omg WHY

[unicornduke]

it was another boiling hot day, until 1:30pm when I was in the middle of irrigating and laying out new irrigation lines for the pumpkins that are suffering from lack of rain. Then it started raining. Then it became a torrential downpour.

I spent the next hour running around putting equipment away, pulling pump pipes and then the pump. Only good thing about having one pump in use is that I only need to rescue one pump. I moved our little red building (RST) out of the dip it had been in after it flooded, so hopefully the power strips turned off when they got wet and didn't fry all of our electronics. I knew we needed to move it after the last minor flood but never got around to it. so motivation I guess. it's not too bad, silt on the floor and wet, but it drains out of the building too. hopefully it drowned the rats/mice living under it

I was fully soaked even with raincoat. my truck seat is fully soaked. I had plans to go to town for the Wednesday knitting/crochet group at the library that runs from 2pm to 4pm since it was so hot and gross and we close in the afternoons on Wednesdays

womp womp I didn't even eat lunch, so it is now 3pm and it's a 25 min drive to town, so I'm just staying home. I guess the good thing is that I was here, my dad is 45 mins away at a computer client. everything would have just been fucked if I wasn't here. 

We got 1.35 inches of rain in 45 minutes. there was a 30% chance of thunderstorms, so we got lucky this time

Mostly debating on whether to still be open tonight, we do wednesday evening hours. I think we will be, the rain has already mostly drained away. this is why grass buffers and perennial crops are very very good. can't wait for what tomorrow brings

Comments

[ranunculus]

That is a LOT of rain in a short period. Thank goodness for buffer zones.

[unicornduke]

Yeah, there's barely puddles left right now, all on the roads that don't drain. But we also have more rain incoming tonight plus there's now a flood watch until Friday morning including a potential 1-2 inches Thursday overnight. Either we're extremely dry or extremely wet. As hard as it is to keep everything irrigated, I'd still prefer dry

[reedrover]

Wow that’s a lot of rain for your area. I’m glad you were home to take care of things, particularly getting equipment out of the wet and flooding.

Ugh about the truck, though. Hot wet vehicle insides are the *worst*.