Turn Around, Don't Drown!

It's flooding in North Abilene today. Fortunately, we don't live there anymore. We live in the rolling hills between Abilene and Tuscola. However, my wife's family has had a small lake cabin at Lake Fort Phantom since 1953 which is in the north part of Abilene and is catching most of the "run off" from other area creeks.

We were ecstatic this year when the rains came and the lake filled to capacity. Just last week we were at the cabin for a long weekend of fishing, skiing, tubing, and just floating around. The lake had overflowed the banks and barely into the back yard.

This weekend Abilene got much rain attributed to remnants of tropical storm Erin. We went out to the cabin yesterday to help get furniture and appliances elevated enough were flooding might not hurt them. We were too late getting there because my father-in-law and uncle-in-law (?) already had the work done. So, I pulled out the trusty digital camera and took a few photos. Below are some of them. You might be able to see the dock way in the background of a few of them. The lake is supposed to stop there.

More water is coming! Yikes!


(L-R) A view from the front of the cabin. Technically, the lake ends at a place behind the cabin not visible from this view. Seth is standing on the top step at the back door.

(L-R) Ashton is standing at the back of the cabin next to the "swamp cooler" that is usually a couple of feet off the ground. The kids are about 15 feet out the back door. Obviously, Seth didn't want to get his shorts wet.

(L-R) A closer view from the first picture. That cement square is the septic tank. When my father-in-law first got to the cabin (about 1 hour previously) it did not have water covering it. This last picture is again from the front of the cabin. You might be able to see the dock way in the background in the center of the picture.

Just wanted to add a picture of my wonderful wife!