Comments on: Rain, more rain and rainmakers

By: blogdog

blogdog — Wed, 13 Apr 2005 14:20:43 +0000

Even though a lot of our precipitation first came down as snow, we in Maine have had one of the westtest seasons in recent memory. We’ve had rivers overflowing their banks due to ice jams, flooding along the coast, and plenty of wet basements everywhere.

Our landscape is still suffering from a bad case of the inter-season “uglies,” though. Nothing is blooming just yet, so everything is still brown and sticking up out of mud. There is reason for hope: my lilac bushes are budding.

By: Reenie

Reenie — Sun, 10 Apr 2005 11:43:47 +0000

Youâ€™re absolutely right! And thatâ€™s why we have a sextet of wind chimes lining our back porch. Where we are located, a lazy breeze kicks up every day at about 11 a.m. and settles down around 4 p.m. Usually I am most grateful for Mother Natureâ€™s air conditioning, but lately weâ€™ve had powerful annoying gusty winds. Yet, it has been symphonic!

I couldnâ€™t believe it rained again Friday night. Good heavens. But my gardens have never been happier and healthier. The roses are magnificent. I mean truly glorious.

By: Barbara W. Klaser

Barbara W. Klaser — Sat, 09 Apr 2005 19:21:39 +0000

Reenie, there’s only one solution to wind. If you can’t beat it, join it: wind chimes. Of course, in a serious wind, you need durable chimes.

By: cassie-b

cassie-b — Fri, 08 Apr 2005 17:09:38 +0000

We’ve got some really soggy yards around here in Southeastern PA. We still have some roads closed, and some serious flooding in the area. Fortunately for us, we live in an area where all we get is soggy yards, and an overactive sump pump.

OK so far. I hope you stay the same

By: Reenie

Reenie — Fri, 08 Apr 2005 00:34:05 +0000

Harrumph. Wind, wind go awayâ€¦

By: violetismycolor

violetismycolor — Thu, 07 Apr 2005 03:51:41 +0000

We are even starting to see some rain up here in Oregon, though I missed some of it being out of town for the past two weeks. My grass has gotten so long, I’m not sure the lawn mower can hack it.

I was raised on a dairy farm in LA county and I can remember getting some flooding once, when I was pretty little. Our door was up a couple of steps and the water was just licking the edge of the top stair…

By: Georganna Hancock

Georganna Hancock — Wed, 06 Apr 2005 19:31:50 +0000

The good news is that the landscape is returning to pre-fire conditions. I escaped to the Mission Trails park last weekend to find a new trail up the San Diego River from the dam with fancy full-color signage explaining about the life cycles of the various habitats. Indeed, the wildflowers were abundant, if beginning to wane. I think I heard all the trails in Cuyamaca park are open now, too. True, it can be sad to see black limbs of dead trees railing against the sky, but if you set your sights lower toward the ground, most evidence of the fires has vanished.

The bad news is that the rains revealed defects in the house I bought in 2001. During the drought years, it didn’t matter that the stucco has almost invisible cracks and the house sports a deteriorated “weep screen”, allowing rain to flood the foundation, seep up the walls, soak the carpet. Excuse me, I need a weep screen myself! [insert cryie] (won’t work automatically) :’(

The sprinklers came on in our development yesterday, so I suspect the rainy season is pretty much over for this year. Whether it will end the drought seems to be debatable.

By: Eric Mayer

Eric Mayer — Wed, 06 Apr 2005 19:26:49 +0000

Here in the northeast of PA we’ve had a lot of rain recently. There was a 3 inch rainfall last week, which was less than the 6.5 we got one day last fall, with above average snowfall in between. But two years ago the talk was all about the drought the state was experiencing. Since we depend on a well, I’m happier with the rain than the drought, but just average for a change would be better still.