What is your weather like ... today

[MitchM]

Good grief, Colleen. You can't catch a break!
Be careful in that water. They're finding ecoli in the Calgary flood waters.

It also might be a good idea to not let the puppies go swimming in the river for a while.

 

[CountryEscape]

Holy cow, that was a crazy night for you, Colleen. Glad waters are receding. Around here, if the rain comes fast, it doesn't matter if there is a river around or not, it floods. Stay safe!!!

 

[callingcolleen1]

Well the water is allthey will be worse then ever now!!! gond, hard to tell there was so much local flooding last night, the rain fell so fast the streets down here flooded with rain water. The water came down the hills and poured onto Kings way Avenue, which turned into a river! There was a stalled car last night by my house, that tried to drive in that water. It's really hard to go walk about outside cause now cause the mosquitoes are biting me like crazy again!!

Last night I had such a good time before the storm hit, made a big fire by the pond and smoked out the bugs, but now I see they are back again, and with the new mini flash flood last night! My friend and I sat outside before the storm hit last night in my bug free zone, and we had such a nice time. Just as she left, the lighting started flashing in the night sky like crazy, made for a good light show, and my house fine, front flower bed has flooded like this before from heavy rain, about once every 7 years or so we get this, but last night was really bad! I am sure the little houses on the next block will have water on the main floor, as those little houses have next to no foundation, and that block is lower and always floods bad....

 

[callingcolleen1]

Yes Mitch, thanks, I did hear that yesterday that our water in the river is contaminated, and the bugs are so bad down by the river, last night I walked the puppies up on this hill by Redcliff. Going to keep the puppies away from the river for a while.....

 

[callingcolleen1]

This picture from last night, I think I never posted it, you can see even in the dark, all the water flowing on my sidewalk good, and the little new solar lights are just above the flood water....

 

[CountryEscape]

So, I want to know, are your goldfish in the front pond still there, or did they get washed away? Glad the water receded for you, Colleen!!! Scary for sure! I can't imagine living where your house was sitting too low, as any amount of heavy rain is going to flood it! Geesh, why do people build like that EVER!
Mosquitos last night were coming out of the woodwork here, too. Each time I watered a flower or plant, they came flying out and attacking me. I'll wear repellant from now on, as I HATE to get bitten by those suckers. I don't see any larvae in the kiddie pool anymore, not since the first time I noticed them, was going to dump it, then noticed no more of them. Either some frogs and tadpoles have moved in or the skeeters have found another place to lay their eggs. I have an area of the barn that got dug out, never backfilled, where water stands, but again, there are bullfrogs that have found easy meals in there, so hate to spray for the mosquitos. I think once the frogs find the water areas, the mosquitos are kept in check. That's my theory anyhow ...

 

[gardengirl]

Throw some dunkems in and no mosquito lavae will live and ok for fish

 

[j.w]

Gosh sakes alive Colleen! I always read posts from old to new,bottom to top, so one second I am looking at photo's where you are outside w/ your friend enjoying the night life and then here I read you are in the floods again! How awful for you! Glad tho you managed to be alright again.
Please God give her and her neighbors a nice long break now

 

[addy1]

wow colleen! we are hot and dry hitting 94 today.

Sure hope it dries out up there.

 

[CountryEscape]

Around here, some places had fireworks cancelled because it was TOO WET!!! I guess there was no place for people to park. They had 9" of rain 2 weeks ago, some roads in that Charlie Brown Park were under they said 20' of water! All came at once, people were not ready for it, although we had flash flood warnings out for that whole weekend. Anyhow, still very soggy, so didn't want cars mudding up the fields, and cancelled the fireworks. Probably will reschedule next weekend. Sunny here, but in and out of the clouds. Friend just 10 miles from me said it was pouring at her house. Yep, spotty is the word for the day and storms!

 

[callingcolleen1]

CE the front yard pond has rosy minnows and that area is slightly built up over the years, flower bed is raised with rocks, compost, mulch and stuff, gave me protection and the pond is slightly above the ground. The water from the street was seeping in the grass last night and came very close to touching the outer edge of that pond, I was worried that those minnows would jump out if the water got any higher and swim away, never happened thank goodness. The south side of the house, the water flooded my neighbors driveway a good five inches, all around his house, and came within a foot of touching my home, always worried that water will seep in basement some day... how long can my luck hold out?? Must built more berms and dykes around the low areas of yard, and disguise them as "raised flower beds!" Ha ha ha

I can't do nothing about the mosquito plague, they are not comming from my ponds, the creek is just a block away beside a hill, and that area flooded bad two weeks ago with the river flood, and created lots of new places for them to breed. Then the neighbors around me, many of the homes got sewer in basements, then they left all the windows open to try to dry out basements and get rid of the smell, but created more breeding grounds for them horrid mosquitos! Great! Just what I needed! Sewer raised mosquitos sure to bring new plagues!! Never in my life do I remember so many mosquitos!! People all over town are complaining about them hungry vampire mosquitos....

 

[CountryEscape]

Gosh, sounds like your city needs to ban the ban and use some good mosquito spray to get rid of them, especially if the alternative is lots of people getting sick from sewer raised mosquitos! Think of your dogs, too, as they can get sick from them as well. Be sure to spray when you go outside. It's not "normal" right now, so don't take any chances of getting bit by a plague ridden skeeter! Good luck with that. I HATE skeeters, they attack me when they attack no one else in a group. Guess my blood is sweet. LOL That was one great effect of chemotherapy ... no mosquito bites all that summer or the next. Now, someone just needs to patent whatever it is in that drug that causes mosquitos to leave us alone and they will be a millionaire! Don't want anyone to get cancer to have to see for themselves, just saying .... :blueflower:

 

[addy1]

With all of our frogs, dragon flies, birds, mosquitoes do not have a chance to survive here even with all the water. I saw one last year and I am outside all of the time.

 

[j.w]

We don't have many of those blood suckers here! Guess our cooler temps are good for something :cheerful:

 

[icsd71]

Dang Colleen I am sorry to hear about all the flooding you have. We have big time flooding here in central Illinois. Nothing to our property. Our lake Shelbyville is a flood control lake and all this rain has our wood lands and prairies flooded. Cant even go fishing on the banks. A lot of farmers have lost their crops do to fields that are in the river bottoms.. Seems flooding is a big problem this year. I hope thing get better for yah. It was a good day hear, no rain,and temps were ok and light wind to help keep you cool.