Worst sign of flooding was outside the park on the roads. Henness was totally flooded and was closed off so no access to Cottonwood. Lynne Rogers sent this photo:
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| Photo from Lynne Rogers |
We send sincere compliments to the landscapers, designers, engineers, etc. who helped with the layout of roads for Palm Creek. All that rain water ran exactly as planned and drained into the golf course instead of flooding our homes. Yes, there are huge lakes on the golf course, but no damage to the residents. Thank you!
Here are more photos from today.
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| Photo from Lynne Rogers |
From Scott Honodel, Site 671
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| Scott Honodel, Site 671 |
The runoff from Oak Street flooded the area starting at site 234.
We stood on the patio at Site 126 and took a quick scan of the water on the course.
You can see how fast the rain was falling. This is the widest stream of water we've ever seen on the road in front of our house.
Looks like we'll have time to dry out now as the forecast is clear for a couple days.
Julie Wolf sent some awesome photos ... not only of the flood but of her encounter with a kestrel that was taking refuge near her house. Thank you to Julie for sharing!
Here's the flood view from site 134.
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| Photo from Julie Wolf |
Note from Julie: This bedraggled female kestrel (sometimes called a sparrow hawk) spent about a half hour clutching my window sill during the rain today. She finally got a little more strength and flew to the umbrella before flying off. I moved from one of my windows to the other and she also moved. She didn't seem to be frightened just worn out."
That would be quite an adventure for us bird watchers!
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| Photo by Julie Wolf |
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| Photo by Julie Wolf |
Later this evening, Don and I drove out to Barro's for pizza to celebrate my birthday. (Happy Birthday to ME.) 😀 We celebrated with son Anton and his gal Hannah. Here's my card from Anton.
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| Authored by a proud owner of a stray cat (named Newt) and two fish. |
I'm hearing strange weather stories from several readers. It seems Mother Nature is all mixed up with where she sends the heat and high temps vs who gets the rain. Keep the stories coming as I love hearing from readers.
***I also have a very sad story to tell. Don has worked diligently to get the drone into the sky for some aerial photos to share but found that his drone is so old that the manufacturer is no longer supporting the program. Thus he can't download needed updates for the program. He spent the next couple hours researching for a replacement and found a nice new model on Amazon. Supposedly we'll have a new machine this week. OUCH!! This little blog hobby of ours is expensive!
