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Re: [RC] Flooding - Truman PrevattWe have been in a long term drought in the SE. I remember much more flooding when I was a kid. I remember in the 60's when the Ohio river almost closed down US 41 between Indiana and Kentucky. It was about an inch from crossing the road and it stayed like that for a month. The river must have been 20 feet above flood stage at that point. One of the reasons for the creation of the TVA was to provide flood control for the Tennessee River ( and Cumberland River) valleys. Just think what this would have been like without the dams to slow and control the run off. I lived in Baltimore when Hurricane Agnes dumped 12 inched on rain in one day on the area. In FL it is not unusual for us to get a thunderstorm in the summer that dumps 4 to 6 inches in a half an hour or to get 8 to 12 inches in a day. Spring time is tornado season and fall is hurricane season in the east. Just a fact of life. Truman Rides 2 Far wrote: 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. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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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