San Anselmo Flood Pictures
I managed to get my San Anselmo flood pictures up, although the personal description of the whole experience will still have to wait a bit longer. I swiped a whole bunch of pictures (including the one above) from Bill O'Callaghan of Bill O'Callaghan Design (thanks Bill!)--he's the building manager for the Courtyard (where my office and my mom's store are) and he was there the morning of 12/31 when the floodwaters were actually running. He took some pretty astounding pictures. Go look.
Bill also took a couple Quicktime movies, which are below for those of you who are interested. (The first file is approximately 7 MB, the second is approximately 8 MB.) Here are two looks up and down San Anselmo Avenue.
First look. Taken from just inside the Courtyard doors.
Second look.Taken from just outside the Courtyard doors.
And for those of you who are local and who keep wondering what you can do to help, it's the same thing that I'm sure residents of New Orleans want us to do: wait a few weeks and then go spend your money in town. Patronize the local merchants and restaurants. Bring life back to the town.
If there is any consolation to this incredibly sucky occurrence, your photographs will make your mom's insurance adjuster very, very happy as it will make claim processing much, much easier.
Yeah, I didn't think it would give you any comfort. It was worth a shot.