“It feels like we’ve been getting rained on for two months just practically nonstop. “I packed my suitcase and my papers and my medicine in my car this morning so that if I have to leave I can load my animals in and I can go,” said the 57-year-old civil servant.
That would depend not only on whether the rain kept coming but, more importantly, where it fell. If they announced they were opening the gates another couple of notches, it would be time to run. Over the following days, Barker paid close attention to the dam’s engineers.
