The last three days have been WET!, SLOPPY WITH MUD. Rained near non stop. Woke up today sunny, clear 45 degrees F the excess water drained. Got in four walks, and range time. Life is good!
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Swam out in the front yard, this morning, to pick up my paper. They managed to deliver it directly into the middle of the "swamp" that has formed the last few days. I have one car parked on the driveway and one in the grass. I don't dare move the one in the grass or I'll have ruts.
I was "working" Saturday and found numerous roads that would have stuck a car or wimpy SUV. One road looked so bad that I just didn't try. Ruts were deep enough to drag the axles on my Cherokee. There's still 4' of water over the county road past my house and part of my "territory" will require a 40 mile detour to reach due to flooded state highways and bridge damage.
The current flood level hasn't reached the epic 1973 "hundred year flood" but it's at the 1993 level. Those two floods were historical highs for this area but as far as I know, there are only two landowners who experienced the 1973 flood and are still here. The others have died or sold out.
The current flood level hasn't reached the epic 1973 "hundred year flood" but it's at the 1993 level. Those two floods were historical highs for this area but as far as I know, there are only two landowners who experienced the 1973 flood and are still here. The others have died or sold out.
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Sounds challenging Mobuck! You will prevail, beings you are “reasonably intelligent”! :mrgreen:
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Ya should have been here for the 93 version in st Charles county.
Much worse than 73.
Of course its be a use of more and higher levees. And the answer to that?
More and higher levees....so land that had 10' of water over it can be developed into shopping centers.
Much worse than 73.
Of course its be a use of more and higher levees. And the answer to that?
More and higher levees....so land that had 10' of water over it can be developed into shopping centers.
powder smoke
Hawkeye
Another foot of snow plowing and shoveling, no fun for me! ps 
Thing is Rural life most of the time is excellent wouldn't trade it for urban life ever!
Quiet times in the evenings are best. Lawn chair sitting beer in hand,sitting watching a
doe with twin fawns scampering around! Green grass warm breeze don't get any better! ps
Thing is Rural life most of the time is excellent wouldn't trade it for urban life ever!
Quiet times in the evenings are best. Lawn chair sitting beer in hand,sitting watching a
doe with twin fawns scampering around! Green grass warm breeze don't get any better! ps
Bull Barrel said:
. . . awaiting the next levee breach. Happens every time.
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Aww heck,, we've had enough rain to where Interstate 40, between NC & Tenn has 2 mud slides. One in NC & one in Tenn. 4-6 weeks expected before things will get opened up again. Truckers are screwed!
Rural roads are breaking up rapidly here. I started to take a county gravel road shortcut yesterday. Got 1/2 mile down that road and encountered a spot where a heavy truck(feed truck, hog truck, big load of hay??) had left 18" deep ruts for 1/4 mile. I backed out far enough to turn around and took the pavement to where I was going. I can't even get a load of gravel for my driveway because the quarry is closed.
Green Acres is the place to be.
Farm livin' is the life for me.
Land spreadin' out so far and wide
Keep Manhattan, just give me that countryside.
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Farm livin' is the life for me.
Land spreadin' out so far and wide
Keep Manhattan, just give me that countryside.
source: https://www.lyricsondemand.com/tvthemes/greenacreslyrics.html
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Yep that happens several times a decade! The geologists told the states, that route wasn’t good when I-40 was being planned! Oh well, what do geologists know? Global warming is bogus. The changes we see are normal any “ water rise” is tectonic plate movement.contender said:
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We have acreage in white County that after more than two inches of rain you can actually get a car stuck on a section of the gravel road in front of it. When the Iroquois River floods a good part of the passenger out front is flooded as well. I learned to ice skate in that pasture after it flooded and then froze. Dad and my uncle actually pulled a small portable building next to the pond and we have something of a cookout while the children of two of the employees and I skated. There is a certain T road a mile over that you take your life into your own hands getting on the blacktop when the corn's tall. Not to mention that along the Iroquois when the geese are nesting you are likely to be attacked by one or more geese if you are foolish enough to get too close.
Meanwhile back in Chicago… If you park your car in front of your house there's a good chance it won't be there the next morning. Everybody waits for St. Patrick's Day because the only time the Chicago River doesn't look sickening is when it's dyed green and if you are foolish enough to take a walk in the wrong neighborhood you're likely to be knifed.
