How I spent my day

[desperatehorsewife]

[DianneC]

Ohhh Tracey! I was just coming on to see how you were doing. Is it going to get higher? Aren't you thankful for horses that load and a trailer and a truck that run? I hope things recover quickly for you.

[idahomustanger]

Wow Tracy - I'm so sorry! I guess I'd better quit complaining about my downhill luge for a driveway... at least we don't have flooding. I just can't get my car down my hill today because we have a 4 inch Ice runway... with a 90 degree corner in it... Jer is not even taking the tractor with chains down it... its so stinking slick..so -- uh... no work for me today!!! But - we don't have water like you do... Glad you were able to get the ponies moved... and hope the water starts receding soon!!! My thoughts are with you.

Nancy

[lilnagy]

Wow Tracey! Hope you got them all moved to a safe dry place. We are south of Puyallup, and up high, but the soil is so soaked the rain has no where to go, so we have a small lake going out in the pasture, but other than that no trouble.

Kim; how are you faring? you are at a pretty low elevation...

Peirce County Fairgrounds at Frontier Park is also open to horses needing a temporary place to go. Lil

[JoanMRK]

Wow Tracey! Know that you and the fam (furry ones included) are in my thoughts and prayers! Keep us updated.

[desperatehorsewife]

I should have explained...this isn't my place, thankfully! We've got a creek and things are muddy, but we're dry compared to most.

This is Dun Dee, one of the geldings I had here this summer and adopted out during the fair in August. I got a call yesterday just before noon saying he was up to his knees. Well, I was on my way out to do a couple of errands and people do tend to exaggerate. But I did make a couple of calls while I was on the road to see where we could put him. I was just pulling back into the driveway when she called again to say it was nearly to his belly.

I feel like a schmuck because I could have just driven over and picked him up, but told her I was going to call one more person real quick. While I was on the phone with her, one of my original calls phoned back to say they'd take him in, so I called Wendy and said we'd be right over.

It was very fortunate that this guy has such a terrific mind, as his only trailer rides aside from being pushed into it by the BLM were me pushing him in to take him to the fair and then hauling him to their house. But he's naturally curious and doesn't mind small spaces. Aside from being very wet, cold and a bit shaken up, he handled the whole thing really well.

I haven't heard of anyone else having livestock issues up here. It's mostly the town of Bellingham that's struggling. A few minor incidences in the county with flooded basements or barns, but nothing like Dun Dee's experience!

[fantasykiger]

WOW I had no idea there was so much flooding going on, I am glad the boy found a nice dry place to go.

[canadiankigers]

I was just watching the weather channel and they had some really scarry pictures of the flooding in Washington State. They said that three mountain passes between Portland and Seattle were closed due to mud slides. Roads have been washed away and parts of Highway 5 have been washed away by the currents. Wow, this is really scarry. I hope all our western state Kiger owners are all alright!!!!!

[desperatehorsewife]

The bulk of the real nasty stuff is happening south of Seattle. They got hit hard just over a year ago; some fellow shepherds lost the bulk of their dairy flock (over 100 ewes.) It was horrible. If anyone wasn't proactive this time around and was without a plan, I'd want to strangle them, I think. It wasn't like this should have come as a total surprise...especially for those who live along water ways. Snow melt can be quite dangerous.