Yes - that's right - This is a GIANT hole at the end of the driveway. One that in the dark would not have been seen and she would have fallen into with the car. It's about 2 feet deep! Now where my parents live is in the MIDDLE of a hill. A hill that is feared by many ~ including snowplow drivers. We have 'lost' our driveway many times before ~ but never 2 feet down. I wake up my suburianite husband and send him out to investigate. Yeah I know. The culvert is plugged solid. We call the town and they eventually sent someone out to put a barrier up so that no one drives off into it. The road is JUST wide enough for 2 cars normally. And then it starts to happen as the rain keeps falling....
Our 1st chunk that falls off
And then a whole lot more!
At this point people are STILL driving up and down the road.
From up on top of the hill where the water is coming from. So the town comes again and 'closes' the road. Unfortunately people STILL drive up and down it and the water is STILL taking out the gravel underneath the tar. So we call the town AGAIN and they said 'do whatever you have to in order to keep it safe'
From up on top of the hill where the water is coming from. So the town comes again and 'closes' the road. Unfortunately people STILL drive up and down it and the water is STILL taking out the gravel underneath the tar. So we call the town AGAIN and they said 'do whatever you have to in order to keep it safe'
So with a sledge hammer my wonderful husband starts cracking away the tar that's just hanging there - notice it's above his knees!
Looking down over the hill - where the barricade is he blocked off the road with small trees - that people drove over anyway
My handy work with trees at the top of the hill :)
More of D trying to knock down pavement - notice the large crack! People were driving right on the edge of it!!!! A good look at down the hill
A view of my parents house from the bottom of the hill . Now thru all this my parents lost their power. Great ~ not only are we stuck here ~ but we have no power. Not fun with 2 small kids. So we did what any parents would do ~ we called D's parents and said "rescue us please" and so D's dad came in the 4-wheel drive and rescued us. Who would have thought we'd have to be rescued from safety???
The next morning a neighbors started hauling in bucketloads of gravel to the other side of the road to widen it into the woods. My parents mailbox has been removed so that there is an actual road and people can pass by. A welcome site for some to see they can go up and down the road again.
The next morning a neighbors started hauling in bucketloads of gravel to the other side of the road to widen it into the woods. My parents mailbox has been removed so that there is an actual road and people can pass by. A welcome site for some to see they can go up and down the road again.
We returned to the beach Mon night to a house that never lost it's power, and the town overall was it great shape...hrm... Now if this storm would just pull away....
Will post pic's of the re-building of the road later ~ hopefully tonite we can go retrieve our vehicles :)
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YIKES- what an adventure!
Bet you guys are glad to be home :)
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