In this informal vlog, Victor Justin Rhodes and his family navigate a heavy rainstorm caused by a hurricane, detailing how they adapt their farm and household to the flooding. The video opens with a cancelled webinar due to internet loss, then moves into a step‑by‑step account of morning chores: checking a recently repaired gutter, feeding chickens, pigs, and Icelandic sheep, and improvising feed shelters to keep livestock dry. The family members—Jonah, Josiah, Lily, Gideon, and an older relative referred to as Pop/Mr. Brown—collaborate on problem‑solving tasks such as securing a broken fence, spreading mulch, and moving animals to safer ground. They also protect a compost pile from excess water. Later, they visit an injured family member in the emergency room, bringing a cupcake. Back at the farm, they discover a runoff creek threatening the property, dig a ditch, and dam the water to prevent further flooding. Throughout, the narrative blends practical farm management, spontaneous teamwork, and emotional support, ending with plans for a hot shower and continued chores despite ongoing rain.
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The internet went out this morning. The rain is here from the hurricanes, or more likely the winds. Because of that, we had to cancel our premium webinar for our membership area. You ready to go?
Yeah.
Okay, you're going too? Just like that? You're gonna help us with chores?
We are. I can't find my raincoat, so I'll just go like this.
Rain jacket, rain pants, and water camera. Laurel, you got energy this morning? You got energy this morning?
Don't jump.
Don't jump, don't jump. You are wound up. You haven't been able to get your energy out.
It's the rain.
The question is, did my gutter end hold on from me fixing it the other day? Is it actually working? Well, let's just say it's not gushing over, but it's sure not perfectly sealed. Let's go, we gotta do chores. They always go on. Animals always got to eat in some rain. Rain preparation type stuff because it's supposed to rain all day today, Sunday, and into Monday. You missed us! You missed us! That was kind of crazy. Here, put these away. Here's what happened. We braved it and went out in the rain. Of course, it's fun at first. We went out and fed the chickens and the pigs first. I noticed that Josiah had the feed outside the fence and he accidentally knocked it over and the Pigs were coming through the fence and getting it right on the edge, like they were eating, like they were through the gap in the fence and eating it. Just watched. And Jonah quickly problem solved, didn't you, Jonah? And you said, turn the fence on, because they probably would have tore that fence up. So they turned that fence on and just got them a little bit. It was enough to back them off. I was proud to see Jonah problem solve in a moment like that. We've been wanting to put hay down in the pigs and chickens because they've exposed the earth. Some of it is going wash away. To prevent that at least a little, we're going to put down mulch. For us, it's a hay that doesn't have much seed in it. It's a pretty good hay. From there, we went out to the Icelandics. They need to move. They've been in there 2 days. They could stand 3 days, but not in this rain. They wear out the grass even harder with their scratching when it's wet like this. So I thought, I don't want to move them, but we really should. I mean, I'd rather just get inside and get warm and cuddle up to the beautiful one.
We moved them down. And let them out.
Then it was time for the sea monsters. As we approached the sea monsters, Jonah had this really good idea. Papa, why don't we spread the feed in front of the meat shawl and then pull the meat shawl over it, and then the chickens will have shelter to eat their feed. That worked out great. It was a good move, although they weren't in a puddle of water. They were near to it and now they're further away from it, so I'm happy about that. And lastly but not leastly, I need to cover that compost pile. It can get too wet. That's it for this morning chores. We'll have more this afternoon. The cow's got to be moved.
This is a really big cow.
Okay, so by tonight it starts to slow down. Today and then tomorrow I think it's like less of a chance, but I think it'll still pretty be pretty wet.
Okay, well, so far so manageable. Maybe you've, uh, well, maybe you noticed it, maybe you didn't before. That's Gideon. His birthday is coming up October 1st. Lily's was September 11th. We just had a party yesterday to celebrate both of them, just like a birthday party. I don't know We still have their individual birthday parties on their day, but we just thought, why don't we just have a party with our friends? Let's blend two in one. Look what Beauty made.
So beautiful.
My dad wasn't able to make it though. He has cut his leg and it just hasn't been healing well. And they thought yesterday he would have— he had to go to the emergency room. They thought he was septic. Thought he had sepsis. Infection in the blood. So they took him to the emergency room. He wasn't able to come to the party. Because he didn't go to the party, we're gonna go see him now and take him a cupcake. You ready, Mr. Brown? Mm-hmm. Okay.
Will I get wet?
No, you won't get wet under this umbrella. Okay, open the door. Go ahead, shut the door. Everybody's hanging on to Pop.
Tell everybody, how you doing? You think you're keeping things under control? Are you staying out of that creek?
That's the river, isn't it? Come here, baby.
Lily Pad.
Oh my goodness.
What a sweet baby. You gonna be 4 this month or next month? Next month, isn't it? You're a handsome guy, did you know it? You'll have to watch out for the girls. They'll be after you in another 3 years. They'll say, "I want that one." They'll want you 'cause all your money you got. My leg, Justin, the bone hurts, but not all the time, but just when I was reminded to tell you it was hurting.
Is it gonna heal?
They think so. They think the medication I've got now will.
I see our number one fans watching the show. You're gonna get caught up now.
You should see how little that dog is at the start of this. Let's go. Come on, let's go.
Come on, let's go. How's the cupcake, Pop?
Very good. That's what I just said, Freddie. This is very good.
Good job, Freddie. Thanks.
You can tell I need it. Oh, look at my shirt. I picked the right day to wear it. I know, the number one fan.
I'm wearing it too. Just Plant shirt. Oh wow, look at Laurel.
She's so little.
Son, I love you.
Love you too.
Thank you for all these sweet babies.
Yeah.
Oh my goodness, you're so precious.
Bye, honey.
I love you.
We are back home. We— last time we thought it was runoff from the, the earthworks here, but looks like we got a creek coming down. Here it is. We have to fix that.
It's supposed to go over there, isn't it?
It's supposed to go down in there to the brook.
So how do we fix it?
We need a shovel. I think it's a pretty easy fix.
Water goes down below. Is that okay? Have a look there?
Sure.
Okay.
About 30 minutes later, Beauty had to go in. Can't get the camera to show you guys. We pretty much dug a ditch and threw the extra up here to dam it up, and we completely got it 100%. Nothing rolling over this anymore. Good job, Jonah. You worked hard, buddy. I was digging it out and Jonah was throwing it up. He didn't want to stop. He's like, can we do a little bit more? Like, we done it, we did it.
I'm ready to be done.
What are you doing? Well, come on, let's go change, go hot shower. We still got power. Take a shower while we have power.
Okay, I'm taking a hot shower.
Hey, how you doing? You staying dry? You need to get some energy out, don't you? Are you a sign of what it looks like this afternoon? Oh my, hasn't let up any. We still got to do chores though, guys. That is crazy. We haven't got that many inches of rain. We just must have been so saturated. You really need to get out, don't you? Don't you? You need to get some exercise. Yeah, so I think we've had more than average rainfall this year, so we're saturated. And a few inches is a big deal. We're having some serious flooding here. Hopefully this will ease off a bit tonight, and tomorrow it's supposed to end. We'll see.
