in the morning when it was still raining jarred and i ventured out to the small market in our complex. my plan was to spend yesterday afternoon making freezer meals for the next couple months. unfortunately they didn't have everything i needed, partly due to the fact that no place had power. hence, the shops that operate using computers and cash registers were all closed. it was definitely a win for the farmers selling their produce that operate out of a fanny-pack cash bag, even if they had to sell their stuff in the dark. jarred hopped in the car with josh to head into town to pick up some things. 5 minutes later he called to tell me that traffic was backed up blocks outside of town and they were just coming back.
a couple hours later (still raining) jarred and i grabbed our scooter in an attempt to be able to drive around the traffic to get into town. and after scooting in and out of cars practically just parked on the road and riding up a sidewalk, we made it. but we arrived into chaos like i have never seen here. roads everywhere were flooded. a small river that runs through the village was really close to overflowing its banks. fire trucks lined the main road. the storm drains were overflowing all over. the army was everywhere, rocking not only their uniforms but neon orange life jackets to go with them. traffic was stopped from entering the town from all directions. news crews were filming the town. power was out in the entire town. in the market i trudged through 3 inches of mud. and dead rats littered the ground, presumably having drowned in the drains. yuck.
we thought power would be out for days because they couldn't work on it until it stopped raining, and we live in the village, so who would really care? but if there is one thing this place has it is people and when they actually decide to get something done, they are pretty good at it. so by the mid-afternoon we had power and the rain was stopping. thank goodness!
