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Jul. 13th, 2023 09:03 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
unicornduke All I have to say about the storm we got it: Jesus fucking christ
We held an afternoon field meeting and finished up in time to hang in the barn for the potluck. There was hail there. It cleared out and I killed time before I left, hoping it would be through before I got there. I chased it east, and then drove into it for the last, should have been 15 mins of my drive. Took me 30, going about 30mph the whole way, dodging running water and downed branches.
I wished I had my truck, but the fleet car got me through okay. Just hoping I didn't damage it when I ran over a decent size stick that I couldn't see because of the heavy rain.
The power was on when I got home although it had been out at some point. Mara was very upset but I sat with her a bit and got her to take her meds, eat and we made a quick loop of the house so she could pee.
We got an inch and a half of rain yesterday. I'm sure we got at least two or three in this storm. There's a tiny bit of water in the basement, which is new but we've had a lot of rain recently so I've been emptying the dehumidifier water every time I remember it, which is usually twice a day. Not even enough for a sump pump, so I'm not worried about it.
I'm watching the lighting show out the window as I lay in bed.
We held an afternoon field meeting and finished up in time to hang in the barn for the potluck. There was hail there. It cleared out and I killed time before I left, hoping it would be through before I got there. I chased it east, and then drove into it for the last, should have been 15 mins of my drive. Took me 30, going about 30mph the whole way, dodging running water and downed branches.
I wished I had my truck, but the fleet car got me through okay. Just hoping I didn't damage it when I ran over a decent size stick that I couldn't see because of the heavy rain.
The power was on when I got home although it had been out at some point. Mara was very upset but I sat with her a bit and got her to take her meds, eat and we made a quick loop of the house so she could pee.
We got an inch and a half of rain yesterday. I'm sure we got at least two or three in this storm. There's a tiny bit of water in the basement, which is new but we've had a lot of rain recently so I've been emptying the dehumidifier water every time I remember it, which is usually twice a day. Not even enough for a sump pump, so I'm not worried about it.
I'm watching the lighting show out the window as I lay in bed.
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Date: 2023-07-14 01:28 am (UTC)Yikes!
Glad you're OK.
About that much rain here, but I didn't have to go anywhere and it was decorously conducted; it fell between three and six in the morning. And no hail that I noticed, so I feel lucky.
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Date: 2023-07-14 12:44 pm (UTC)