Jim O'Dell
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I may have mentioned in posts before that where I live, there is one road in, and it's over a creek. I know the creek has overflowed before...my Dad was here helping build my fence, and on a Sunday night it rained 6", and went over the bridge. By morning, it was back down and chunks of asphalt had been ripped off the top of the concrete structure.
Well, it's been raining this afternoon, but I doubt very seriously if over an inch and a half. Mostly medium steady rain. I came home at 5:20, and the water was 4' below the bridge. A care giver for the Curley's across the street came by about 5:45, was maybe up to 3' below the bridge. 20 minutes later she was leaving and found this:
There is a bridge under there somewhere! The posts sticking up are about 2 1/2 feet high above the road surface.
These next shots are from the back side of the house. The concrete stairs lead down to a landing area that is still 3 feet or more above the normal water level.
This last picture is from my front yard looking back to the bridge across the neighbor's yard. I can not normally see water from this point at all!
I'd say the "creek" is up about 7 or 8 feet, and this all happened in the mattter of 30 minutes! The neighbor's caregiver said Mr Curley mentioned something about someone building a dam upstream some years back. I wasn't aware of it, but it sounds like the dam is no more! That's the only thing that could explain this sudden rise of water with a not serious amount of rain today.
Let's hope that no one has a medical emergency tonight! Oh, and we have guests. LOML was still teaching when this happened, so have a mother and 9 year old girl as guests. Her husband said he'd come after her. I said sure, if he has a helicopter! Jim.
Well, it's been raining this afternoon, but I doubt very seriously if over an inch and a half. Mostly medium steady rain. I came home at 5:20, and the water was 4' below the bridge. A care giver for the Curley's across the street came by about 5:45, was maybe up to 3' below the bridge. 20 minutes later she was leaving and found this:
There is a bridge under there somewhere! The posts sticking up are about 2 1/2 feet high above the road surface.
These next shots are from the back side of the house. The concrete stairs lead down to a landing area that is still 3 feet or more above the normal water level.
This last picture is from my front yard looking back to the bridge across the neighbor's yard. I can not normally see water from this point at all!
I'd say the "creek" is up about 7 or 8 feet, and this all happened in the mattter of 30 minutes! The neighbor's caregiver said Mr Curley mentioned something about someone building a dam upstream some years back. I wasn't aware of it, but it sounds like the dam is no more! That's the only thing that could explain this sudden rise of water with a not serious amount of rain today.
Let's hope that no one has a medical emergency tonight! Oh, and we have guests. LOML was still teaching when this happened, so have a mother and 9 year old girl as guests. Her husband said he'd come after her. I said sure, if he has a helicopter! Jim.