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UPDATE: Voices From The Flood: Sandbags, sweat and tears....

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Imagine having to lift the sandbags again.

Like snowdrifts all over town, they were brought to the curb one by one

and left for the front-end loader. Hundreds of thousands of them.

More sweat.

Millions of dollars in damages. Homes are still in the process of being lost.

It takes a while when there are a few thousand homes affected to figure out what stays and what goes.

A business may close up in Jefferson, flood damaged: 300 good jobs, maybe lost.

More tears to come.

Some businesses are closed already, some aren't open yet.

We have normal water use now, access to dumpsters and the city compost yard is open.

The clean up is going well, but will take well into the fall.

It's almost-back-to-normal.

And things will get better.

We will keep reaching out, and helping each other.

Thanks all for stopping by,

Steve

Obeoman

www.obeo.com

Posted by Obeoman Glade Jones on 07/24/2008 04:00 PM

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13 Comments on UPDATE: Voices From The Flood: Sandbags, sweat and tears....

JUL

2008

Steve,

We are keeping folks in your area in our thoughts and prayers.

Steven Simmons & Marti Schmidt, Realtors, Prudential GHP, Ocean Shores, Washington

Thanks, Steve and Marti-

We will send them on downstream!

Steve

Obeoman

WOW what mess and it might be years before all in back to normal good luck on the clean up.

JUL

2008

I wished you had been able to make it out there. I talked to the boss... talked you up, too. And he wrote down the widget idea we talked about.

JUL

2008

Godspeed.

AUG

2008

Lane!

...too much time onthe phone lately-ad not enough time here! Thank YOU so much for talking me up-you are the best!

Steve

Obeoman

Greg,

...such simple and heartfelt words-I will pass them along to the "flooders" at the block party on Sept. 20th!

Steve

Obeoman

AUG

2008

Steven, after 6 years in Florida, this would not be something that I want to do.

AUG

2008

Danny!

...I know like you now if you live near the water, it is going to rise!

Thanks for stopping by,

Steve

http://obeoman.blogpsot.com

AUG

2008

Steve,

I am sorry that you have to deal with this and I will keep all of you in my prayers.

Dan!

..I was living in PA when Hurrcane Floyd blew in to PA -this was worse than that becasue it lasted for two weeks, and FLoy was miserable!

Thanks for you kind words and thoughts,

Steve

Obeoman

AUG

2008

Steve,

I am glad things are almost back to normal. What a horrible year for so many in Wisconsin and the Midwest! It sure is surprising what mother nature can do!

AUG

2008

April,

...too true-but people pulled together and we made the best of it.

Now, we just hold our breath until spring!

Thaks for stopping by,

Steve

Obeoman

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