Tropical Storm Bill is about to hit us (or his remnants, rather). Fortunately, it looks like we may only get 6-8″ instead of the originally predicted 8-10″ of rain. That’s over the next 24 hours, people.
Yes, you read that right.
Over the next 24 hours, we are supposed to get 1/3 – 1/2 of the total amount of rain we got over the record-breaking ENTIRE month of May.
We’ve had life-threatening flood advisories issued since mid-morning.
We dug a drainage trench on the low end of the garden (where in May, it was consistently ending up with 2-4 inches of standing water after every major downpour) so that hopefully my tomatoes don’t drown.
I may need a canoe to take care of the chickens tomorrow morning.
Speaking of chickens!
I have baby chicks coming! If you follow me on Instagram, you’ve probably seen quite a bit of chatter from me about it already. Here’s the rundown:
(My best friend/vet Laura is letting me borrow her heat lamp and chick feeder.)
If you read the caption on that last picture, YES. Baby chickies are on their way!
I will brave potential flooding to go retrieve them from the post office if they arrive tomorrow. Yup.
heylookawriterfellow
June 18, 2015 - 9:53 am ·Dang! I hope you and yours are doing OK.
mrachellhough
June 18, 2015 - 8:29 pm ·We want to do chickens so badly. Hoping maybe later in the summer or next spring. We didn’t fair too poorly up here in Barltesville with Bill. Hope you did ok too!
Rebekah Loper
June 19, 2015 - 7:46 am ·My garden didn’t flood this time, since I had the foresight to assign hubby to drainage ditch digging the night before Bill hit. It rained pretty heavily here, and lots of flash flood warnings/watches, but nothing serious in my part of town, fortunately.