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!! Man I hope they are wrong!
Prayers out for everyone in Isaac's path. Hope you don't get that much rain, Chief. Stay dry, and stay safe everyone.....
I don't envy those folks living on the gulf at all. Especially in New Orleans. Though on the positive side, it looks like Issac may get the Mississippi high enough to get those barges floating downriver.
All good points. I should not be griping I guess. The image updates itself and has now changed to 7.64 in for my location.......Getting Better
However- if it hits drought areas that hard the flooding there will (ironically) be serious, as very dry earth absorbs water more slowly. Good luck to you
firebroad
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My thoughts and hopes go out to all of you in danger of getting slammed. It looks like we will just get a little rain out of it next week in my area.
Same here. I'm in the heaviest rain area in west central IN....Our ground might as well be concrete.
Back in June 2006 (I think) we had 11 inches of rain fall in one night (on already saturated earth) and experienced some major flooding. I don't know if 8 inches on drought-stricken earth is better or worse. Either way, if this forecast holds up it is going to be an interesting weekend.
What I'm afraid will happen is that the very few crops that did manage to produce something worth harvesting (instead of just plowing under) will get flooded out. Talk about insult to injury.
Back in June 2006 (I think) we had 11 inches of rain fall in one night (on already saturated earth) and experienced some major flooding. I don't know if 8 inches on drought-stricken earth is better or worse. Either way, if this forecast holds up it is going to be an interesting weekend.
What I'm afraid will happen is that the very few crops that did manage to produce something worth harvesting (instead of just plowing under) will get flooded out. Talk about insult to injury.
We were in New Orleans in 1983 staying at the Hyatt when the flooding hit. Power out and it was stairs and change your own sheets time. All restaurants and cafes without power too. I drove through standing water for an hour and finally found a loaf of bread and some sandwich meat. As I was paying the man I talked about how bad it was. The fellow chuckled and said "Nah. Just our annual worst flood ever.".
Shadow&Flame
Minister of Fire
Well its just hitting us right now....we need the rain but I didnt want it all this fast. Hope it doesnt flood too much...
Stay safe out there...
Stay safe out there...
It might not be too bad. We were above normal rain in July then got over 6" in early August. No problem at all. An area near us got 11" and it got soaked up pretty good. No flooding to speak of except in the areas that always are prone to flooding. Good luck!
That sounds good Dennis. Maybe it will turn out that way for us too. It is just that we are so flat here, it doesn't get away very fast when it comes down like that.
Talk about a non-event. It misted heavily for 3 days with a couple brief downpours. We ended up with about 1" of rain Friday - Monday. The forecasters were only off by 88%...
We're still firmly in the D4 exceptional drought category.
Yep. Like I said when I posted this thing......"Man I hope they are wrong!"....and they were thank goodness. We got about 3 inches over 3 days, which is just what we needed.
It is tropical humid outside.... took Murph out for a walk in my muck boots (needed, still lot's of "slosh") and a sweat shirt to defend against the mosquito's.
More tomorrow.
Glad I top covered !!
More tomorrow.
Glad I top covered !!
Amazingly in contrast, we are working on a record dry period. So far we are at day 44 without rain. 51 is the record and there is no rain forecast for the next few days.
That's tough BG. We were close to that until this event. And we are not out of the woods yet. There are lots of parts of the Nation that are still in extreme drought conditions for sure. Hope you get some rain soon.
Shadow&Flame
Minister of Fire
We didnt get anything like they expected but still got 2-3 inches out of it. It was enough that they removed the burn ban(mistake if you ask me). It is still far too dry here and still hot. Its 86 and 78%humidity outside right now....
That's a sobering picture when you realize some of these areas are going many months with abnormally low or no rainfall. 30+ days w/o rain is common for us in the summer, so we'll get by. Though I do notice some of the maples are changing early this year due to the dryness.
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