Flood devastation in our area

I am sure many of you have heard on the news about the flooding in our area, 

After the wild fires, there was nothing to keep the mud from sliding down the mountain with all the rain we had in such a short amount of time. 

This may seem like you are standing at a river bank.....its actually the road

Redwood road was closed for a while, keeping a lot of people from getting home

This is  a storm drain filled with mud and debris.  

There were a couple dozen homes in the path of the mud slide.  The result was devastating. 

The call went out at about 10:00p.m. for men to come help. Derek didn't get in until l 3 or 4 am

 There were some that suffered huge losses.  Thankfully we are further south  from the area hit hardest, but these people are in our stake and they were hit hard. 

Some homes are a total loss

  
The stake President cancelled the 2nd and 3rd hour of church so people could go help the clean up effort. Such good people  out here. It has been amazing to see how  people jump in to help and do it with a smile.

*these are not my photos, they are from the city and a couple from friends on facebook.
To hear the story from the news and see some video, click this linkhttp://www.ksl.com/?sid=21968963&nid=148&title=heavy-flooding-causes-evacuations-closed-roads-in-saratoga-springs-&s_cid=featured-3