April 5, 2017: An unusually heavy rainstorm . . .
Read MoreHeavy rain and strong thunderstorms were in the weather forecast for the Athens area today. The rain started in the late morning and continued long enough and hard enough to create a few rivers and a couple of swimming pools in my yard like this one seen in the back yard. The puddling suggests we go a lot of rain in a short amount of time. No worries here, though. The two Pieris Snowdrift plants on either side of the photo have a serious drinking problem and should be enjoying all the rain.
Runoff made its way to the short path from the back porch to the patio. The good news is that this is the only area where the water gathered anywhere near the foundation. And even then, the water continued flowing to the left in the photo above into a small valley behind my house and eventually to the path in between my house and my next door neighbor, and then to the street.