I just talked to Jan a little while ago, before I lost her cause her cell phone battery died. She and the other 20-30 people were rescued by boat, and taken out to interstate 31, where she called co-worker, who came and got her and Sassy, and took them back to his house. They are giving her dry clothes, a shower, and vegetable soup. She said she swam through a lot of nasty stuff in her basement trying to get to the stairs to get out. She went under twice, and took some water into her lungs. She thinks she has a cracked rib, and something knocked her in the head, so she has a lump on her head. She recently had a tetanis shot, when she got hurt at work. She is going to go stay with her son as soon as she can, in another town. She left her truck on dry land with water all around it in the cemetary parking lot. She is bracing herself for what she will find, once she can get back into her house. I just pray she does not get pneumonia now.

This is horrible. I Pray for Jan and Sassy......

I told her we are all sending good thoughts and prayers her way...She does have flood insurance, thank goodness!

OH NO!!!! I had no idea she had such a rough time of it, although I did hear that a dam broke somewhere in her area and that flood waters were terrible there.  Oh, I hope she is ok.  Thanks for the news, Donna, I'm glad to know that she got out and has a place to stay with food and dry warm clothes----and Sassy.  Some of the people here that were evac'd couldnt take their pets with them.  I know that I would never leave my dogs behind, they would have to knock me out and drag me away if it came to that.  I'm so glad that she got to keep Sassy with her.

Well, here's the latest:  Donna H called here and said that she was at work, so she couldnt post to the site, but wanted me to relay this message: 

Jan had text messaged her and said that one whole corner of her house foundation is ruined, and the people in charge (FEMA?  I dont know) wont allow her to go back into her house to even get any of her belongings.  Wow---she sure is going through a rough time.  Keep praying for her.

Yeah, FEMA has to go through and check all homes and mark them with this nice orange paint, so that other organizations know whether a home is safe to go into, or if it is condemned.  It took about a week - two weeks, before we knew whether or not we could go into our home to try and salvage anything.  They condemned our home, but said it was ok to go in if we had the proper safety gear on. (gloves, face masks, ect.)  The water around here stayed up for quite a while though, so maybe if the water has already subsided, she'll be able to get in quicker than we did.

She is in my thoughts and prayers, she has a long hard road ahead of her.

I know  it doesn't mean much, but all my love and thougths are  with you Jan.

Homes can be replaced. People and animals cannot. The important thing is Jan & Sassy are alive