Definitely could be worse. I could be back home.
That would be 75°F and -13°F for my non-metric friends.
Freakishly warm
A dose of winter
As refreshing as this dose of winter has been (I must admit to the temptation of staying), I’ll be glad to get back home.
For my non-metric friends, 12°C = 53°F, -12°C = 10°F
Late season storm
3 weeks until the official end of the 2008 hurricane season, and just to remind us that we’re not quite through yet, there is TD 17 just off the coast of Nicaragua. May even become a tropical storm in a day or so and a hurricane by the weekend, which would make it Paloma. The current 5 day track has it curving around to the northeast and heading over Cuba early next week so it shouldn’t pose any problems for the US.
Sogginess
The rain stopped about an hour ago, so I ventured out in cold wet sandals to get some more pictures of the back yard.
This is where the swale drains into the ditch. Normally during even heavy rains, the water never gets very deep here. Maybe ankle deep at most. Today in the shallow spots farthest away from the ditch, I was in water up to mid-calf.
The ditch that runs beside the house is about 1m deep. Most of the time it never fills up, even during heavy rains. The 12+ hours of rain today filled it up and then some.
This is the other end of the yard, next to the neighbours. This is where the water was mid-calf deep (easily 30 cm).
Looking down towards the ditch. It’s a lot of water to drain away.
A river runs through it
It’s been raining pretty steadily for most of the day. It’s been a long time since I’ve seen it rain like this for so long.
This is what the back yard looks like
The dark strip in the middle is ankle deep water in the swale that drains into the ditch. The water in the ditch is just a few inches from the top, and probably over the top in a couple of spots.
Update: The water comes up to mid-calf now in the shallow spots. The dogs want to go swimming in their new pond.