Build an Ark!
Jun 19th, 2008 by Tana
This evening, when it came time for a bedtime story, Steve chose to read about the flood and Noah’s ark. While he was doing that, I was out taking pictures.
We got two inches of rain in less than an hour. There you can see the storm clouds that brought it all.
Last Wednesday night [a week ago] is the first time we remember seeing a pond in the neighbor’s yard. This shot [taken this evening] reminds me of a Florida swamp.
Last Wednesday is also the first time we heard the sump pump kick on since moving into this house. The next morning, the pit was still full of water so we called the plumber. The pump was kaput so he installed a new one. For the next twelve hours, it ran for two or three seconds and was off for two or three minutes – over and over and over again. When it wasn’t running, you could hear the water pouring into the pit. According to the neighbor, their sump pump hasn’t run since the mid-1980’s.
Doesn’t that look like the perfect cabin to stay in while fishing on a lake?
[See more pictures here.]
I hope your house stays dry!
Wow, and we need the rain so badly here. We’re back into a drought. You know it’s bad when the weatherguys are actually hoping for a tropical depression to come through and dump a bunch of rain on us.