Deanne Hutchison
I was unaware that so much was happening other than reading reports of the governor issuing State of Emergency warnings. I was speaking long distance with my mother on the telephone and reading to her from the internet about the State warning. All of a sudden I heard Boom, zzzzzz, Boom! I lost contact with my mom. I knew far too well that it was the power line. Electricity was lost in the house. I walked out front to see what was going on. There were a swarm of people across the street with the look of fear in their eyes. I said "what is going on"? They said "The power line was sparking a radius of two blocks down."
Moments later I came back in to find that I did not lose my telephone signal because my mom called back, saying what happened? I told her about the bad storms with excess rainfall the last couple of days. I walked back outside to hear there are all kinds of floods in Columbus. Then I heard someone say, the hospital is being evacuated. They are flooding. It was incredible.
For the next 3 or so hours I saw huge military helicopters flying within feet over my house. Other aircraft as well. Everyone that lived on this street was outside, because most had lost power. Sirens raced the street for the next few hours as well. We were very scared. We saw emergency vehicles fly by with boats on the back. Regular vehicles with boats, mattresses you name it.
I spoke with a police officer who told me bits and pieces. She said "if you can get to a hotel, go". We cannot tell you at this point if you are safe or not. By speaking with pedestrians walking the sidewalks, they said we can't go anywhere.
Floods are all around. Most of us sat outside on porches keeping one another calm. We heard Cummins nearby was flooding. Living on dry 8th street, we were concerned the waters might move to us as well. We were preparing to hop in vehicles and head over to North High School. My sister called me from Steinhurst Manor Aptms. without a clue as to what was happening. I told her all. I called to check up on her later, and she said, "I cannot stay on the phone".
Someone knocked on my door, and we have to leave. I think a helicopter is here for us". I didn't hear back from her until the next day. She said, "she was sleeping in the cafeteria at Northside." It was about 3:00 am when everyone started to get just too tired. I spoke with another police officer and asked him if he felt it would be safe for us to sleep. (In my case, years ago, in another state, I woke up in the middle of the night with 2 feet of water surrounding me-in an apartment). The policeman said, "try to sleep on the floor, and if you feel water-that is your cue to go. Now it is 2 days later, and my nerves are just calming down now.
I was unaware that so much was happening other than reading reports of the governor issuing State of Emergency warnings. I was speaking long distance with my mother on the telephone and reading to her from the internet about the State warning. All of a sudden I heard Boom, zzzzzz, Boom! I lost contact with my mom. I knew far too well that it was the power line. Electricity was lost in the house. I walked out front to see what was going on. There were a swarm of people across the street with the look of fear in their eyes. I said "what is going on"? They said "The power line was sparking a radius of two blocks down."
Moments later I came back in to find that I did not lose my telephone signal because my mom called back, saying what happened? I told her about the bad storms with excess rainfall the last couple of days. I walked back outside to hear there are all kinds of floods in Columbus. Then I heard someone say, the hospital is being evacuated. They are flooding. It was incredible.
For the next 3 or so hours I saw huge military helicopters flying within feet over my house. Other aircraft as well. Everyone that lived on this street was outside, because most had lost power. Sirens raced the street for the next few hours as well. We were very scared. We saw emergency vehicles fly by with boats on the back. Regular vehicles with boats, mattresses you name it.
I spoke with a police officer who told me bits and pieces. She said "if you can get to a hotel, go". We cannot tell you at this point if you are safe or not. By speaking with pedestrians walking the sidewalks, they said we can't go anywhere.
Floods are all around. Most of us sat outside on porches keeping one another calm. We heard Cummins nearby was flooding. Living on dry 8th street, we were concerned the waters might move to us as well. We were preparing to hop in vehicles and head over to North High School. My sister called me from Steinhurst Manor Aptms. without a clue as to what was happening. I told her all. I called to check up on her later, and she said, "I cannot stay on the phone".
Someone knocked on my door, and we have to leave. I think a helicopter is here for us". I didn't hear back from her until the next day. She said, "she was sleeping in the cafeteria at Northside." It was about 3:00 am when everyone started to get just too tired. I spoke with another police officer and asked him if he felt it would be safe for us to sleep. (In my case, years ago, in another state, I woke up in the middle of the night with 2 feet of water surrounding me-in an apartment). The policeman said, "try to sleep on the floor, and if you feel water-that is your cue to go. Now it is 2 days later, and my nerves are just calming down now.