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    Rain

    Could some of you folks that are getting too much rain, send some this way ?

    It's been a month since we've seen any.

    Thanks.










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    Just a month?

    Our normal annual moisture is 12". Yesterday we got the first measureable rain since May. The local paper shows prior to yesterday's measure rain we've only had 2.1" and June is our wettest month. Oh...did I mention we are in the 9th year of drought in the last 10 years?
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    We're having a little today, but it's been somewhat dry for awhile and mostly 90º and above. This little cold front has been refreshing...I know that the two guys in "the hole" working on the addition foundation are quite happy with the turn of the weather!
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    We have a light rain today too, and you are welcome to it. We're missing our second month of sun.



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    I did not look it up to verify but I would be willing to guess that we got over a foot of rain since August 1st. We are getting lots more today. Usually in August I have to mow twice durning the entire month. This year it's every four or five days (when it's not raining )

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    I'm in the same boat (no pun intended) as Michael. We are supposed to get 2-4" MORE by tomorrow morning. That after a day of heavy rain yesterday. The last 4-6 weeks have been very wet here and the weather guy on the radio station I listen to said we will definitely be in the top 10, maybe top 5 rainiest Augusts on record.

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    This is what we are getting today. I am in the middle of one of those bright yellow spots
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    Quote Originally Posted by Gary Whitt View Post
    Could some of you folks that are getting too much rain, send some this way ?

    It's been a month since we've seen any.

    Thanks.

    Talk like that in a coastal state usually ends with a named storm coming to visit.
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    We had 7" Sunday morning and it flooded out the road into town (OKC, ok, maybe city). It drained off in a few hours. The folks on the other side of OKC really got hit with up to 10" in places. That's the area on the national news. We are well over 40" for the year and our normal average is about 35". After several years of drought I'm not complaining. Some water did blow into my shop and got some plywood wet but that's the only damage I had.
    Question: I had put down fertilizer on my yard just prior to the rain. What's the chances of any of it being left? Did it soak in or wash away? The rain did come slowly at first. Probably will just have to wait and see.

    Eddie

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    What is this rain stuff you're talking about?

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    1" this weekend. Already over our yearly average. Normal for use is 18.5", right now we sit at 20.5" with 2 of our wettest months still to come. Ohhh and did I mention Dean may bring more. And this is from the dry side of Texas.
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    Just had 8-10" in one day here in southern Minn, had three people actually on top of their house because of flooding and the house floated downstream a bit.
    That must have been the ride of your life...whoa!

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    Ain't seen no rain in So. Cal for a long time-- Oh, we did have some sprinkles-- 3 inches TOTAL since April 2006!!! probably won't get rain until January- February 2008! No weeds to cut either!
    Jerry

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    Almost 3 inches in the last 24 hours That's quite a bit for this area.

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    Yea, pouring here in SE PA today...GC called off any activity on the addition as a result. And the foundation is currently in "self-backfilling" mode...
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