Wet Week

Over the last week we have been seeing some good rain roll in during a series of storms. The alerts have been coming in on our phone about localized flooding. Now, before anyone worries about us, let me state we are in no danger. This flooding is normal for this area. This is not an event that, like over the last twenty years of wild fluctuations, has made us all a little edgy about flooding.

Serious flooding in these parts comes after a huge dump of snow, or an extended period of deep freezing where large amounts of rainfall cannot be absorbed into the ground, thus causing periods of flooding. Although the ground is saturated right now, the natural progression is localized flooding that doesn’t hang around long with the river running full span.

Our bridge is a good vantage point to watch the flow and its ups and downs. With more than five inches of rain over the last week, the water is turbulent brown, but there is no significant scouring of the banks where we lose valuable farm land. The water level is high right now, but within a few hours of no rainfall, we can see the river drop quickly.

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