My next place will be on stilts
The town I live in has experienced two 100 year rain events this summer. I'm pretty sure they need a new scale, or perhaps they meant mayfly years. The amount of rain recorded between June 1st and August 31st was over three times the previous record for that period. Not three times average, three times the wettest summer ever recorded.
Oddly this is a fairly localized problem. The region as a whole has not experienced record breaking rains, and even the severe flooding in July was pretty much limited to within the town borders. Storms have basically parked themselves overhead and just let go. Those of my Binghamton friends who believe there is a giant bulls' eye on my dwelling may be on to something.... I'm consulting my usual sources on how to propitiate the angry rain gods.
It's been a busy weekend including painting projects and other home improvements, a luau Saturday night (indoors because of rain although it dried up enough that we were able to sit around the firepit later in the evening.) And last night was the Ghost Shark viewing party, done MST3K style, with a variety of shark inspired cocktails and food stuffs--Jen and Chris outdid themselves with the shark-watermelon.
This morning I woke up to heavy rain and flash flood alerts--not surprising given how much rain has fallen in the last week. Trying to decide what I'll do today-- a morning bike ride is out, obviously, and even if the rain stops, the trails will be too muddy for hiking. It may be a day for the movies, or visiting a brewpub.
Oddly this is a fairly localized problem. The region as a whole has not experienced record breaking rains, and even the severe flooding in July was pretty much limited to within the town borders. Storms have basically parked themselves overhead and just let go. Those of my Binghamton friends who believe there is a giant bulls' eye on my dwelling may be on to something.... I'm consulting my usual sources on how to propitiate the angry rain gods.
It's been a busy weekend including painting projects and other home improvements, a luau Saturday night (indoors because of rain although it dried up enough that we were able to sit around the firepit later in the evening.) And last night was the Ghost Shark viewing party, done MST3K style, with a variety of shark inspired cocktails and food stuffs--Jen and Chris outdid themselves with the shark-watermelon.
This morning I woke up to heavy rain and flash flood alerts--not surprising given how much rain has fallen in the last week. Trying to decide what I'll do today-- a morning bike ride is out, obviously, and even if the rain stops, the trails will be too muddy for hiking. It may be a day for the movies, or visiting a brewpub.