thanks jen!
3 bridges are out nearby, but this is normal for heavy rains. two of the 'bridges' are below the grade of the pavement, (spring creek), the water just runs over...so we have to go around if we want to check on the neighbors or drive their way. the 3rd bridge is a 'real bridge', over the rush river, and the water is running across that, with trees and debris skating just beneath it.....
in may 2012 (memorial weekend) we had a massive snow melt, rain and hail.....we had to 'replace' the gravel driveway, our gardens were almost a total loss. my hives were great, they are just outside the flood plain (doesn't mean anything), they are elevated for this reason. we live beneath a ridge, 40 acres of forest and woods above us, and on top agricultural fields. the water had no where to go but down, and down it came. 40 acres in front, and the river flooded the roadway in sections, and the corn and soy bean fields were flooded and came very close to the back of our pole barn, 573 feet or so from the banks of the river, 40 acres in front.
we had water in the basement of the house and in the garage, so after this event we hired out some major excavation up through the woods and down to the road way, to funnel the water past the house. a 'channel' with a great deal of boulder and rock, and deep and wide to funnel the water away from the house for rains like this.
from may 2012, memorial weekend. all the hard work (and dollars) has paid off since then and i was happy today.....so far, so good!
