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Offline Reedman

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Rain, rain go away . . .
« on: July 23, 2009, 06:31:03 PM »
Its been a cool, rainy summer here in the Northeast.  Tonight PA got hammered with storms. 

The weather channel was interviewing an official from our county.  A township about 5 miles from my house got 4" of rain in 2 hrs!  That is what we get in entire month.  Flash flooding everywhere.

So, what does a good ponder do after the storms stop? Go out with a flashlight and check on the stock tanks with this year's fry growing out to make sure no overflow.  No overflow!  My neighbors have to think I'm nuts . . .  {:-P;; :woot: o(

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Re: Rain, rain go away . . .
« Reply #1 on: July 23, 2009, 07:45:18 PM »
Eastern LI is getting hammered again right now, pretty hard too. Gale force winds. Over 4" of rain since yesterday. :o
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Re: Rain, rain go away . . .
« Reply #2 on: July 28, 2009, 12:22:02 PM »
And we have had 3 tenths in 6 weeks... :'(

My water bill is going ot be ridiculous... :(

But the Golden Queen is delicious!   @O@

Steve
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Re: Rain, rain go away . . .
« Reply #3 on: July 28, 2009, 05:02:20 PM »
Catastrophic drought in much of TX.  Here in southcentral PA by now the lawns would be crispy brown, but they all are a lush green like late spring.

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Re: Rain, rain go away . . .
« Reply #4 on: July 28, 2009, 05:43:22 PM »
This year hasn't been a good ponding year at all for most.  Rainy, gloomy, cool summer.  If we don't hit a 90 degree mark in July it will be the coolest in history. 
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Re: Rain, rain go away . . .
« Reply #5 on: July 29, 2009, 07:09:50 AM »
For most of July we've been 100 + somedays have been in the upper 80's though.  Several days we have been in the 109* to 111* range.

We've had about 8" rain so far this year.  Just my water bill last month was $170.  I water in self defense.  We have no means to fight a fire locally.

My lilies have bloomed really well even if crispy some days.
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Re: Rain, rain go away . . .
« Reply #6 on: July 29, 2009, 09:14:50 PM »
I could use some rain.... :o
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Re: Rain, rain go away . . .
« Reply #7 on: July 29, 2009, 09:52:08 PM »
It has been a cool wet summer here as well. We got alot of rain yesterday and my ponds did overflow. I checked on them last night and everything seemed ok. It rained more during the night and this morning I found a Watonai on her side and the others gasping for air so one was brought in and that pond was treated. The others swam away when I tried to net them. Thankfully they are all doing ok now and the fish in the other ponds were fine. More rain on the way. ::)
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