The water later rose to the bottom of that small window on the yellow house.

I can't imagine living like this for as long as you did. You all deserve medals! And then the school did fundraising for fire victims? Generous, resilient people in your little town.

When this happened in Kentucky in 1997, they had to use Search and Rescue dogs afterwards, to look for bodies and survivors. A dog I bred was the only one to find live survivors. The dogs had to be equipped with boots, and bathed after working each day, because of the sewage and bacteria problem.