*sigh*

[ksmith]

::looks at weather map::

::searches online for plans for an ark::

Comments

[neutronjockey.livejournal.com]

Let me know if you're planning on building one. I'll chip in for wood.

[kristine-smith.livejournal.com]

I'd say it was getting ridiculous, except it bypassed that sometime this morning.

The only decent news out of all of this is that I think my basement leak issues may be due to major leakage through a window well. I went downstairs this morning to check for what I assumed would be major seepage, and saw about 2 inches of water visible above the edge of the window and a lizard paddling helplessly trying to find something to perch on. I went out to bail water out and save the lizard (along with a buddy). Found that if I bailed enough water, the leaking stopped, and when the ground absorbed the water, the leaking stopped. There is a great deal of old caulk around that window. I wonder if my leaking issues will cease if I clean it up and recaulk? I didn't believe that enough water could come through that window to account for all the leaking, but I am perfectly willing to be proved wrong on this one.

[neutronjockey.livejournal.com]

We've had a week solid of rain (I think we had an 8 hour reprieve yesterday). We'll be in flood watch mode when the remnants from Ike start coming in.

I feel...soggy.

[kristine-smith.livejournal.com]

We were under flash flood watch this morning. I don't know if we still are.

I've been dealing with two wound-up dogs all day. They don't want to stay outside because of the wet, so King chases Gaby around the kitchen table and the rugs go flying. It's insane.

They're taking a break now. God knows how long it will last.

[sartorias.livejournal.com]

Hasn't rained here since March. Not a drop.

[kristine-smith.livejournal.com]

Is that normal, or are you in a drought?

[sartorias.livejournal.com]

Drought apparently IS normal, for the past thirty years. (Last year we had a record nine inches of rain, after many years of two and three. Arizona gets five or six times our rainfall.)