Friday Garden Blogging
Soggy
Daily drenchings since Sunday have kept the sump running hard
One to two inches of rain has fallen several times since last Saturday leaving everything saturated.FLOOD ADVISORY
On Thursday when I crossed the Stillwater River in Orono, I noted that the water was lapping up quite high on the banks. It's probably way up after today's wind-driven rainstorm.
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU, ME
214 PM EST FRI NOV 17 2006
...THE FLOOD ADVISORY CONTINUES FOR THE PENOBSCOT RIVER...MATTAWAMKEAG RIVER...PISCATAQUIS RIVER...
.HEAVY RAINFALL TODAY WILL CAUSE CONTINUED RAPID RISES ON RIVERS ACROSS CENTRAL AND DOWNEAST MAINE. THE PISCATAQUIS...MATTAWAMKEAG AND LOWER PENOBSCOT RIVERS ARE EXPECTED TO RISE NEAR BANKFULL.
THE FLOOD ADVISORY CONTINUES FOR THE MATTAWAMKEAG RIVER AT MATTAWAMKEAG
* FROM MSG UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
* UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
* AT 01PM FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 12.7 FEET
* FLOOD STAGE IS 13.0 FEET
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL RISE TO NEAR 12.7 FEET TOMORROW MORNING
The storm came in at about 5am this morning, waking me up with lots of odd pounding on the house and an eerie, lonely howl. It was carrying the spirits of those it took when it spawned tornadoes in North Carolina a couple of days ago.
But remarkably, despite over 32 mm of rain today (1 1/4 in.), the basement offices of Deep Blade Journal did not get wet, as they did during the 45 mm rain on Tuesday.
