Tia Mary

We're OK here -- so far. The majority of the really BAD stuff has been south of us both to the east and the west. Our county (Forsyth) is still under flood warnings until tomorrow afternoon and it *looks* like the rain has slowed down --at least for the next few days. I told my DSis that I was about ready to build me an ark!!. I love the rain and we surely have needed it after many years of drought, just not all at one time! The worst part for me is that, while the temps have been much cooler, in the mid 70's, the humidity has been unbearably high, like 100%, and it has been playing havoc with my asthma. Of course, difficulties with my asthma are much easier to handle than trying to cope with getting flooded out. It is so heart breaking to see the pictures and stories on the news! So -- I am OK and, AFAIK, everything within about a 15 or 20 mile radius of me is OK. Thanks for thinking of me and let's all send "good stuff" to those unfortunate folks who haven't been near as lucky as me. CiaoMeow >^;;^<

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Such an astounding, unexpected mess, Mary. We camped on Lake Sidney Lanier years ago and have been so surprised to see its level just go down and down. Is it possible that any good will come of this mess - as to Atlanta's water supply anyway? Just so unbelievable that Atlanta has been in terrible drought and now is flooding. So glad you've reported in to us; stay alert. Polly

Up until this spring, the whole state was dealing with drought conditions and Lake Lanier was just about bone dry. We were REALLY starting to worry about future sources of water for everything. Once we got some fairly decent rain during the spring, we were at least able to water our plants but still not our lawns unless a person was willing to stand out in the heat and humidity with a hose and do it all by hand. I think it will be quite a while before we are under those sorts of restrictions again. Of course, now that summer is just about kaput and autumn is peeking around the edge of the property, the grass wouldn't need watering anyway. But THIS! Heaven's to Mergatroyd, this is just too much and wayyyy too late. DH said he heard on the news that some places in the metro Atlanta area got SIXTEEN inches of rain in the last

24 hours! You might expect that if we had a hurricane in the vicinity but it's just been thunder storms. We've been back from Lizard Land for 10 days now and DH has been waiting for the rain to stop long enough for the grass to dry out so that he could mow. Doesn't look like that's going to happen any time soon and we leave again in another 11 days for a week long cruise! There are weeds galore -- these are the ones that HE was supposed to have been removing during the time I was gone , yeah sure -- and those are all gonna just have to wait to meet their maker. I hate to think what this rain has done to crops, etc. especially in the counties south of us! There were photos on tonight's news of swamp boats trolling through neighborhoods rescuing people and animals and THAT brought back too many truly depressing memories of Katrina. I found, when we were in New Orleans last year, that I'm really, *really* allergic to mold (likely the main cause of my asthma) so I'm glad all this moisture is happening while the temps are still relatively low. VBS -- one of the positive things about Lizard Land is that there just isn't much in the way af truly nasty weather stuff. Hot, yes, but not a lot else except for the monsoon season and compared to THIS rain, that is nothing! Well, again, asking for "good stuff" for everyone who is suffering as a result of this "liquid sunshine"! CiaoMeow >^;;^<

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Tia Mary -- as a Seattle native who has been dehydrating in New Mexico for 9 years now... The "monsoon" in "monsoon season" here in the southwest refers to the seasonal change in the direction of the prevailing winds, not particularly a lot of rain. It's the time of year that spotty afternoon thundershowers occur more frequently, but that is the only connection to the wet stuff.

Sometimes the kids and I make up our own "myths" about rain. Like, obviously, since water in the ocean looks blue, there is water up in the sky. Clouds make the blue go away because the water falls down to the ground! So when it rains, we said "the sky is falling, the sky is falling!"

Family jokes like that make life more fun! ;-)

Dragonfly (Pam) ...who has gotten a grand total of about 2 inches of rain this "monsoon" season....spread over about 4 months. Most in two days of non-monsoonal weather patterns!

