flooding report from my aunt in Caledonia

[annm4peace]

Hi Everyone....thought I would give you an update
on MN flooding...you might have heard our
government has declared our state as a natural
disaster (I have known his leadership has been a
disaster for a long time...but that is another
topic) at this time...Governor Palenty
recognized the flooding this week is very, very
serious. Southeast MN is included, and we know
this is only the beginning as the next week is
likely to be worse as the flood waters from northern MN reaches our area.
---reminder we had terrible floods, erosion, mud
slides etc in 2007, 2008, 2009 and spring
2010....now we are having lots of rain the last few days.
-----the ground has been over-saturated this
summer...we had the most rain between June 1st to
the 31st of August 2010-- in history.....we had
rain since Aug so the ground can not take more moisture.
---we had seven inches of rain in 24 hrs
beginning yesterday.....we are expecting more rain tonight.
--as you know Caledonia is definitely not in a
flood plane...however, this AM we had a funeral
but could not have the burial rite as the ground
around the grave was caving in...also they could
not pump the water out of the grave fast enough
to keep a head of the water......
---naturally some basements are flooded
--the worst part of the flooding is just north of
us.....our time will come in the next few days....
----There has been terrible flooding in the
counties around Olmstad Co..that is where Rochester is located...lots of damage
----of course any of us driving we certainly need
to watch for mudslides...always a concern in our
area any time we get rain these years
-----Thanks for your prayers...love....and support...