On July 5-6 last year we had our first downpour of the season, and it made a mess of the part of the road from the fire station down to the brown gate (for those who know where those are). Three of the culverts were buried and there were one-foot deep ruts in the road.
July 6, 2014
July 6, 2014
This Monday night/Tuesday morning, just about one year later, we had our first downpour of this season — over 2″ overnight, with most of it in a heavy rain after 3 a.m. Beate and Time were prepared to work on the culverts and road on their way to work, but they didn’t need to — everything was fine. And Andy says our driveway was in fairly good shape too. Some of the ruts are a bit worse, but he only needed a few shovelfuls to clear our culverts.
We’re hoping all the lush vegetation from the June rains are making the difference. We’re keeping our fingers crossed!
July 8, 2015
Wonderful news indeed. Green cover will hold down the soil.
Yes! 🙂
OH! keeping fingers crossed here too! i thought that road problem last year would never end!
mother nature supplies. sometimes it takes awhile… but she manages always. her time frame is just not always our time frame! 🙂
Last year wasn’t so bad, except for the shock that the first heavy rain made such a mess. We thought we were in for a repeat of the year before. It’s exciting that this year we survived one downpour, at least.
2 inches more or less all at once. It’s hard for me to even imagine such a thing, esp now with smoke from British Columbia wildfires dimming the sun to an orange ball, and more drought predicted. So, let’s hear it for green cover!
Yes, drought is unusual for you. You have our sympathy!
I left you a comment this morning but then the power went out!
My first day off and there was a power outage for 1800 people here in town.
I guess a transformer blew a few blocks away.
Thank goodness everything is up and running now! LOL!
I’m so glad to read that the rain didn’t cause big problems like last year.
We had a lot of rain on Monday, the worst of it came down while I was driving home.
Flash flooding and I was on River Drive and had to drive in the center to avoid all the water gushing out off the gutters. It was rather scary. Luckily my van isn’t real low to the ground or I might have stalled out.
When I got home, I noticed that water had seeped in my basement from places it has never before. But at least I’m up on the Hill and not down by the river.
Weather seems to be crazy the last few years!
That must have been scary driving! Good luck on the basement — I hope the problem isn’t too bad.
Cindi, with your power outage and your day off – at least you could really hahve a day off and not think “must vaccum or whatever”
Hope the culverts stay clear
Thanks.
Me again!
Just realized how far behind I am on reading your posts!
Sorry!
I think I’m caught up now.
Funny how the days fly by here in blogland
but drag in reality! Hahahaha!
Thank you so much for coming by!
lots of very cold starts here of late, which only can mean good skiing slopes around 5 hours south of here at the mouuntain ranges…but then we have glorious fine days.
then just as we get on top of the cold down comes the rain!
Which do you prefer? Presumably the rain would be warmer than hard frosts, but messier to go out in. We love the rain here, but we seldom get it in winter. Too cold for it.