As of this morning we had about 3 inches of rain up there so far this week. It started raining again this afternoon, and most of the state is under flash flood watches for the next few days. It should be a good test of the new drainage system.
So far the ditch that Orlando clawed out of the rock by the side of the road seems to be doing its job. It’s directing the water to the stream down in the valley rather than washing over the road.
And as of today only one culvert seemed to be having problems.
We should know more soon.
You’re looking refreshingly damp and green.
Yes, we love it!
YEA! 😀
oh my goodness.
SO BEAUTIFUL!!!! oh.
I’m afraid it won’t last. Even roads down here are closed because of the steady downpour.
From our local online newspaper:
That’s the road Andy took this morning. The police are urging motorists to stay home if at all possible. I will let you know how it turns out.
Here is in the drought state some of us have flat roofs that collect water. We’ve had nothing but rain the last several days.
Our roof leaked in kitchen. We went to a FREE lunch at Senior Center & now water is on Pergo floor in dinning room & living room too. Pergo boards are interlocking so you have to replace whole floor & not just a few boards if there’s damage. 🙁
We’re using towels to wipe & then pans for drip.
We replaced roof lining about 15 yrs. ago. The leak is probably at the chimney edge & is running UNDER the lining. So”How is YOUR weekend?”
P.S. Tom went up to roof & pushed off the water. Now if that isn’t the perfect husband what is? (Along with Andy of course).
Perfect or not, I’ll be happy if Andy gets home safely.
After Tom got the water off the roof he hiked down to the stream bed. It doesn’t have water in it, but now it is 20 feet of water across & about 1 1/2 ft deep in middle. 😀
Wow!
Andy says the roof of our battery house was leaking. The roof is buried, but the soil is saturated.
It is Friday the 13th. Is anyone superstitious?
I was born on Friday the 13th. All-in-all I’ve been pretty darn lucky.
I agree with that! Yay, bikehikebabe!
Good news. Andy is back safely, and the roads are fine except for around that one culvert. More details tomorrow.
we down here, have had a lot of rough weather over the last week…one storm began in the South and worked it’s magic up the country. By the time it got here, it was waning.
then of course another storm came across the Tasman, from Aussie and that has made the water table even more unhappy. there are a couple of spots in my street, one part of the footpath, one in the corner of an large empty section that causes the areas to be impassable.
today it’s supposed to be mixed and yes it has been with brilliant sun, rain breaks but also we are enveloped in a high harsh wind. probably helping the rain to do offshore….
I imagine you get a lot more rainstorms than we do. It sounds as if your weather is far from dull!
I hope the road repairs hold up, though, with all of the work that’s been done. With rain like that, what’ll the winter bring?
We having spotty luck with internet on this trip of ours. It’s supposed to rain here tonight and the high tomorrow is going to be in the 50s, with a low in the 30s.
Down here those temperatures would be low for this time of year, but you are far north. We too are curious about how much snow we’ll get this year. Andy didn’t have any trouble plowing the past couple of years with his snow plow and 3/4 ton pickup, but there wasn’t much snow. As usual, we’ll just have to see. There is no end of little challenges. We’re counting our blessings that they’re so little. So far our health is holding out — that’s the main thing.