Devonviolet Acres

frustratedearthmother said:

Holy Cow - does that mean ya'll have had more than 6 inches of liquid hell? I mean rain...

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No, that's a total of 5-1/4" now. We have two rain gauges. I emptied the one closest to the house. The one closer to the chicken yard is the one that had 4.75". DH emptied it when he went out to feed the animals. It was at 5" and now has at least 1/4".

Bruce said:

Sounds like you need a BIG pond to run all that rain to @Devonviolet, try to stay dry.

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I would love to have a nice big pond, and have tried to figure out how to put one in. The original owners bought 25 acres, which are approx 700 feet along the road and go back 1460 feet. They gave their son 20 of the 25 acres. Our property is only 150 feet wide and 1460 deep. That 150 feet is really hard to work with, when it comes to placing buildings, paddocks or ponds.

The son wasn't even using the land they gave him, except to build a house. As soon as they sold us our property, the son sold his, leaving the house unfinished. I wish they had kept a couple more acres, making our property wider, and more useable.

I'm not complaining mind you but this is the second big front that was forecast over us (this one by noon today) that never materialized. It may later on but as of now we have had nothing.

Mike CHS said:

I'm not complaining mind you but this is the second big front that was forecast over us (this one by noon today) that never materialized. It may later on but as of now we have had nothing.

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Well, I would gladly share with you. Hopefully, you with get some rain, as it moves up the eastern seaboard.

Dumped out another half inch for a total of four inches of rain. Forecasted for four more. It’s 38 degrees. Creeks are getting full.

Rain, rain go away . . . Come again some other MONTH!!!!!

Y'all can turn the valve off down there....we're good with the 3.5" we got yesterday up here.....

CntryBoy777 said:

Y'all can turn the valve off down there....we're good with the 3.5" we got yesterday up here.....

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Awesome! 3-1/2 inches is more than enough in one shot. I hope you don't continue to get it in waves, the way we are.

So, @Bruce, did you get any rain yet?

ETA - OOPS!!! Sorry @Bruce, I meant @Mike CHS !!!

So, Mike, did YOU get any of that rain you were hoping for?

I sure wish it wasn't so, but we are to get another 4.5-5" by Sun. We are having a lull in the action right now, but it is suppose to start back a little later this afternoon.

Same here @CntryBoy777. Although, it depends on the weather report you look at. We are stuck with Dallas news stations. Sometimes they each report the weather (rain\storm severity) totally differently.

We happen to be on the NE edge of their viewing area. Except for occasional lapses, the weather people insist on standing right in front of our county, blocking the radar. They love to stand where the worst of the weather is (our county) and point to the West, where it is clear. I have posted comments on their web pages three times, asking them to not block our area on the weather map, but they don't seem to care.

In my way of thinking, they could just step out of view. I watch the news to see the weather report. I really don't care about seeing, what they look like or what expensive suit or dress they are wearing.

We have the same problem with Memphis stations, we are on the southern edge of their area and even if there are tornados in the area they are only concerned with the weather that impacts the Memphis metro area and won't include our area on the radar except for a brief glimpse. It is the only reason that I watch the news too....but, they all will choose a different computer model to report what they Think will happen, but when it doesn't they have a quick explanation as to why it didn't.....