When the South Platte River flows high, Chuck Sylvester doesn’t get nervous. He grew up on the river. His family’s farm has been in LaSalle for 150 years. High water, low water — he’s seen it all more times than he can count.
But he’s only seen the water rise higher than the doorknob of his garage once. He and his wife have only had to escape via a tractor and watch from a nearby hilltop as the foundation of their house disappeared underwater. The house is raised 4 feet off the ground. If it were 2 more feet off the ground, he thinks they may have been OK. As it was, they weren’t.
“Itap just part of the trials and tribulations you go through,” he said. “God’s just testing to see if we’re strong enough to stay alive.”
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