the road on both sides of the bridge and is still rising, so by morning the road will be closed, as many of the  roads around us already are.

The next few pictures are Glenkirk Landing, a popular camping/fishing spot on the river. It is across the road and just under the hill in front of us. The river already has the landing covered and is already covering much of the little road leading to it. The trees out in the middle of the river are actually on Towhead Island, which is probably totally submerged today. I made these pix from our neighbor's yard, overlooking the landing, and toward town, with the water coming up the road behind it.

The last picture is what's left of an old button factory between our house and the river, which was run by a neighbor when I was growing up. They made buttons from muscle shells, and my mom worked there some.

Today was the first time the sun has shined in many days, and it was lovely to be out riding around in it. Everyone else had the same idea. The little narrow backroads around the main road were really busy. All main roads into Clifton have been closed and are under water in places.

This is about a mile on the other side of us going toward town. Backwater is over the road just over that little hill. Luckily, there is a little back road just this side of the blockade that we can maneuver around if we need to get out.

The next few are of Praters Chapel Church/cemetery, where many of my family are buried, and where I grew up going to church and dinners on the ground with singing. Decoration day is still held here the second Sunday of June each year.

Not in danger of water, but there has been reports of vandalism lately, and I wanted to check my grandparents graves, which were still ok. Too muddy to get a picture. I took these while riding around the cemetery.

The next one is a country road, which is under water today.

The road going into town from the college, off Hwy 64 below

The next few are of Riverstone Marina across the river from Clifton and were made from the bridge

This one is on the other side of the river-Riverstone Marina looking toward the river

These were all made two days ago, Sunday. The river rose some more, cutting off many of the roads around us. The river is supposed to crest today (Tues) and start receding, leaving many people with a lot of property damage and cleanup to do.

This area has been through this before, when the water was even higher, and God kept us safe and allowed people to pick up and go on. I trust that He will again this time.

I cancelled an appointment with the eye Dr. this morning, which means I'll have appointments with the dentist, the doctor, and the eye doctor all within a week, or so, of one another. Fun stuff! NOT!

I am not getting anything done creatively right now, but hopefully everything will be kind of back to normal in a few days, and I can get focused enough to resume doing what I love in my art space!

Just thought I'd share other things going on in my life right now. You never know what the next minute will bring! But, for now, all is ok with us, and I'm grateful.