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DH and our granddaughter worked together making the second panel for an outdoor solar shower enclosure, making use of our pile of harvested bamboo canes. The younger grandson helped pick out the canes to use and built things of his own with leftover scraps. It was a good way to wind up summer vacation, school began this morning. It was a different summer with so many cancelled activities for them, but they are resilient kids and took it all in stride.
Another quarter inch of rain overnight, 40 degrees and crystal clear this morning. Ahhhhhhhhhhh.
Going fishing.
It would be great if we could pipeline some of our rain your way. We are one of the highest points in the county and our property has excellent natural drainage, so flooding is not a problem.
But yesterday we had three “bowls” in the pastures start holding water. The bowl in the main pasture is so deep, the farm tractor can disappear from view, when looking from a certain spot in the driveway— and the tractor has a lid, lol
I guesstimate the water that bowl maxed out at about five feet in depth. The only time it ever filled to the top was during the never-ending rains of 2010 when a lot of Nashville, TN was under water. Water to the top of that bowl would be 30’ maybe more. Little wonder that’s one of horses favorite grazing spots when it’s dry
I remember the building of the Alaskan Pipeline; a guy Imwent to high school with lost his life building it. Back then I asked why couldn’t a pipeline be built to carry ground water to the states who were always (and still are) in need. The answer was “it wouldn’t be profitable enough. That is probably still the answer
It would be great if we could pipeline some of our rain your way. We are one of the highest points in the county and our property has excellent natural drainage, so flooding is not a problem.
But yesterday we had three “bowls” in the pastures start holding water. The bowl in the main pasture is so deep, the farm tractor can disappear from view, when looking from a certain spot in the driveway— and the tractor has a lid, lol
I guesstimate the water that bowl maxed out at about five feet in depth. The only time it ever filled to the top was during the never-ending rains of 2010 when a lot of Nashville, TN was under water. Water to the top of that bowl would be 30’ maybe more. Little wonder that’s one of horses favorite grazing spots when it’s dry
I remember the building of the Alaskan Pipeline; a guy Imwent to high school with lost his life building it. Back then I asked why couldn’t a pipeline be built to carry ground waterto the states who were always (and still are) in need. The answer was “it wouldn’t be profitable enough. That is probably still the answer
I like that idea too. The eastern part of US gets a good share of rain sometimes too. Parts in Baltimore prone to flooding. Before it gets to those home areas, I’m thinking why no grates that the waters can go down, into some pipeline interconnected to other systems? There would be some kind of reservoir. The fire companies that need it for aerial spraying get first dibs, then ground fire companies use, thirdly - any other. Yea, I’m sure it would be costly to construct but in the future, it might just save more homes and businesses from flooding.
Another quarter inch of rain overnight, 40 degrees and crystal clear this morning. Ahhhhhhhhhhh.
Going fishing.
I'm also in colorado and these last few days of cooler weather and a bit of rain, we are going fishing tonight [San Isobel] We are on severe water restrictions right now[1800 gallons a month per household, until it runs out, which could be any day] and when it rained the other day my husband and I went in the backyard [no neighbors] and showered there.
Happy Birthday, jim9521! What a perfect way to celebrate!
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. Back then I asked why couldn’t a pipeline be built to carry ground water to the states who were always (and still are) in need. The answer was “it wouldn’t be profitable enough. That is probably still the answer 
