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[RC] Flooding - Rides 2 FarEight inches in 24 hours is simply incredible. In 1982 we had 11 inches in one night which took out huge freeway type bridges, etc. Now *that* was a flashflood. The minor streams are returning to their banks so if Biltmore is like us the trails will start improving soon. Everything seems to just be sort of seaping though. You can look at a grassy slope and down at the roots of the grass there's almost a current. The threat now is the river rising here (as there?) I think they said 28 feet is flood stage and we were hitting 34. Heard on the radio that the big festival is being moved from the River Park since it's now a part of the river. I'm out of school again today since the Tennessee River has taken over the road to my school. >bg< We had plenty of snowdays left and it's paid...good day to be a teacher. :-)) My sympathies go to all who have had to endure such weather People says it's strange weather, but to me...for my lifetime, it's sort of a return to normal. When I was a kid I remember having lots of these floods. The kids at school thought I was crazy when I said I remembered the river taking over our road. Now *they'll* remember it. I'm sure that for those of you watching the weather channel it looks horrible, but unless you have water coming in your front door (and those who do bought their homes knowing it had in the past) it's really just a chance to admire the power of nature. Josie's friend who lives on the river was giving her a play by play on the phone, "There goes the swingset...goodby swingset". As I went for a walk down my road last night as it was turning dark I realized that over the course of my 2 mile walk, I never stopped hearing the sound of rushing water. Every little ditch sounded like a roaring mountain stream. The frogs along the ponds and the crickets were a sharp contrast to the quiet of just a few weeks back. The evening fog which usually hugs the contour of Lookout Creek was everwhere, since Lookout Creek now includes all the fields on that side of the road. The houses, which are built on knolls for just such an occassion looked like lakefront property. It was strange to see the light from their windows reflecting back from what *should* have been grass. I think we're past the worst of the rain. There's a 40% chance for scattered today, something like 30% Fri. & Sat. I doubt Asheville's much different. Cold front coming in Sunday, hopefully not soon enough to have lightning towards the end of the 100. Nice day Sunday for their awards. Now that it's stopped torrential raining, constantly lightning, skies aren't black, trees aren't whipping around...I'm starting to be wishful that I could do go up there too. I guess we get to compete I'm trying to be positive about this. Since all the gravel from my driveway has washed away, I'm hopeful that all the gravel the forest service put on my trail is too! :-)) Angie ________________________________________________________________ The best thing to hit the internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! Surf the web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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