Thursday – A Little Personal – Noah on Speedial

~ John W. Howell

I have been discussing the fact that we have been getting a lot of rain lately. I thought I would put it into perspective with a couple of photos. On Monday night, our area received six inches of rain and wind gusts of thirty-five miles per hour. The net effect was a lot of flooded streets and flood warnings all night. Here is a photo showing how full the collection pond is behind our house.

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That thing made out of concrete is the storm drain with the pond behind. The street is flooded. The next photo shows Wednesday morning’s result of three inches more.

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That house on the right is ours and as you can see the water is getting serious. We are fortunate our builder put the house on a high mound of fill. The next photo gives you a bird’s eye view of the water level.

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This is a photo of the backyard from the sundeck above. You can see the water making an incursion into the palm tree bed and the flooded street. We expect more rain and won’t be clear of the weather until Friday. We have also had a few tornado warnings as well.

“Hello. Is this Noah? Yeah, a question for you. Got any room on that Arc? Port side cabin preferred.”

28 thoughts on “Thursday – A Little Personal – Noah on Speedial”

  3. Wow. Stay dry and hope it clears up soon. Though now I keep thinking ‘Row, row, row your boat. Gently down the street’. Used to sing it as a kid when we had strong rains. Good luck and remind Noah about forgetting the unicorns last time. Don’t want another snafu.

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  9. John, I’ve been hearing about your rain, and my heart goes out to you. After putting up with drought conditions, it must seem puzzling to suddenly have to beware the rising water levels. I hope you’ll soon be able to dry out — a bit — and not get any of that mess in your lovely home. We’re coming into a wet spell this weekend — just what the farmers don’t want, I imagine.

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