On Tuesday and Wednesday we received around 2 inches of rain. It left the yard soppy and soaked. Today, Friday, we are expected to receive another 3-5 inches of rain. This morning it started raining shortly after 6 am and by 10 am this is what we see…
Our house is on a hill, but on three sides of the hill, the elevation drops about 25 feet. It’s a gradual drop. At the bottom of the hill is our pond. This is an old cow pond, because this used to be a cow pasture It is usually only about 3 feet deep in its deepest spots. Today, it is well over its boundaries.
Not only do we have flooding due to a large amount of rain at once, but we also have flooding because our yard is the lowest part of our neighborhood. Our neighbor, across the street, has a pond that is up higher than the street. It overflows, running through a drain under the road and into our yard where it heads… for our pond.
The middle of this picture, what looks like a log, is a railroad tie… this is not where we left it.
I stepped about a foot and a half into the water and the water already reaches the top of my boots.
Our neighbor next door also has a pond. Here the water is over the levee. (where the table and chairs are)
Being in the country we have lots of moles. Some of the holes have created little waterfalls.
As you can see from the trees, the pond is very full. Thankfully, there is a low spot on the backside of the levee that allows the water to run off, as long as nothing happens there, the water should recede a couple of hours after the rain stops. It is scheduled to rain until 7 am Saturday.
The covers I put around our trees to winterize them are doing well. So far they have withstood strong winds and flooding.
Even the poor worms are trying to get to higher ground. Hundreds of them are covering our porch. Poor things.
