Not welcomed
In 1972 we had a supper hurricane come up the east coast and left tremendous flooding behind.That storm lasted a couple of days.
Last night we had , at my house, almost 6" of rain in a little over two hours. Streets flooded that haven't flooded since that 1972 storm---and this one didn't even have a name.
A lady and her child died trying to cross a bridge in the neighboring township. I had a 6 PM meeting about 5 miles away and I could not get there! I had an early morning meeting today and the stream flow is almost "normal" but the rocks and other debris on the country roads are everywhere.
As I worked my way home last night the stream which runs through my woods was a raging torrent and had washed out my upstream neighbor's culvert (about 48"). This morning as I left he was working on it with his backhoe, with no culvert in sight. I suspect that is somewhere down in my woods!
I have not seen that kind of rain fall in this area--ever.
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