I certainly hope that all is well with Max and others in the Central and Eastern part of Pennsylvania.

See these excerpts from this article in today's Pittsburgh Post Gazette: Pennsylvania flooding

"Evacuees rest at the Red Cross shelter in the G.A.R. High School in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., last night. Up to 200,000 people in the Wilkes-Barre area were ordered to leave their homes yesterday because of rising water on the Susquehanna River, while communities farther downstream and along the Delaware River also braced for major flooding....

Local authorities did not want to take any chances yesterday, ordering the precautionary evacuation of between 150,000 and 200,000 people who live along the Susquehanna in Luzerne County. Authorities said late Wlast night that at least 50,000 had heeded the order.


While Wilkes-Barre appears to have been spared, communities farther down the Susquehanna and along the Delaware River braced for major flooding this morning.


Parts of Bloomsburg were already under water and the college town -- the only large municipality on a 60-mile northern stretch of the Susquehanna River without flood protection -- faced a potentially catastrophic deluge. Authorities said 500 homes were at risk.

The mayor of Easton declared a disaster ahead of what was expected to be major flooding from the Delaware today. One end of the Third Street bridge was already submersed late last night, and the Easton Inn, a McDonald's and an Exxon gas station that were flooded a year ago and had since been repaired were once again under water..."

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Doesn't Max live closer to Philadelphia? I don't think that area is affected, is it?

I'm in the western part of Pennsylvania, and while we've had some rain [that's no unusual for Pittsburgh], I don't think there's any worry about flooding around here. And if my home on a hill on top of a hill were ever endangered by a flood, that would be a reenactment of Noah's flood.

My prayers are for all facing difficult times.