I realized we’d received a lot of rain this past week but had no idea the scope of damage it would cause. Our family moved from rainy Seattle to a normally dry southern Utah this summer so when we had rain four days straight we didn’t think much about it.
Unfortunately the combination of heavy rains and fast snow melt-off has caused close to $200 million in home and property damage to this small community of Santa Clara and St. George. This past Tuesday I returned from work just in time to turn on the TV and watch home after home fall into the raging Santa Clara river. Most of the homes are just a few minutes from our house in Ivins.
On Wednesday morning we drove though parts of Santa Clara high enough to view the devastation. We saw families with all their belongings loaded onto trucks while some had less than ten minutes to grab what they could and then get out of their house before it disappeared into the river. Here’s one photo I took yesterday that shows one of the many homes that were lost. We feel very blessed to be safe and hope those affected by the floods find quick resolution.
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