July 20, 2007
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Our local television station had on this evening about the 3rd Johnstown Flood you know this does bring back some bad memories reliving it, Yes I was there, i was living in Moxhan at the time that is a small subur of Johnstown and also it is in the City, The night that it happened I got called out by the Fire Dept that I was with to do some pumping out of cellers that the water went into, We didn't even know what was going on that night when we responded to the call for the celler needing pumped out till about 1/2 of doing this job we were told to leave the pump and respond back to the station for another call, I still can remember the way it was raining and the lighting man was it bad I have never seen lighting like that night it just lit up the whole area, and the truth beknown I think that a lot of people thought it was the END OF THE WORLD that is what it seemed like it was really scarey to say the least, Well anyway like I said I was with the fire dept and my parents were on what is called low ground it took me 3 days to get back home to check on them the police wouldn't let us go threw this area and of course the telephones and power was out, Even tho I had a pick up truck at the time it wasn't a 4x4 one of my brother fire fighters got got me into the area with his 4x4 to make sure that they were alright, I finally did get back home after 4 1/2 day But you know I still can't believe that if we would have lived 2 blocks higher in that area the flood would have missed us all together, that is how the water went, We lost all of our clothers that were drying in the celler ( My Mother did a load of wash the day befor the flood and that is where she hung them to dry) My Father lost his car and I lost a motorcycle but at least we were very lucky at lest we all had our lives and like I have said so many times in my writtings if you have you family you have it all
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