Anachronist58 Posted January 21, 2017 Share Posted January 21, 2017 (edited) Well, I want to s start out by saying that this in no way compares to the heartbreak experienced by many across this continent and the globe. Just an inconvenience in the larger scheme of things. My house was built on "stilts", after a fashion, in the middle of a creek ditch. When it rains long enough, and hard enough, two catchment levies overtop, and the water follows its course. Yesterday at 1:00 p.m., the gauge hit two inches, and the levies overtopped. Instead of running through the smithy, it found a critter hole, went to ground, under the neighbor's barn, to pop up again and bypass the smithy. Very Nice! Woo hoo! Don't get much better than that! Well came home from my shift this morning 3-3/4" in the gauge. 5" deep of water at the head, pushed down my berms, and ran mud through the entire "shop". Sure was nice while it lasted! Sure hope the shoes are pointed in the right direction? The west creek ditch is still running, so this will be tested tonight . Robert the duck Taylor Edited January 21, 2017 by Anachronist58 Post Assembly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daswulf Posted January 21, 2017 Share Posted January 21, 2017 That's rough Robert. Gopher hole thing was pretty funny but afterwards...ugh. I live at the bottom of a hill and things can get bad when it rains enough. While my shop is fine, my house is the target. I have slowly been working at fixing drainage issues. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Ling Posted January 22, 2017 Share Posted January 22, 2017 My shop is also at the bottom of a hill, and so it can get really soggy down there. The issue I have isn't so much drainage, but just that things aren't covered real well, and so EVERYTHING gets soaked and rusted when it rains. Really stinks. Littleblacksmith Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted January 22, 2017 Share Posted January 22, 2017 Not so much rain here as high winds, clocked it at 61 mph in the next small town over. No forging for me tonight... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anachronist58 Posted January 23, 2017 Author Share Posted January 23, 2017 Only 1-1/2" of rain in the gauge this morning, 44° F. Levy overtopped again, but only trickling so far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
draavi Posted January 23, 2017 Share Posted January 23, 2017 Good thing we are having a drought in California, or it could get real bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anachronist58 Posted February 27, 2017 Author Share Posted February 27, 2017 Well, two more inches of rain today and still raining...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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