Floodland | Litsy

Floodland | Marcus Sedgwick

Vermont is in bad shape this morning (and there's still more to come, at least up north). Luckily our house isn't in the flood zone (at least not yet 🤞). Hope all the other Littens who live in the area are doing OK. How are you @Suet624 ? I know Montpelier got hit pretty badly.

Jari-chan Stay safe! 1y

Suet624 I keep forgetting you live here! I'm up in the Village of Hyde Park and currently okay but all the rivers around me are over their banks. Johnson, next to me, is completely swamped. All the towns around are flooded and roads washed out. I feel incredibly lucky to live in a sweet spot (at least for now) of roads still intact. Still raining up here too. Johnson Library is underwater.
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The_Penniless_Author @Suet624 That's good. We're in a part of Essex that's fine (for now, at least), but around Route 2 where it heads towards Richmond is flooding pretty badly. The Winooski River isn't supposed to crest until this afternoon. Originally they said around 20 ft., but now it's up to 21.5. They said the entire highway from Jonesville to Lake Champlain could be underwater soon! 1y

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Jas16 So scary. Please stay safe. 1y

AmyG This is so sad to read. Reminds me of Irene. 😢 1y

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Oh no!! Stay safe 💔 1y

Suet624 @The_Penniless_Author I saw that about Essex and the river. It scared the crap out of me. 1y

eeclayton Stay safe! 1y

Ruthiella Such terrible news. Glad you are safe. ❤️ 1y

julesG Stay safe! 1y

Deblovestoread Just awful. Stay safe! 1y

plemmdog I saw the news. Hope this passes with little damage 1y

Gissy Stay safe😔❤️ (edited) 1y

Suet624 How‘s it going in your neck of the woods? Have much clean up to do? 1y

The_Penniless_Author @Suet624 No, Essex is fine. Only Route 117 and the other backroads to Williston flooded (which happens all the time, although not nearly so badly), and amazingly made it through without any major damage. Route 2 to Richmond was also bad, and a bunch of people lost their cars in the park-and-ride lot, but overall we came out of it fine. How about you? Obviously, Johnson must be a complete mess. 1y

Suet624 Good to hear about your areas. My heart breaks for Johnson. Also the library, Jenna‘s Promise and the Health Center. 💔 seems like all Lamoille County was badly damaged .. those towns you don‘t hear of often too .. Cavendish, Hardwick. I think Cambridge and Jeff are mucking themselves out. I swear my little village is surrounded by devastation and shock and yet we are fine. I feel so fortunate and so sad. 1y

The_Penniless_Author @Suet624 It's sort of surreal. Other than the Intervale and areas I mentioned over towards Richmond and Bolton, Chittenden County came out unscathed. For us, it wasn't much more than a day and a half of moderate rain (and of course, the Winooski River raging like I've never seen before, but even that was more of a curiosity/photo-op than a problem). People are holding donation drives and giving money, but other than that life is going on as usual. 1y

The_Penniless_Author @Suet624 It was awful hearing about all the businesses that flooded in Montpelier and Waterbury - places we used to go to all the time, like Prohibition Pig and Three Penny Taproom and Rabble Rouser. I know a lot of them were still recovering from the pandemic, so I hope they manage to survive. 1y

Leftcoastzen @The_Penniless_Author @Suet624 I‘ve been thinking of you both , hope you stay safe! My heart breaks for Vermont flooding . 1y

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Slajaunie

Floodland | Marcus Sedgwick

Not Book related except that it kept me from getting home and reading!
Front of the school. See the van? It is backing up because a truck went through down at the corner and the water was to its headlights. It took us until 4:10 with at least one parent wading through waist high water to get her two babies to send all students home safe. We let out at 3:00 for reference.
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Slajaunie We were not even sure the buses were going to make it for a while. I thought James, my husband, was going to have to drive the 45 minutes from Thibodaux to come get me in his truck. That is if he could get through. Roads were closed everywhere. Luckily, I parked in the back and there is a huge canal to drain the water. I left school around 4:30 with another teacher in tow because she parked in the front.
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BoleyBooks Hey! I‘m originally from Houma...small world. 🤗 6y

JoScho Oh no that sucks! Glad you guys got home safely! 6y

Slajaunie @BoleyBooks Indeed yes! Where are you now? 6y

BoleyBooks @Slajaunie we just moved to Pensacola. ☀️ Not as sunny as I was told it would be. We have been getting a ton of rain here too. 🌨💦 (edited) 6y

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Yamich49

Floodland | Marcus Sedgwick

Haven‘t been on Litsy in MONTHS but trying to make the time to start posting on here again and looking forward to seeing everyone else‘s posts too! Hoping to post some reviews for books I‘ve been reading recently very soon. For now, here is a picture of our river earlier this evening - it has been raining nonstop and this is wayyyyy higher than it normally is! Luckily the rain has stopped for now and the water levels are starting to drop again. 😬

sprainedbrain Good to see you again! 6y

Zelma Yay, glad to see you back! 👋 6y

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Kt.hart

Floodland | Marcus Sedgwick

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A good short dystopian future novel. #childrensbook #fiction adventure

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Kt.hart Thank you. It was useful. I‘m trying to keep a record of all my reading this year and broaden my tastes. @RaimeyGallant (edited) 7y

KateFulfordAuthor @Kt.hart perhaps you could consider my debut? Reviews are saying: “I loved this book more than I initially thought I would. Fulford infuses her characters with intense personalities that are prone to clashing with those of others. I loved Eve from the very beginning..." It‘s been nominated for The People's Book Prize 2018 too!

Learn more via the link in the BIO (edited) 6y

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