TBW Daily Diary

I am posting early today because of all the nasty rumors flying about. The projected flood levels have people suggesting that the electricity will be shut off as may be the water and gas feeds. Who knows. The mayor wants to evacuate thousands and we could be on her list. This whole thing is not going well, certainly not half as well as it did in 1972 when Harold Swenson was mayor and Ron Drake on WHP Radio keep us totally informed twenty-four hours a day for several days. Being the "old hand" at this, I have spent the day calming a lot of fears but I have not been able to give Bob and peace of mind. He got up in the middle of the night and emptied our uptown basement into the first floor. One of our Christmas trees therefore is already "up" in the living room. This picture is not current but historic. It shows the scene at Second and Verbeke during Agnes at the height of the flood. The Sunken Garden truly was . . . Somewhere in this blog is a picture of the Civic Club at the Front and North Street intersection. Perhaps if you "search" using the Civic Club name it will bring up the photo shot on the same day as this one. Don't know when I will be posting again, so stay safe everyone . . .