A testament to the drainage at my house is that we have no standing water left in our yard this morning.  The sky was clear all day and the wind dried off everything.  However, because of the run off, the local rivers are cresting earlier than expected and they have revised the estimates of the flood stages.  On top of that more rain is expected just when the rivers hit their peaks!

We drove over a bridge that is a must in our way to work and noticed that the river beneath that is usually 12 feet below the bridge on a good Spring rain is now running just under the bridge supports… that is about six feet below the top of the road!  Since the river hasn’t hit its highest yet, I may not be able to get to work Monday.

I still count myself lucky that it would have to be a flood of over 50 feet to actually hit my house, but I feel for all those who are living closer to the river. Still the people who live below us are not in any real danger as the river would have to flood 30 feet or so past its highest recorded flood stage to reach them.

Good thing is that the aquifers located beneath us are starting to fill up again and will continue to do so as the water filters down so it looks like our drought is over for now.

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