S Moingona Iowa July 6 1881 Fifteen year old Kate Shelley pulled the sheets from the line A terrible storm was coming Kate could feel it in the air A cold wind rose as she carried the heavy basket back to the house Black clouds rolled in The sky grew
Kate stood at the kitchen window with her younger sisters and brother They saw lightning flash They heard thunder crack in the hills Then the rain
As the rain poured down they watched the water rising in Honey Creek Soon it overflowed its banks and flooded part of the yard T m going to let the animals out of the barn Kate said If the water keeps rising they could drown Be careful you don't slip in the water her mother
