Rain

AlittleSalt · May 11, 2015

We had been in a draught since 2007. The lakes that I grew up fishing at were extremely low. Boat ramps that ended in dry dirt. There were water restrictions in every town around here. Long range forecasts were all pointing to this year being even dryer.

Well, in this area - they were wrong. Yesterday, it rained 2.50 inches from 7am - noon. Another 4.25 inches last night. It has been wet like that for most of this year. While putting in corner posts for our new garden, 3' deep post holes would start filling with water from underground steams.

Last year, during the draught, a crack in the ground started. It looked like all the other ones in the clay soil (3-5" wide) but this crack kept getting bigger. It was almost 2' wide. There's no crack there now.

If you turn on the TV to news - first is about the areas hit by tornadoes, and then sink holes caused by the flooding. The Texas National Guard was making high water rescues yesterday by helicopter. The weather people are saying it rained between 6-11 inches in the area where we live. We got a total of 6.75".

The forecast is for flooding rains Wednesday through next Sunday. Like the old idiom says, "When it rains - it pours" but this time, it's literal.

May 11, 2015	#1
AlittleSalt BANNED FOR LIFE Join Date: May 2014 Posts: 13,333	Rain We had been in a draught since 2007. The lakes that I grew up fishing at were extremely low. Boat ramps that ended in dry dirt. There were water restrictions in every town around here. Long range forecasts were all pointing to this year being even dryer. Well, in this area - they were wrong. Yesterday, it rained 2.50 inches from 7am - noon. Another 4.25 inches last night. It has been wet like that for most of this year. While putting in corner posts for our new garden, 3' deep post holes would start filling with water from underground steams. Last year, during the draught, a crack in the ground started. It looked like all the other ones in the clay soil (3-5" wide) but this crack kept getting bigger. It was almost 2' wide. There's no crack there now. If you turn on the TV to news - first is about the areas hit by tornadoes, and then sink holes caused by the flooding. The Texas National Guard was making high water rescues yesterday by helicopter. The weather people are saying it rained between 6-11 inches in the area where we live. We got a total of 6.75". The forecast is for flooding rains Wednesday through next Sunday. Like the old idiom says, "When it rains - it pours" but this time, it's literal.