I think of the first few weeks of October as the calm before the storm... and by storm I mean flood. The semester was winding down, students were finishing exams, Cody and Kimmmiey were about to leave, Dana and I were about to go on vacation, and we were all excited to prepare for the next semester. We knew that there was flooding elsewhere in the country, but we were ignorant of the way that it was about to change everything.
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| "bird's eye" and "blue Codes" Taken with my iPhone. |
These are familiar scenes to me. I took the photo of the birds while I was waiting to meet up with Kimmmiey for lunch on campus. As we walked around later that day, we commented on how the khlongs (canals on campus) were filled higher than we had ever seen them. I took the photo of Cody on our way back from an evening at the art museum with Jub. I remember that on the drive, we commented on how the roads, which do flood from time to time, were more flooded than we had driven through before.
We knew there was flooding.... somewhere else. And as long as it was somewhere else, there was no reason not to be calm. No reason not to feed the birds or go to the art museum. No reason to think that soon, both of the places I took these photos would be under feet of water.... that they would still be underwater.
I have no idea what Cody was listening to, but I think that this song would fit the week perfectly.
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