An unusual crossing

Byerik
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Cindy Seigle snapped a few more photos of the Orange County, Indiana Amish a week or two back, after a shock of heavy rains that caused major flooding.

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Cindy says this carriage was floating around on the water as it gamely made its way across.

Hopefully the folks down there have their basements pumped out by now. I recall a huge dumping of rain in the northern Indiana (Elkhart/Lagrange) community two summers ago. The next day the settlement looked like a waterpark. Didn’t see any buggies-turned-boats but the place was a mess.

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    1. michelle
      April 10, 2008 at 8:27 pm

      It has looked a lot like that here in Missouri!

    2. Dawn
      April 11, 2008 at 6:40 am

      I hope too much damage hasn’t occured, not just to the plain folks, but everyone else too.

      Great pictures!

    3. Shannon Bromenschenkel
      April 12, 2008 at 6:23 am

      These are amazing photos, Cindy! Great job!

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