What is your weather like ... today

[callingcolleen1]

Oh I did take some of the fish out to my sisters pond in the hill, All she can talk about is how friendly and hungry my fish are! She thinks they are making her fish more friendly too! We had a good laugh and we talked about what the fish might be "talking about!" I said "Oh! (My fish) "We were taken to a new pond up on a hill to have group sex and start a new "gene pool" ha ha ha ha.

 

[CountryEscape]

Oh my, anyone in those flood zones it's just awful, I can't imagine going through with coming back to a home that had been flooded. I guess mainly because once it happens, it can sure happen again!
I'm hoping Colleen is correct, and they have misjudged, for her sake! She's not worried about her front yard so much, just her ponds in the back yard. I have no "hill" to run to by me, I would have to get out, but no rivers are even remotely nearby to me, so no worries now or anytime in the future. If it rains buckets (like over 6" in 12 hours) the ditches and fields get to overflowing, but my property has never had any water standing on it, just flows right on by.

 

[sissy]

I( am up on a hill so it could hopefully never flood up this high .

 

[CountryEscape]

I mowed cow's pasture this morning, came in to eat some lunch and so tractor could cool off (hot and humid outside today). Went back out this afternoon to mow horse pasture, kept saying to myself, "If I can get this one section finished, I'll quit." Feet were getting hot from the exhaust. Then noticed black clouds moving in to the NW. Looked like it was going to stay NW, but then the wind changed, temps dropped (20 degree drop!) and wow was it nice! I was able to get it all done, tractor put away and in the house before the clouds opened up. Nice shower now. Hello, Summer! Went from 90 down to 70 in about 15 minutes.

 

[MitchM]

The mayor of Medicine Hat is on the news saying they are going around to the homes of 20 remaining residences who's occupants said they don't want to leave in order to convince them to leave.


I wonder who one of those 20 could be...........?

 

[j.w]

Ok I am back from the Costco ride and nope no gum or anything from that store Mitch. But sure did eat a lot of samples there. Boy Saturday is definitely the day to eat lunch free at Costco!

So here it is 6:30pm here and don't see anymore posts on flooding so thinking all is well for now and after reading the new posts above mine I see things are looking up but could get worse later on in a few days or so? Hope the water just dwindles away and all turns out fine. Colleen must be working her buns off now and will be coming home to a nice quiet neighborhood w/ no one but her and hubby and the pups. Whoa, time to party loud and get down and boogie!

 

[sissy]

I just hope it is not bad for colleen .Yep we can all guess who 2 of the hold outs are .

 

[callingcolleen1]

I am still alive! I am still home, but don't tell anyone! Had to seek back in after work cause the roads were all blocked off and police are everywhere! I will be fine, have to work in the morning, river is getting high, and just flooded river road now. That road does flood every 5 or 6 years, not a. real big deal yet....

I have to get some sleep tonight, have to work tomorrow all day! Will come home early from work if water on my street, but don't think that will happen tomorrow, might happen very early Monday morning... I can sleep tight, in my own bed, with a life jacket if I have to!!! But it is hard to sleep with the big back hoes and big dump trucks working by the creek, all I hear is beep beep beep!! And some banging with the heavy back hoes....

 

[rebelangel_3733]

stay safe and my thoughts and prayers are with you all!

 

[CountryEscape]

Good grief, why in the world would they have back hoes and dump trucks by the river, Colleen? I would think now would be a time to get them as far away form the river as possible. Maybe they are trying to put down sand bags or something heavy?
I was in the middle of two "nice" storms for a while, but now they have converged on top of me. Loving the thunder and lightening and seeing the rain. It's coming straight down, so I can leave the windows and sliding glass door open, as the rain is coming from the south a little, and I have no south windows I open on my house. Love hearing the thunder and rain. Ponds are getting a refresher for sure. I only got .5" last night, but areas north of me probably got several inches. My hay that I buy each spring got rained on, he only get 5 bales (round big bales) wrapped up before the rain got there, darn it. Oh well, that's Mother Nature for you. It won't be worth much for my horses after two days of rain on it, unless it dries out well the next 5 days or so, which is what it will take to get it baled up again.
I decided I need to get my house cleaned up good, then by mid afternoon they are saying only partly cloudy, so these storms are going to move out and sun will come back. THEN I can go outside and play. Need to fix the waterfall so it doesn't leak anymore, then pull plants for a couple of ponders, and a friend who wants some cattails for near her duck pen. LOL Pond temp was 82 yesterday, but this morning thermometer said only 72. Should have gone in yesterday when it was hot, and groomed lilies and pulled a few of them. Oh well, don't HAVE to go into the pond today to get done what I need to do.

 

[j.w]

Starting to rain here now. Yesterday was so nice and now this,sheesh! I need to go out and plant your Water Fringe CE and can't do it in the rain..........well won't do it in the rain is a better reply :biggrin:

 

[CountryEscape]

Been raining here like gangbusters for the last hour and a half, was going to go check the rain gauge, thinking it was barely raining, but it's coming down pretty steady. Love the fresh smell of outside, though. Temps dropped to 68, too, which is very nice! Back to cleaning house ....

 

[mtpond]

In 1964 I went through a flood and it was one of the worst ones that we've had here. Like you Colleen we just stayed until they made us get out. We ended up having to go out in a motor boat. Really weird going down the streets in a boat. Our house wasn't real low so we only got about 2 1/2 to 3 ft of water in our basement. Over a couple of streets there was a house that had a water mark about 8 or 9 ft up on their house and it was there for years. I guess they wanted everyone to remember. Lol. Where I live now we would have to have a lot of water before I would have to worry. Be safe and praying your fish will be fine.

 

[callingcolleen1]

Breaking news!! The river may have crested, and the last Bridge (Trans Canada Bridge) will now remain open!!

I have no water on the streets on my side of town, creek is high but well within its banks. River is not as high as the 1995 flood, but may still raise slowly, till 7 Am tomorrow morning.

I have not had time to stop and take pictures, been very busy moving things out of the basement just in case. Hubby has cluddered up the house with the basement junk and I am fit to be tied!! Grrr!!! Was hoping that sh*t would get thrown out!! Note to wives, put your foot down hard and not let your hubbys collect junk for 24 years!!! If I did not love him so much I would have beat him by now!!! Grr... stress overload, had little or no sleep and worked a long hard day this morning, so I am going to take a nap. On the bright side, after this flood sh*t is over I will tidy up the basement with my sweet "hording" hubby and get it all nice for the first time in 24 years...

CE, my hubby tells me that what I thought was a back hoe, really is a "high hoe", how the heck do I know? They all look the same to me. They were using the high hoe and big dump trucks to make a berm on the creek and prevent it from spilling the banks and flooding this area of town.

I will have a nap, and then tonight go and get some pictures if things stay positive for me. Sadly lots of people in big fancy expensive houses down by the river have flooded. Why do we put the most expensive houses right next to the river anyway???

 

[callingcolleen1]

Oh they also have the high hoes on all the bridges, three or four of the high hoes are on the Maple Avenue bridge, they reach that big bucket arm thingy out over the river and clear the logs and broken houses away that get stuck, so the water will not clog and back up even more...