Our first hurricane event of this year turned out to be pretty much a non event. Tropical Storm Issac still hasn't even made it to hurricane status. Our biggest dangers turned out to be (as usual) the flooding. We don't flood because of the storm surge, we are just too far inland. We don't flood because we're near the river, either, too far away also. We flood because our property is the absolute lowest in our quiet little neighborhood and we flood every year.
The good thing about hurricanes is that we have plenty of warning before anything happens. So when they first started reporting about Issac, it's cone of destruction was pointed right at us. That meant it was time to get the hurricane kit up to date and put anything up that might fly away.
Well, we didn't get much of a wind event, some serious gusts every now and then but, as you know, Issac decided to wander off to the west. That put us on the rainy side of the storm. and that meant we were going to FLOOD!
We spent a good chunk of change this year bringing in more dirt and having the big pond dug out. See here:
So the goal this year was to see where the water would end up. Here's our first success. The pond is full up to the brim but still holding.
As a comparison here is a picture of the flooding we experienced in 2008 after Faye came through.
The bad news is that there is small lake next door.
We were also worried about how the front would flood. This is a picture from Sunday at about noon before we started to get the rain bands.
Next is a picture taken about 24 hours later. We're deep, but I've seen it deeper before.
And, as a comparison, this is a picture from 2008 after Faye went through. Yeah, WOW!
There was a break in the weather, so I went out last night about midnight to get a look see at the damage and this bright white blob of color caught my eye under one of the trees. It's a Night Blooming Cereus. It's hard to get a good picture when there is a tropical storm raging around you.
I only lost one plant but I think it was mainly because he was just too big to start with and he fell over mostly because the ground was so soft.
As of this writing, (Noon, Monday, August 27, 2012) Issac is sitting about 100 miles off shore from Fort Myers. We will still be getting wind gusts and rain bands for a while but I think the worst is past. Look out New Orleans. It's headed your way!
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UpDated!!!
So here we are, a week after Issac was supposed to wreak his havoc. All we got in this part of the country was pouring rain! And with the flooding comes a bit of joy. Take a look at why we still love it....
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Ah, yes, that flooding is just good fun! The neighbor kids had a blast!
Okay, this picture of Dusty is here just because she is so pretty, Issac or not.
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