Deluge!

[Rich Z]

Well, only 38 more days and nights and we'll be wishing we had built that ark. Well, since it's supposed to let up on Christmas day, maybe Santa Claus will bring me one.

[85vette]

I had 4 inches at noon today and it's been pouring ever since. I had to go get a new battery for my generator and when I was leaving I saw a car that had hydroplaned into the ditch across the street from my driveway. Would not have been too bad except the ditch had about four feet of water in it. Dead car. Then I was coming back on I-10 and a Toyota Tundra hydroplaned into the ditch in front of me. He went down the ditch sideways and up the other side sideways! Somehow he didn't hit anything and I was able to pull him out with my F-350. Merry Christmas to him.....

[Rich Z]

I'm surprised that I don't hear the locals out on our road having mud bogging contests. The last heavy rain we had made a real mess out there. The road crew supposedly "fixed" it, but I'm not really sure what their definition of "fixed" really is. Especially from a long haul perspective.

[85vette]

The only "fix" for a dirt road in Florida is asphalt!

[donzee]

We were on the road today, started pouring on 75 at Lake Park Ga, drove the rest of the way to Ft Benning in steady, but not real bad rain.
Looks like we have Richs rain headed our way now.

[Rich Z]

Originally Posted by 85vette

The only "fix" for a dirt road in Florida is asphalt!

Probably so, but if they had left it as sand, it would likely be much better than hauling in what they refer to as "river mud" to put on the road. When it gets wet it becomes a sticky gooey mess.

As for asphaulting, they sent around a survey a while back asking if people on the road would be willing to donate a 50 ft easement through their property in order to have the road paved. 50 ft.? Thanks, but no thanks. Maybe someone with a small lot on the road wouldn't mind so much, but for our property that would be a pretty good chunk of land. As it is, they really only have a 15 ft. easement and we have to nag them every once in a while to keep them from gradually widening it every time they scrape the road.

Heck, people already zoom up and down the road with it being unpaved, throwing their trash out the windows all along the road. I'd hate to see what they would do with the road being paved.

[mrr23]

i must have missed all this rain here in orlando

[85vette]

Originally Posted by Rich Z

As for asphaulting, they sent around a survey a while back asking if people on the road would be willing to donate a 50 ft easement through their property in order to have the road paved. 50 ft.? Thanks, but no thanks. Maybe someone with a small lot on the road wouldn't mind so much, but for our property that would be a pretty good chunk of land. As it is, they really only have a 15 ft. easement and we have to nag them every once in a while to keep them from gradually widening it every time they scrape the road.

Too bad it's not a state road. Then they would have to pay you for it.

[Rich Z]

The deluge continues.....

If this were all snow it would take us a good month to dig out of the house.

[Rich Z]

Three of the rivers around here (Sopchoppy, Ochlockonee, and St. Marks) have flood warnings issued for today. Yeah, it was quite a rain event we had here.