Size does matter and 9 inches is huge!
@AbbyGreenhill (45496)
United States
April 24, 2017 7:13am CST
Listening to all the reports from the rain yesterday it seems my neck of the woods is the winner of the 'huge' award.
My husband may have forgoten to count a half inch or so, but according to his records we wound up with just about 9 inches....9 inches of water that could have been a disaster if we lived in a flood prone area or next to a river or creek.
Schools are closed in our county and the two counties on either side of use. Since the Tennessee River isn't far from us I assume roads along it's banks are underwater.
The pond over-flowed but as soon as the rain stopped we could see the level start to go down. 9 inches of water is a lot and while other parts of East Tennessee got an inch or two, we definitely are no longer in a drought situation in my back yard LOL!
The weather report is maybe a passing shower today, but right now I see a little blue sky!
Photo from Pixabay
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@LadyDuck (458091)
• Switzerland
24 Apr 17
@AbbyGreenhill I wanted to clean the pond, because I like clean water and I like to put a fountain in the center to move the water, but with heavy rain forecast I wait.
@AbbyGreenhill (45496)
• United States
24 Apr 17
@LadyDuck Someone just sent me a link to a solar fountain for the pond. I am thinking about getting one. OUr pond is 'natural' so we can't clean it!
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@AbbyGreenhill (45496)
• United States
24 Apr 17
The front stalled out over top of us! I don't think we will be fishing for a long time....way too muddy back there and the water is too. The fish won't be able to see the worm!
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@fishtiger58 (29823)
• Momence, Illinois
24 Apr 17
9 inches of rain is huge. We have beautiful blue skies today and they say the temps will be mid 70's
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@AbbyGreenhill (45496)
• United States
24 Apr 17
Sky is mostly blue but I don't think we will get out of the 60's today - high 80s after that.
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@AbbyGreenhill (45496)
• United States
24 Apr 17
@fishtiger58 I hope you have good weather and a fun trip.
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@fishtiger58 (29823)
• Momence, Illinois
24 Apr 17
@AbbyGreenhill We are probably going camping this coming weekend, supposed to be beautiful so we gotta go. And our oldest son is going to join us, he hasn't gone camping with us in about 8 years so I am looking forward to it.
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@AbbyGreenhill (45496)
• United States
25 Apr 17
The mud in the by never dry out and it will rain again Thurs.
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@AbbyGreenhill (45496)
• United States
24 Apr 17
I would love to send some to anyone who needs it. We won't be able to go to the pond for weeks or we'll get suck in the mud. I work hard on my titles!!!!
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@HazySue (39264)
• Gouverneur, New York
25 Apr 17
@AbbyGreenhill You can tell you work hard on them - they are so clever that they just draw you in.
@AbbyGreenhill (45496)
• United States
24 Apr 17
We took a ride earlier and the roads are fine, lots of pasture land udner water.
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@stapllotik (1933)
• India
25 Apr 17
9 inches really a huge one. Enjoy and take care
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@celticeagle (159058)
• Boise, Idaho
24 Apr 17
That's a lot. We get about 2 inches each time here and it seems like a lot.
@AbbyGreenhill (45496)
• United States
24 Apr 17
This was just in 24 hours and we don't normally get that kind of rain....the front didn't want to move!
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@LeaPea2417 (36442)
• Toccoa, Georgia
24 Apr 17
That is a lot of rain; It rained a lot here yesterday but I don't think we got that much, but we did get a good amount.
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@AbbyGreenhill (45496)
• United States
24 Apr 17
I think we got more than anyone south of us and into GA.
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@Marilynda1225 (79731)
• United States
24 Apr 17
Wow that's a lot of rain. Glad you aren't flooded
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@AbbyGreenhill (45496)
• United States
24 Apr 17
We are dry - have a great french drain the basement and B-Lock system. Roof is good, so all's well.
@abhinalstrikr (4111)
• India
24 Apr 17
Hope everyone is safe ,may be that blue sky implies soon good weather,all the best
@AbbyGreenhill (45496)
• United States
24 Apr 17
Thanks, we hope that too - we have had way too many rain days.
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@abhinalstrikr (4111)
• India
25 Apr 17
@AbbyGreenhill is it the normal rainy season there or some disaster
@thislittlepennyearns (58140)
• Defuniak Springs, Florida
24 Apr 17
Holy cow! We got maybe a tenth of an inch over the weekend.
If we get more than an inch or so at a time our driveway washes away. Oh the joys of red clay and sand.
@AbbyGreenhill (45496)
• United States
24 Apr 17
We are red clay but we have a cement driveway - wouldn't live w/o one in TN.
@lady1993 (27225)
• Philippines
25 Apr 17
that is quite deep 
i hope the rain stops already... rain is good of course, but too much of anything is just not good 
i did enjoy the flood in our backyard before, when the water was still cleaner, there were tadpoles and fishes(there was a fish pond near us which overflowed 
) - the tadpoles were so cute
i hope the rain stops already... rain is good of course, but too much of anything is just not good i did enjoy the flood in our backyard before, when the water was still cleaner, there were tadpoles and fishes(there was a fish pond near us which overflowed ) - the tadpoles were so cute
