Bridge over the River Cocoa

The weather had normalized so i walked over the bridge to town to buy a few things. As far as the eye could see from the landward side of the bridge the river was the colour of cocoa from mud upturned in the powerful currents created by the torrents of rain.        On the way i could see through the grating, that an extremely powerful torrent of water was absolutely gushing through the roadside culvert down from Ripples Restaurant at Queechy Cottages corner.  At the sea edge the council sewage system overflow alarm beacon shone brightly in the complete absence of any visible sun all day.
 The chemist, discount and hardware stores had -Closed due to flooding- notices posted. I bought strawberries, a lime and calcium tablets from IGA.
 When I got home SES had sandbagged the door so I thanked them just as they were driving out down a drive nearby which had been like a gushing creek earlier in the day. It must be a long day for the SES and it will not end yet as a storm is expected tonight.
  Down at the docks the jetties were crowded with vessels among them Emnicus which was not in it's usual mooring at the edge of the river just bayside of the bridge where only a few days ago in sunny weather people bought fish straight off the boat. -$24., $33.- Customers watched as they weighed and agreed prices and if filleting was requested this was deftly accomplished in view by a girl with a knife working from a work surface on the boat.
 As people walked off with their whole silvery fish fresh and probably bursting with Omega 3 and 6 to improve intelligence, I felt the inadequacy of the imported, cardboard packaged, crumbed fillets in my own freezer that seemed more affordable.
 At home I got the candles and matches ready in case of power failure. The carpet is still partially squelchy from flooding which i referred to in the prior post. I am hoping water will not invade the house again and that the carpet hurries up and dries. The problem is partly due to the situation of the house-downhill- and also because the house is built at ground level. A few steps up to the ground floor may have elevated the interior above the water level.   
 Birds are calling to each other outside and all is peace before the forecast storm. Yesterday evening before the deluge the crickets had been very shrill and highly audible dominating out all other sound.  Then a shower came down suddenly and voila, the crickets stopped their incessant racket.  I have heard but not sighted the nearby crickets. Their kind along the Bay of Fires are black and can be present in quite dense concentrations when mating in sunny weather. They cluster on big trees near the beach and dart about through the air looking for each other. They can be heard while in the car driving out to Binalong Bay. Probably they make a feast for the bird life in the area, but the trees unfortunately are getting thinner as people hack them away for a view of boring ocean but then lose their lovely natural wind break, privacy screen, water sponge flood preventative and bird life habitat.