5-23-11

Monday was somewhat calmer.  The morning began with the track hoe coming and digging the canal deeper.  They seemed to be trying to get the water to go towards the culvert more completely.  I spent the morning documenting holes in the canal where water was still flowing into the ground, instead of heading toward the culvert.
 On Sunday, I had sent a few pictures of the tractor pull over to KSL.  Monday afternoon, a reporter called and asked if he could come out and get some pictures of the flooding situation.  I notified Chris and Vonna, and the Fowers family so that they could go on record as people being affected by the flooding.  It was a surreal experience to be interviewed, and also to be on the news.  Not one I hope to repeat anytime soon.

After all of the news excitement, we noticed some large cracking on our gravel driveway.  We are hoping that these are not related to the amount of water in the ground.  One other surprise of the day was that it seemed the new road was made of marshmallows!  Too much water in the road base left the road decidedly squishy.

Hoping to get the water to flow to the new culvert, the track hoe digs the trench deeper. 

Water now headed to the new culvert

Mike Fowers was a television PRO, discussing how many times the runoff water
has gone through the Fowers land and killed trees.

Chris and Vonna Johnson tell reporters that they don't know who to be mad at. 

Concerning cracks in the driveway.  Is the driveway going to slide into the canal?

Water still flowing into sink holes.  There is no way it is still "filling in the cracks and crevices"