Hearing about a friend of mine and the disaster she just has been through really puts things into perspective. Some of you may have read before in my articles, that i often stay with my friend Brigitte of the B star poodles when i am in the USA. Since we met she has moved around but for the last few years has been in Nashville. If you have been watching the news recently you would have seen the major floods they have had and i tried to contact Brigitte but had not heard from her. I recognised some of the places on the news and thought that they were not near her house but it seems the floods were more widespread.
I spoke with Brigitte and i could not believe that the floods hit her house in a major way. If you imagine a two storey house and the water came to at least half way up the second storey rooms you can tell it was a major flood. It all happened so quickly and Brigitte did not have time to get out any of her many dogs before the water came in. She eventually managed to get someone to lend her a kayak which she managed to get some dogs in crates out. No one was interested in helping so she had to canoe through her house again and again, it must have been the scariest time ever. The bigger dogs eventually ended up swimming around in one room as the water was so high.
There house is complete mess and they have basically lost everything as it engulfed the whole house. This house and area has never been flooded in the whole time the house has been built so it took everyone by complete surprise. Brigitte got out with most of the dogs but unfortunately a few dogs and her cats were not so lucky. So the next time you think your having a bad day or things are not going right remember things could be a whole lot worse.
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