We see floods almost every couple of days, but this recent one was obviously beyond the norm. We asked the locals who also lost land and some structures/fruit trees, and they all said the river gets wild and crazy like this once or twice a year, but this years was more extreme than most have ever seen since they've lived here. At least I now know maximum water levels and speed, any future riverside projects will be constructed to be hydrodynamic, perhaps a tent platform with the upriver side shaped like the hull of a boat to deflect water when it goes under.
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Wow that’s wild, just like nature very often is. There are many perks to living where you are, but clearly some danger as well. I’m sure you’ve learned many lessons from this and you can rebuild and be better prepared for this possibility in the future. I’m glad nobody was injured and your main home wasn’t damaged.
Main buildings look to be okay, but I am already thinking we should sandbag the pylons of the new porch and perhaps get some bamboo growing down there. I am a humbled student of nature this week.
The bamboo is used for that in some places? Is sounds like it should work with all its roots network holding the soil together.