And, yes, I DO take it personally: While I was shoveling the driveway yesterday

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And, yes, I DO take it personally

Sunday, January 06, 2008

While I was shoveling the driveway yesterday

this is what people living 50 miles east of us were dealing with...

Marilyn Newton/RGJ.com

Hundreds of homes remained under up to 8 feet of water Sunday as federal emergency workers were on their way to assess the flood damage caused when an irrigation canal’s earthen levee ruptured in Fernley early Saturday morning.

Cold weather was turning some of the water to ice, complicating plans to allow natural flows to move most of the water on to a federal wetland outside town. Fernley officials said they were considering using pumps to aid in that effort.

The levee break that occurred just after 4 a.m. on Saturday was repaired late in the day but as much as a square mile of the town was still under at least 2 feet of water.

i don't know about you folks, but, on seeing both those photos, i experienced massive deja vu...

Labels: Fernley, flood, high desert, Hurricane Katrina, Nevada, New Orleans