Storm Wrecks Green Springs
by Marshall Miller, Feb 10, 2015
The afternoon of Thursday, February 5th, acustomer at the Greensprings Inn (where I happen to be a server) asked me if we were ready for “the storm”. My response was, “We are as ready as we can be.”
But who could prepare for what was next? The community of the Greensprings became a post-apocalyptic region full of destruction and abandoned of electricity and plumbing for three days.
Friday morning all roads entering the Greensprings including Dead Indian Memorial Road, Highway 66, and Tyler Creek Road were closed off due to landslides and flooding. Residents of the area were unable to make the drive to or from town until around 4pm in the afternoon.
None of this quite sounds like the end of the world, but trust me, when you are unable to shower for 3 days, your plumbing doesn’t work (you may use your imagination), there is no food because your refrigerator let everything spoil, and you can’t charge your phone, it is definitely not a picnic. “It was like living in the dark ages,” states resident Zach Knudsen.
During those dark moments (literally) for the GS community, there was one bright light that kept the community going. Well, sort of, it was several lights, all run by generators and from candles. The Greensprings Inn kept on providing people with food and light all through the weekend.
Thankfully now the roads are clear, the power and plumbing are back, but unfortunately many families will have to wait for roofs and totaled cars to be fixed from the downed trees.Â
But as a member of the GS community myself, I can speak for all of us when I say that electricity and plumbing will not be taken for granted for a very long time.
Photo Cred. to Rogue Weather and Tiffany Morey
