Slip Slidin' Away

The road at the bottom of our hill was closed due to the road being flooded. We just learned last night that it is still closed due to a mudslide blocking the road! One of the ladies at church lives nearby and had some great pictures of it, so we had to go and see it for ourselves.

It was pretty amazing to see! It is hard to believe that something with that much power didn't break through the guard rail, but it sure did stretch it out! Thankfully the house was evacuated before the slide happened.

While it was sad to see that much destruction, it was sort of amusing to watch the people who must not have known much about it. We watched 3 different vehicles go right around the "road closed" sign and zip on down the road, go around the bend and then SLAM on the brakes when they saw the entire hillside sitting in front of them on the road! I guess they didn't think there was a good reason for the barricades.

This was the last one we saw do it, but he was also the slowest driver of the bunch so it isn't as dramatic. You can tell it threw them off when they saw it. Gee, that's why the road is closed...

I think it will be a while before Pacific is open again.