The county was passing around leaflets in my area, telling residents to be prepared to evacuate in case of flooding. It's good advice, the Arkansas River basin was already at the hundred year flood stage before this latest round of storms, and Big Joe Creek out back has risen about three or four feet since then, and about six inches in just the last hour.

It still has about another six feet or so before it hits the five hundred year flood stage, and I'm a few feet above that, so I don't think I have a lot to worry about here. My daughter lives just south of Glenpool, and she only has about three or four feet to go. If it rises another two feet, she plans on bugging out, and I may go with her. My cabin on Lake Tenkiller was always our first choice for a rally point but, well, it's on a lake, and won't be much of an option.

The moral is, it's always good to have a plan - but be prepared to change those plans.

Onward and upward,
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