Catching my breath between chores, I'm watching the news, and I recall my little place on Bayou Derbonne in southern Natchitoches parish. It was an old house when I bought it, but the fellow who built it knew the land and put it on a high spot. We never got flooded out, but several times we were flooded in, surrounded by backwater that would build after a deluge of rain and not be able to run off.
We never got flooded during the storm. It would take several days for the creeks, streams, bayous and rivers to become inundated and the water would start crossing the roads and bridges. When we got flooded, it was always nice weather. Sunny days.
Some folks in Florida are experiencing that now. Milton has passed, but the rivers , streams and bays are full. The water can't get out, so it backs up. It is simply another challenge in this string of days that we call life. This too will pass and life will start to get back to something close to normal.
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