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They are at time.com/newsletters and are separate from a paid subscription. ## Video: Rescuing the Cows in the Flood at Liberty Hill Farm [Watch (HLS stream): Rescuing the Cows in the Flood at Liberty Hill Farm](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/KR2xngdJ.m3u8) (4:24)  _Published 2011-10-06. In this TIME cartoon, floods from Tropical Storm Irene forced the dairy cows at Liberty Hill Farm in Vermont to swim to higher ground. 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And I serve dinner and breakfast as well as provide lodging to folks from all across the country and all around the world. The, the day or two leading up To tropical storm Irene. We really did not presume [ SOUND ] that we would you know, be hit all that hard. You know, I just made sure that I have plenty of food and you know, just not a problem. Until the storm hit. [ SOUND ] And then [ LAUGH ]. And then life changed. The power was out, not a big deal. But then the water started rushing across the fields. And so my sons, Tom and David, my husband Bob went down. We have two barns that are kind of down over the bank from the house and the main barn. And the barn was just inundated with water, with all the manure floating. And betting floating out of it. My brother, was on the end of this one here, and I got behind him and just started hurting him. The little ones were following. [ SOUND ] The big ones and it was still coming up higher and higher. And it was moving from your knees towards your waist. When they finished it was over their heads. Cows don't swim normally. I don't think There might have been some spots out here where the step is where you might have been over your head if you weren't swimming but at the point once the off the concrete. [ SOUND ] It was a swim after the last two. Without roads, without power, without communication, you dump the milk down the drain, but you have to continue to milk the cows. It's absolutely vital. If you don't milk a dairy cow for a couple of days, they will die. The volunteer started arriving on Wednesday night at 10 o'clock at night. They had four [ INAUDIBLE ] Over the mountain to get here because they heard on Facebook that we needed help with our cows. Then Thursday you know, other volunteers started filtering into the valley we had a military humvee show up with National Guards its not just mud, its micro toxins that you have to worry about. So you really have to thoroughly, thoroughly clean the barns, so that the cows don't get sick. Without the volunteers in the last two weeks, our farm would not exist today, day 16. We'd be out of business. If you try to feed the corn and hay that's in the field The cows there's a fine grit from the silt and that silt and grit would just tear the linings of their stomachs. It's not possible to buy feed for an entire year for the herd. I mean, we just don't have that kind of money. Now, with the, the farm vacation business. People have rightful, you know, people have been calling to cancel because they are afraid they won't have the same experience that they had anticipated. Yesterday, I was on the phone and I looked out the window Yeah. And there was a hawk, soaring just over my lawn, riding on the thermals. And I'm like, yeah. Vermont is still beautiful. We're still here. The cows are being milked, the baby calves are mooing, [ SOUND ] you know, the chickens are still laying eggs. 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