Well, I lived in Lizard Land for 35 years and I have seen the desert SouthWest monsoon season in all it's various incarnations. I'm sure it's different in New Mexico but in Phx, AZ there has been many a year when the monsoon season resulted in floods and more often than not there is sufficient rain to keep the dry washes and stream beds raging with enough deceptively calm water that unsuspecting motorists ended up stranded and need to be rescued. Mostly, tho', it was a time of massive winds, nasty humidity (especially when combined with 105F to 110F or higher temps) and thunderous, instantaneous downpours that last just minutes. Folks here in Magnoliaville have no understanding of a place that gets less than 10" annual rainfall and 99% of that falling in a matter of six or eight weeks. Not sure if it has changed but the average was about 7" of yearly rainfall when I still lived there!! When you consider that many of the metro Atlanta areas have gotten that much rain in a 24 hour period it makes you realize that most of AZ, well everything outside the Mogollon Rim and points north, really has no weather at all apart from the monsoon season -- LOLOL! CiaoMeow >^;;^<

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So glad to hear you're safe and dry. We just saw pictures on the national news, and it's all too reminiscent of what people around here went through last year. We're keeping all those affected in our prayers.

I'm glad to hear that you're doing okay so far, TM! How about the rest of this group? Anyone else affected?

I don't know if it's here or at RCTN but there is someone who lives in the north west part of the state. I haven't seen or heard about any really bad widespread flooding in that part of the state but that doesn't mean it hasn't happened! HMMM -- I'll have to post over at RCTN and see if there is any response. CiaoMeow >^;;^<

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Thanks for letting us know you're okay Carole - and that your quilting/sewing stuff is dry too. Let's hope the worst of it is over now.

All I've got is a waterlogged basement and den, thank goodness. I'm in the northwest corner of Georgia, across the line from Chattanooga TN. There've been a couple of deaths in this immediate area and a lot of flooding--people evacuated, Red Cross setting up shelters, etc. Drivers are finding it hard to maneuver from one side of town to the other because of bridges/roads being closed because of flooding. They think the water may start receding now that the flood stage has been reached (Chickamauga creek, flowing into the TN river from north GA).

rusty

Sounds pretty bad, Rusty. Take care and hope you get your home dried out soonest. . In message , rusty writes

Do get that roof leak inspected as soon as you can, Carole - even if it's only a quick look around. After Hurricane Georges, we were aware of a roof leak and stained ceilings but didn't think it was bad or urgent and there were lots of folks who did have Urgent. A week or two later, our ceilings started giving up and falling in. Scared the Dickens out of the QI. He jumped in my arms and said, "I didn't break it; it was already broke". Nobody hurt but it surely was a mess. Polly

"Carole-Retired and Loving It" I'm in NW GA (Cherokee County) and my neighborhood didn't have any

The waterlogged basement and den are quite a lot, Rusty! I don't envy you the clean-up, but I'm grateful that's all the more you have to do.

It's amazing to see the power of water - not only closing roads, but tearing them up as well. We saw some pictures of that on the national news yesterday. And yes, it does make travel hard. KJ and I live about 30 miles apart, but after our flood last year, we had to take a 254 mile (or something like that) detour to get from one place to the other!

HMMM -- we're neighbors -- sort of :-). I live in the Midway area (are you familiar with the Midway MealHouse?), the far south western part of Forsyth Co. right along the border with Fulton Co. and not too far from Cherokee Co. Where in Cherokee are you located? DO be sure to get the roof leak fixed. Heaven forbid it gets worse and creeps into the quilting area!!!!! CiaoMeow >^;;^<

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Glad you are OK Rusty! You are the person I was remembering up there in the NW part of the state. Forecast for this area is sunny today (which it is right now) but more rain tomorrow. The word is that Lake Lanier rose THREE FEET in just 48 hours! That's as lot of water and the lake is almost at capacity! Heaven help us if we get too much more rain! CiaoMeow >^;;^<

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