We have power outages, we get snowed in, our police protection is notable for its absence, the roads are sometimes impassable and high-speed Internet is a very expensive proposition. But anytime we like we can knock on the neighbor's door and they will invite us in for coffee. My kids can play in the backyard he without having to worry about a stranger abducting them. And once a year the parking lot of the local high school looks like a used tractor sales lot. And even better, when the Democrats start talking about all the wonderful things we should be doing, someone stands up and ask who is going to pay for it and the Democrats sit down and shut up. I will take rural life over the dubious joys of the city any day
Meanwhile back in Chicago… If you park your car in front of your house there's a good chance it won't be there the next morning. Everybody waits for St. Patrick's Day because the only time the Chicago River doesn't look sickening is when it's dyed green and if you are foolish enough to take a walk in the wrong neighborhood you're likely to be knifed.
We have power outages, we get snowed in, our police protection is notable for its absence, the roads are sometimes impassable and high-speed Internet is a very expensive proposition. But anytime we like we can knock on the neighbor's door and they will invite us in for coffee. My kids can play in the backyard he without having to worry about a stranger abducting them. And once a year the parking lot of the local high school looks like a used tractor sales lot. And even better, when the Democrats start talking about all the wonderful things we should be doing, someone stands up and ask who is going to pay for it and the Democrats sit down and shut up. I will take rural life over the dubious joys of the city any day
Pat-inCO
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I had a fun one last week, in our 2.5 inch rain . . . I have an idiot almost
neighbor (next road North) that has his 4x4 Razor set up to be as loud as
possible. Sigh. He was out doing his best to remind all of us that he was
around. Sigh. He forgot that the road in front of my place (about 75 yds
from my front door) is the low spot around here. Net result it accumulates
a BUNCH of water, as it rains. . . . I'll be you already have it figured out . . .
He hit that large puddle at (I'll guess) 45 to 50 mph. The bow wave was
more than twice the height of the Razor. . . . Me thinks he got wet.
It might have been QUITE wet, because we have not heard him for
several days. 8)
P.S. I use a high output flashlight to deter coyotes. Any real amount of
light and they find another area to serenade. I thought I had them
convinced elsewhere was good, but they have been back for the last
two nights. - - - Good part is that even when I try to be VERY quiet as I
open the door, they now hear the lock release and move elsewhere.
What ever works. 8)
P.P.S. The county is working on a road that runs parallel to mine and a
whole bunch of the traffic uses the road I'm on to stay out of the
construction. My bet is that when the construction is finished, it will go
back to being very quiet here. :wink:
Compare that to the place I was in while in CO (you could occasionally
have a full minute without traffic) The twenty or twenty-five cars a day
is manageable.
neighbor (next road North) that has his 4x4 Razor set up to be as loud as
possible. Sigh. He was out doing his best to remind all of us that he was
around. Sigh. He forgot that the road in front of my place (about 75 yds
from my front door) is the low spot around here. Net result it accumulates
a BUNCH of water, as it rains. . . . I'll be you already have it figured out . . .
He hit that large puddle at (I'll guess) 45 to 50 mph. The bow wave was
more than twice the height of the Razor. . . . Me thinks he got wet.
It might have been QUITE wet, because we have not heard him for
several days. 8)
P.S. I use a high output flashlight to deter coyotes. Any real amount of
light and they find another area to serenade. I thought I had them
convinced elsewhere was good, but they have been back for the last
two nights. - - - Good part is that even when I try to be VERY quiet as I
open the door, they now hear the lock release and move elsewhere.
What ever works. 8)
P.P.S. The county is working on a road that runs parallel to mine and a
whole bunch of the traffic uses the road I'm on to stay out of the
construction. My bet is that when the construction is finished, it will go
back to being very quiet here. :wink:
Compare that to the place I was in while in CO (you could occasionally
have a full minute without traffic) The twenty or twenty-five cars a day
is manageable.
beavers dam flooding one of our pastures and 3 acres timber...…...trapped 2 out......rains came, had to pull....stopped for 3 days, water level stabilized, set steel again, rains returned, had to pull out, repeat...…….repeat..……..repeat......for a month now. About to use floating log sets with snares, so it floats with fluctuating water levels.
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Dynamite is your friend! :mrgreen:41magnum said:
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We had two nice days during the week, now back to WET. The good part is the grass is green? There should be mushrooms this year?
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