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Olympus OM-D E-M5 Mark III

08/14/2011 02:20:07 PM · #1

good lord is it ever going to stop?

my pool is up nearly 3 inches and is overflowing the skimmer.

Yo_Spiff

Olympus 12-100mm f/4.0 M.Zuiko ED IS PRO

08/14/2011 02:40:11 PM · #2

Be happy to take some of that water off your hands.

08/14/2011 03:03:57 PM · #3

I'm building my ark. I really wanted to sleep late today (which is so rare), but the thunder just wouldn't quit.

08/14/2011 03:14:46 PM · #4

Steve i hear it been pretty dry down there, I'd gladly give up some of this rain. i don't think I've ever seen it rain that hard for that long. looks like it may be letting up.

08/14/2011 03:20:58 PM · #5

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Message edited by author 2011-08-14 15:21:12.

Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0L IS

08/14/2011 03:36:37 PM · #6

Will take all of the excess. Large trees dying down here and half of the grass in the side yard is dead. We sit on top of limestone and once it heats up, we are doomed! Sprinklers don't even help!
Rained yesterday for a brief time, first time in almost two months.

robs

Canon EOS R6 Mk II

08/14/2011 04:14:00 PM · #7

I dunno about rain but I have this mold up to the knees... could that be related :-) I am SICK of it here as well.... Snow in winter, rain the other month (and I mean MONTH not months). Well it feels like that.....

cowtownmom

Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT

Canon EF-S 17-85mm f/4-5.6 IS USM

08/14/2011 04:45:16 PM · #8

We missed the making a new record by 2 day. It didn't make it to triple digits on day 41 so we didn't make it past day 42. It's been well over a 100 for weeks here in Texas. No rain until recently. Too much rain in April and nothing much since then. Trees dieing, flowers not blooming, burned up grass or $800 water bills. Life is HOT and DRY here. It's been so hot and dry that lots of pools can't be kept clean. I know at work they are having to heavily monitor the Pool to keep the algae out of it and to try to keep them from feeling like a bathtub because the water is too warm.

Only good thing is that the bug population is way down this summer because it's too dry. Don't have to worry about Mosquitoes and Ants as much as usual. Yeah!!!!!

08/15/2011 10:11:24 AM · #9

Originally posted by cowtownmom:

...snip...

Only good thing is that the bug population is way down this summer because it's too dry. Don't have to worry about Mosquitoes and Ants as much as usual. Yeah!!!!!

The ants are all at our house, lol. They even did a story on the news about it. We have a sudden ant problem and have sprayed three times in the last week, inside and out. The funny thing is, the idiots try to take tiny pieces of cat food out of the tiny slit in the caulk above the base board they ~~are~~ were using for a portal and it won't fit, lol. Side note: Ants don't like WD40 or orange oil!

08/15/2011 10:13:37 AM · #10

im not sure what i got in my town but the surrounding towns are reporting 8 and 9 inches...

that seems about right.

08/15/2011 10:21:27 AM · #11

Originally posted by mike_311:

im not sure what i got in my town but the surrounding towns are reporting 8 and 9 inches...

that seems about right.

I'm sure we got close to that. Crazy isn't it? It's pouring here again right now.

08/15/2011 10:28:59 AM · #12

Take pictures!!! :p It might make my lips less dry!

08/15/2011 10:32:53 AM · #13

Originally posted by bergiekat:

Take pictures!!! :p It might make my lips less dry!

Here ya go, just watch this video... link

Then you can check out these pictures... link

Because I'm for sure not going out shooting in this weather! LOL!

08/15/2011 10:40:24 AM · #14

OMG...gurl, stay safe!! I had no idea it was that bad. Isn't it amazing how some can have flooding (like where I grew up) and others..severe drought. P.S....don't part your Taurus in the middle of the road...not a good place! :P

08/15/2011 10:47:06 AM · #15

We haven't flooded here, so I'm safe (well, except for the lake in my next door neighbors yard). LOL! I'm actually shocked, but I don't have any water at all in my basement. But I swear, I don't ever remember rain that heavy for so long, ever. And more of the same today. I'm not sure if you looked at all those viewer's pictures, but they labeled most with the towns. I think Mike might be closer to the bad flooding then I am (though I'm not far).