Storm of the century

The river crested earlier today, at 11 feet or so, I believe. Mid-afternoon Bob and I decided to drive down to the park to see what had happened to the retaining wall that is only partly completed. You can see here that the wall, or the part of it that is up, managed to direct that large log away from the bank. That is the purpose of the wall, as I understand it. When the water rises, it erodes the bank. Over the years, it has caused considerable damage. Hopefully, once this wall is finished, there will be no more erosion at this point of the trail. Unfortunately, they didn't get the wall completed before this Frankenstorm, so it appears they have lost some of their steel as well as some of the progress they were making on the wall.

The wind and rain have died down, leaving everything soggy, trees down, basements flooded, and some highways closed here in northeast Ohio. We were fortunate though because we didn't lose power in our neighborhood. It blinked off and on a few times, but that was all. In some places, the cleanup is going to take weeks and weeks. My brother-in-law in Pennsylvania was told it may be two weeks before they get their power back on. As for New York City, Atlantic City, and the rest of that part of the east coast, they need our prayers. Cleaning up and rebuilding will take a long, long time.