[Magdalen] Rain!

[sally.davies at gmail.com]

...Amen to that...but how I wish you could send some of that our way. Here
on the South Eastern coast of South Africa we have severe drought, water
used restricted to 50l per person per day, and farmers are down to 20% of
normal water allocation, which will result in older orchards being left to
die.

Cape Town is doing better, thanks be to God, though much more is needed to
avert another crisis in the next hot, dry Summer season. Here in the E.
Cape we sometimes get those "cold fronts" but equally often they pass us
by, and we cannot count on Summer rainfall either.

Sally D

On Fri, 22 Jun 2018 at 8:43 PM Ginga Wilder <gingawilder at gmail.com> wrote:

> Flooding with heavy rains has become a common occurrance in the SC
> Lowcountry in recent years.  Charleston floods regularly now with even a
> small storm.  Direct result of rising sea levels.  I hope your area will be
> dry soon, Cady.
> Ginga
>
>
> On Fri, Jun 22, 2018 at 12:49 PM cady soukup <cadyasoukup at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > We've had 8.4 inches of rain (still raining lightly) in the past 24
> hours.
> >
> > We are high in the watershed, the area is underlaid by solid rock,
> > water tends to visit us for a short period on its rapid way
> > downstream. We have a new 'volunteer' stream that bisects our septic
> > field. We have a slowly-falling oak drooping towards our back deck and
> > driveway (cannot tell if it is being held up by branches or hope?).
> > Our pond filled to the highest it's ever been, but the pond outlet (so
> > far) has held up and we still have a pond.
> >
> > Landline phone is out. Power, cell phone, and broadband routers are
> > working for us (yes, 2 routers, 2 companies, 2 protocols, backup
> > needed). The main road north & south of us was blocked for a while
> > (tree down north, bridge nearly under water south).
> >
> > Given the precarious nature of the soil cover on our rocks, I hope and
> > pray no one is hurt or lost.
> >
> > hugs - Cady
> >
>