Dana Kreber

Written Memory

My name is Dana Kreber and I lived in Dark Canyon at the time of the flood. I was only seven years of age, but I remember. Our family was at the races that night when the rain started coming down. I remember coming home in a horrible downpour. As I watched out the back door the water in Rapid Creek kept getting higher and higher. Stumps and entire trees started to pass by as the creek started coming over the banks. I remember the family loading up in the car along with the cat and leaving the dog behind. Dad drove to high ground and we spent the entire night on a hill overlooking Dark Canyon. When My brother John and my sister Jeanne realized that the house could possibly wash away, they went to rescue the dog and get some dry clothes. On their way out, water started to carry them downstream with the Volkswagen so they jumped out. John had the dog in one arm and dragged Jeanne through the water with the other. They were very lucky to have made it out alive. The Crowder family just below us, wasn't so lucky. I think they lost the father and two sons.