[Magdalen] Monsoon

[Esther Williamson]

Afton Mountain n be pretty tricky in any weather!

We have had over 7 inches of rain in the past week. If Joaquin drops 
rain on us we will have serious flooding. I lived through the flood of 
1985 here and would prefer not to have a repeat.

Esther

On 9/30/2015 10:56 PM, Jay Weigel wrote:
> Just what we need. Today I had to sign a bunch of papers so we can close on
> my parents' house. The title company in Knoxville had considerately
> arranged to send a notary to our house so I wouldn't have to chase around
> and find one, which I thought was nice. So this morning I got up to a
> voicemail from the one they'd called, telling me he was marooned in
> Keezletown (yes, there is such a place) behind 20 inches of water and
> couldn't get here, but he would see if he could find someone else. He did,
> and it got done this afternoon.
>
> However, Hurricane Joaquin is supposed to dump on us tomorrow, and S/O has
> to be in Charlottesville tomorrow and Friday for an event. I ask prayers
> for his safety going to and fro. Afton Mountain can be pretty tricky in wet
> weather.
>
> On Wednesday, September 30, 2015, Cantor03--- via Magdalen <
> magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:
>
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>> We got a much needed 2.5 inches of rain during the night.
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>> It looks as though this hurricane and other low systems may dump
>> considerably more.
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>> David Strang.
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