Independence, CA
My thoughts turned today towards Independence. The town that I grew up in suffered yet another natural disaster- this time in the form of a giant mud slide. Just north of town, at least 25 homes were destroyed when a freak torrential rainstorm dropped more than 7 inches of rain high in the sierra (5 inches is the yearly average). Exactly (almost to the day) this area (Oak Creek and the Fish Hatchery) was surrounded by fire and considerable burned. With no live trees or brush, the draining water quickly turned the burned area to mud and wiped everything away in its path.
It is miraculous that no one was hurt or killed, but certainly that does not minimize the pain and loss that the resident’s are feeling now.
These pictures helped to illustrate to me the destruction that happened.
Oh, my poor little town.
July 26th, 2008 at 9:45 pm
An udate on your little town: The town continues to rally around the victims of the flood and donations to the Civic Club one week ago were up to $11,000.00. Two 10 year olds had a fundraiser selling lemonade and cookies at the court house and raised $1000.00. A town barbeque is planned and Cal Edison is having a huge yard sale with proceeds going to Independence. People are struggling to find rentals. Independence is always in short supply.
I bumped into Betsy last week and she had not seen any photos until she saw the ones on your website. Imagine that ….photos posted from Macedonia notifying someone in Bishop.
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