Like many folks living in cities along the Red River this time of year,
I'm on flood watch. With the heavy snowfall this winter and constant
freeze-thaw of the past few weeks, it doesn't look good. So, we've
been keeping an eye on our friends in Fargo and wondering if we're
looking at another 1997 Red River Flood.
My kids have seen images on the news of our fellow-Manitobans
stacking sandbags around their homes, packing up whatever treasured
possessions they can carry, and leaving their homes knowing there's a
chance it won't be the same when they return.
And the questions have come as fast as floodwater: Do
we have to build a sand fort around our house too? Can we bring our
cat if we leave? Is there going to be a pool in the basement? and the always famous Mommy, what's a flood?
So, I gave them the Coles Notes version of Red River Flooding...
Spring is a hussy. She is nothing but a little tease. She comes
along, gives us a warm breeze here, a little melting there, then BAM!
her miserable pimp Winter comes back, dumps more snow on our heads,
and leaves us with a horrible case of the dreaded Outerwear
Overflows. Ew.
Outerwear Overflow: a horribly unavoidable disease suffered
by the closet or mudroom during winter-spring and summer-fall seasonal
transitions when more than one set of outerwear is needed by members of
a household in a very short period of time.
My mudroom has this. It's stuffed, full, and pretty darn close to the breaking point. And it's NASTY.
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