Mom and I left the party in Amherst at about 9PM. It had been a worry-free reprieve from the rain we had left behind. Sunny and Breezy. We ran into the first drops between Cobleskill and Oneonta, and it was soon a steady rain. Getting to Morris was uneventful, though it was obvious that there was a lot of water around. New Berlin was another matter. We were able to squeeze through the middle of the street above town. Occasional emergency vehicles went by, and the rare passenger car. The road to Columbus had numerous flares and areas where water was running across the road. We took the last corner into Columbus and were greeted with the sight of volunteer firefighters and people (Families with kids in their arms) in the road, flares, and a river of water running down through the houses on the west side of the street. Up ahead at the corner the water was gushing across the road, and we were advised by a fine young firefighter who resembled Newt from Lonesome Dove that we should turn back to NB and take the county route into Norwich. It was a mess, but passable.
Nothing catastrophic here, but water is everywhere. Jeremy took good care of the cows, and while they suffered out in the rain, there were no casualties. The rain finally quit mid-morning, and the cows went back outside into a lane that is wet and eroded, and pastures that are swampy.
I'm glad I wasn't here during the previous day. The anxiety would have killed me.
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