We have been in a very dry period up here on the mountain for the last few weeks. We’ve had one rain event of nearly a half an inch, and a couple of drizzles that gave us about 0.02 inches each.
It’s not that there has been no rain anywhere in northwest Georgia, it just seems that it keeps missing us. On Thursday when I met the well driller up at the new house, there were dark clouds and thunder. The well man wasn’t sure he wanted to erect the drill rig because of the lightning. Here’s the sequence on my phone’s weather radar app as I watched the rain fall all around us.
We got just enough actual precipitation to get the new garage slab wet, but not enough to wet the dust in the yard.
Friday we had a severe thunderstorm warning. It looked bad enough that I wasn’t sure I wanted Leah to drive down the mountain on an errand. I shouldn’t have worried. Here’s that sequence.
It looks like we were on the edge of the heaviest rain, but the total as of 7:45 pm was 0.02 inches.
I’m glad there has been rain around us. I assume that rain around us refills the aquifer we rely on, although I have no actual knowledge of hydrology. That’s good, since it means our well probably won’t run dry, but it doesn’t help all the plants that need water.
Heh. I keep thinking “Who is John, and how did he get his own management area for mountain wildlife?”
Here’s hoping you get rain soon. We’ve had more than our share this month!
It’s pretty wild that the rain keeps going around you. Sure hope you get some rain soon. I like The Ridger’s question about John and his wildlife refuge.
Unlike you, Mark, we keep getting rain here in the northern Piedmont–about every other day, in fact. Last Tuesday evening (June 23), we got incredibly severe thunderstorms that knocked out power to 0.5-million households around Philadelphia (we were spared!). Then, this last Saturday, we had intense rain from 2 p.m. until midnight–the afternoon and evening were a total “washout.” I need to send some rain down your way!
Ridger — I don’t know what it is about John, but on my radar app, his wildlife refuge shows up even when I zoom out to show Nashville and Atlanta.
Robin — We’ve had a little more rain, but it still seems to be heavier all around us than right over us.
Scott — I appreciate the offer!