What a wild week. Monday was MLK day. On Tuesday we awoke to a dusting of snow with ice and a 2 hour delay for school. It continued to snow throughout the day but warmed up and then rained all night and the next day and next. By Thursday things in Salem started to flood. Parents were given the message that they were encouraged to pick up kids early but school did not close. That night there were no evening activities in schools so no basketball practice. We did head to swimming for Ellie which was tough because so many streets were closed. School was cancelled for Friday. Some parts of Salem had awful flooding. The kids were able to play their first basketball games on Saturday. Then we drove to take a look at Wallace Marine part right here in West Salem. It is under at least 6 feet of water as the Willamette river went over flood stage. It makes me very thankful for everything I have. Hopefully the rain can stop for a while and things can dry out.
