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After a busy morning, it turned into be a quiet afternoon. The flood water receded, but left thousands of residential house and business building out of power. In some area, the flood water poured into roads and damaged the basements.
I was driving to home when I heard the weather brief from radio. I knew exactly what it described. I saw with my own eyes how the flood water changed a small stream into a river! The scene was dramatically impressive and scary!
I am a good sleeper, in my memory, I have never been woken up by heavy rain, thunder, or other loud sounds at midnight during sleep. This morning when I opened my eyes, through the double-pane window I heard the sound from constant dripping water. It is raining!
It didn’t rain for a while, the last rain should be a month ago. so I was happy about the rain. Furthermore, I don’t need to work today. In a raining day, no matter what I do, reading, writing , cleaning, or just running around in the house will make me feel especially good.
Standing on the deck, I listened the rain and appreciated my back yard. The rain was not heavy, not light, but medium, perfect in my eyes. To my surprise, a brook came into my sight. The water from rain formed a small brook in my back yard! I have never saw this in the past five years since I moved in. The green grass in the water looked vibrant and elegant. Observing the bubbles forming and disappearing among the grass in the crystal clear water was really a romantic and fun thing. I started wishing the brook would stay here all the time., then I would stand on my deck to appreciate the beauty of water everyday!
早晨起來聽到外麵的雨聲，心中驚喜。有一段時間沒下雨了，上一次落雨應該是一個月前。那之前的兩三個星期下了幾場有破壞性的豪雨。雷電狂風豪雨不僅造成大麵積停電，還摧毀了很多大樹，至今還有一些殘枝斷幹伏於路邊的林緣處。這些破壞比同時期發生在德國小鎮，中國鄭州的水災完全不值得一提。
七點多立在陽台，一邊聽雨，一邊看後院雨中的景象。令我吃驚的是，在我眼前不遠處竟然出現了一條小溪。小溪最寬處快一米，溪水清且淺，黃綠色的小草立在水中，顯得份外富有生機和活力。溪水緩緩流動，雨滴落在清透的水麵上，形成消失，流暢自如，和諧美妙，那感覺就像看音樂家嫻熟的手指，在鋼琴上滑過。這一定是昨夜或今晨的雨水形成的，如果讓我選擇，我願意這條小溪永遠留在我的後院，這樣我會天天立在陽台上欣賞水的美麗。
十點多見雨停了，我打算出去走走，順便也去學校給兒子交秋季運動的費用。綠地公園上，在靠近健行道的地方，因為雨水而形成了一個不大的人造湖，湖周圍聚了二三十隻黑色的小鳥。這種小鳥都是群體活動的，我經常見到它們在草場上覓食，它們同落同飛，因為數量眾多，總讓我感覺震憾。小鳥在水上飛過，它們的身影映落在清亮如鏡的水中，動靜結合，實在是副美不勝收的圖畫。
然而再向前走，所見到的景象真是讓我驚掉了下巴！山坡下的小溪從來都是隱在溪岸下的，此時八月岸邊又長了枝葉豐茂的灌木，溪水就更加地隱蔽了。可是，可是我的眼前明明現出了一條水色渾黃的長河。那河水分明是失去了控製，漫出了河道，水和邊緣離大馬路也就3-4米遠，水位與馬路的勢差最多不超過20CM。這樣子讓列想到了一個詞----水漫金山。我順著“黃河“向上遊走，那個方向我見到兩個鎮公園的工作人員，其中一個在拍照。我問了他這是什麽情況，他說這是因為今晨五點的短時間強降雨所致。這種情形他在這裏生活了二十幾年，這還是第一次見到。他說溪的上遊水勢更猛！
I drive by the hill everyday, at the bottom of the hill, there is a stream, in winter and early spring, the water is very low, people can’t find the stream until they stand on the stream shore. In other seasons, the water is abundant, but the stream shores are filled up with vibrant bushes and gorgeous wild flowers which forming into plant fences along the shores. so the stream is invisible unless you stand along the shores, the sound of flowing water will bring you to take a look at what is behind the fence.
But now, in front of my eyes, there was a big river, a river with yellow-brown water! The border of the river was only 3-4 meters away from main road! The bottom part of the hill in one side, along with part of lawn on another side were all under water, the bushes swaying in the middle of the water made me think about people who are asking for help in despair .
兒子的學校座落在一座高坡上，坡下有一條小溪流過，那條小溪和這邊的小溪是同源的。在那裏，我見到了湍急的黃水，從大石塊縫裏奔湧而下，水聲濤濤的景象。這分明是個縮小版的洪水肆虐場景象。想想，這隻是條小溪，下的雨不過是幾小時，如果這雨下一夜，甚至是一天，那又是什麽情景！
讓我驚奇的是學校的大門上沒有“入內需戴口罩“的提示，門也沒有上鎖，可以自由出入。我戴上口罩走了進去，往辦公室走。走到辦公室門口時，裏麵走出一位女教師，她沒戴口罩。看來學校老師們是準備好與病毒共存了。再想想前兩天去TRADER JOE’S 買東西時所見：原本收銀台處的防護板全都拆除了，顧客和收銀員直接麵對麵，收銀員有戴口罩的，也有不戴口罩的，但顧客大都戴口罩。盡管當前因為DELTA 變異病毒，導致感染數字再度走高，但人們似乎已經準備好，要過基本正常的生活了。
繼續聽收音機，主持人采訪一位曾經在阿富汗喀布爾生活過一段時間，出過兩本有關阿富汗問題的書，同時也是NEW YORK TIMES 專欄作者。他說到了塔利班的SWEEPING VICTORY, 說到了阿政府軍的CORRUPTION問題，說到了當前喀布爾隻有機場和使領館是安全的，人們要逃到機場基本上就有救了，但要到達機場又是相當困難的。一想到那一對年輕的兄弟，就無比難過，他們隻比我兒子大一兩歲，為了逃離阿富汗，竟然不惜用生命一搏，還有那許許多多對塔利班重新執政而心懷恐懼的人。這次拜登政府的作為真是讓我們這些普通人都想不通：為什麽不先把人撤了，再撤軍呢？拜登民調，支持率暴跌，也在情理之中。年紀大了，還是在家養老的好。
