Alex: THANK YOU ALL so much for all the work you have done on the Web Site.

My father's home is at 2375 Sierra Ct. His name was Bryson Ahern. My parents bought that house in 1950 & I still remember being evacuated & carried to the back of a dumptruck during the flood of '55. As I recall the Redcross evacuated us either to the gym of Jordan Junior Hi or Paly Hi. My Dad stayed behind to mop the water out of our house. He was building a cabin cruiser in our backyard at the time so he had to make certain it was docked properly lest it float away.

Flooded in 1955
As I remember -- the flood of 1955 occurred two days before Christmas. We were awakened at 1 am by the Fire Department, and stepped out of bed and into water which was already up to the mattress. With three small children we were escorted down our street through water up to our hips -- onto a truck which took us to Jordan Jr. High School where we stayed till the water went down.

Having lived in London where I survived six years of air raids, this was just another adventure. Things cleared up pretty quickly -- we even managed to cook a turkey on a four burner electric plate. It took from very early in the morning to about 10 pm but we and our neighbors really enjoyed that bird.

Flooded Again in 1998...