MOTHER NATURE DRENCHES THE LANDSCAPE ~ it's good to live on high ground!
Yesterday we had record rainfall
and the small streams in our area turned into raging rivers. The stream in this first picture is just a few hundred yards from our home. The #surface #runoff has made its way through the woods and now storms towards the #Susquehanna #River.
The once-meandering water
creates a scene that inundates the farmland downriver.
The next stream I walked to is about the same distance from our home as the first one pictured in this blog. The water here will meet up with the stream in the first picture.
As the rushing water travels under the road, it passes through a large steel culvert pipe. As it exits the pipe and drops into the stream, years of erosion have formed a small pool at this point.
For the first 10 years that we owned our property, we camped out in tents. With no running water on the land, this stream was where we would bathe, do our dishes, and cool off on hot Summer days.
This small stream routinely dries up in late spring and just a trickle of water finds its way downriver. Many small pools of water hang on, awaiting the Winter's precipitation. We have hiked this picturesque wooded area many times. Crawdads and small fish thrive in the ever-shrinking pools as the summer heat evaporates the liquid.
Again, the rushing water travels through a culvert pipe which carries it under the dirt road. A tree has been uprooted by the constant onslaught of water. Within a short distance, it continues to pour into our neighbor's pond, threatening to overflow its banks. This water will also make its way to the ever-swelling stream downriver.
For those not familiar with the terms downstream and Upstream,
the terms can be somewhat confusing. When referring to the water in rivers and streams, the difference is that upstream, also known as upriver, is against the water flow and toward the original source.
The word downstream mainly means
the direction that the water in a river is traveling..
Also, water tends to flow from north to south, so if you are hiking without a compass, which I strongly recommend you never do, most often you will be able to determine that you're traveling in a northward direction when heading upstream.
Its good to live on high ground
and the small streams in our area turned into raging rivers. The stream in this first picture is just a few hundred yards from our home. The #surface #runoff has made its way through the woods and now storms towards the #Susquehanna #River.
The once-meandering water
creates a scene that inundates the farmland downriver.
The next stream I walked to is about the same distance from our home as the first one pictured in this blog. The water here will meet up with the stream in the first picture.
As the rushing water travels under the road, it passes through a large steel culvert pipe. As it exits the pipe and drops into the stream, years of erosion have formed a small pool at this point.
For the first 10 years that we owned our property, we camped out in tents. With no running water on the land, this stream was where we would bathe, do our dishes, and cool off on hot Summer days.
This small stream routinely dries up in late spring and just a trickle of water finds its way downriver. Many small pools of water hang on, awaiting the Winter's precipitation. We have hiked this picturesque wooded area many times. Crawdads and small fish thrive in the ever-shrinking pools as the summer heat evaporates the liquid.
Again, the rushing water travels through a culvert pipe which carries it under the dirt road. A tree has been uprooted by the constant onslaught of water. Within a short distance, it continues to pour into our neighbor's pond, threatening to overflow its banks. This water will also make its way to the ever-swelling stream downriver.
For those not familiar with the terms downstream and Upstream,
the terms can be somewhat confusing. When referring to the water in rivers and streams, the difference is that upstream, also known as upriver, is against the water flow and toward the original source.
The word downstream mainly means
the direction that the water in a river is traveling..
Also, water tends to flow from north to south, so if you are hiking without a compass, which I strongly recommend you never do, most often you will be able to determine that you're traveling in a northward direction when heading upstream.
Its good to live on high ground
Good one, cool pix of all that rushing water, you can hear it from the porch
Those are nice pictures of rushing water
I could even see the force from the pictures
Mother nature never disappoint with beautiful pictures
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I saw in the news there was some serious flooding going on in places. Keep safe and yes being on high ground works!
Seeing such passing sights gives great pleasure and brings a lot of relief to the evening.
High ground is certainly the best to be at times like this, and I am always amazed to see how a gentle stream can transform into a torrent of raging waters. Every year when summer changes into winter, we have some serious incidences of flooding here, when the storm rains rush into the mountain rivers. Those in the low-lying areas lose everything and they have to start all over after the floods. If it's not the floods, then it's the wildfires, where thousands in the townships lose their homes.
Such is life.
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The power of Mother Nature can't be denied. Back in NJ our son teaches in Paterson and due to the flooding all of the schools in the city are closed until after the New Year.
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We hope that your son doesn't have any damages and that he is safe my friend. Weather for the ducks is lately seen all over the world. This photo seems to tell me that.
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Everyone is safe as they also live on high ground, but the city is a mess where he works.
Glad that they are safe, and it's amazing to see how many cities across the world are wrecked by storms. We also have some severe fires at the moment on the mountains in Cape Town city, and many people are being evacuated from their homes.
We hope that you guys will have travel mercies during your travels.
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I've got a feeling that things will only get worse in the future as weather patterns continue to change.
Evacuating one's home, not knowing if your home will still be standing when you return has got to be nerve-racking to say the least.
We are headed out on the 13th of January, I'm not looking forward to the many hours we will be spending in the car, but slow and steady is our motto, arrive alive.
We have the same feeling and it's going to become a very dangerous dance with the conditions.
Yep, evacuation once is bad, but here in the low-lying areas, it is an almost continuous situation. So, you build a new shack knowing that sooner or later it will have to be lost again. A debilitating affair.
Thank you for letting me know and you will be covered. I like the way that you travel, regardless of the hours, as slow as you go is the best method. I wish the drivers here would adopt the same method as we are now faced with over 700 hundred dead and counting, on the roads since the start of the holiday. Very dangerous to drive around here for a long time now, and that's why we stay at home, with only short trips to the shops, combined with a visit to nature.
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Ducks look happy, suppose humans not so much.
Flooding happens more often due to too much development not enough space for soaking in or run off, engineers should go back at least 100 years checking records, water flow is devastating!
Glad to hear the children are all OK.
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It's incredible to see how intense rains can completely transform the local landscape. The photo of the stream, once peaceful and now turned into a raging torrent, is particularly striking. It shows the power and unpredictable impact of nature!
It is interesting to see how a weather phenomenon can have such an impact on waterways and local ecosystems.
Stay safe and I hope that the water levels will return to normal in your area soon 😉
Over a 24 hour period our rain gauge was at 6.5 inches.
Yup, we checked we were in at least a 200 year flood plain before we bought. The Mill river is about 1/2 mile away and it went over the banks so they had to close the little road leading to our farm. But so far, in these water events, we’ve been unaffected.
That's great news. I wonder how one recovers from a few feet of water in their home. what a mess that would be.
I know! Never mind to ruined stuff, but the mold issues that would follow…
a real nightmare.
Upstream, downstream never go wandering in the woods without a compass and map, never looses signal.
Being on higher ground good idea, trees washed down when full flow arrives another to ponder. What an amazing space you have to enjoy the outdoors. Always enjoy seeing a little more through your lens.
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Living on higher ground paid off this last storm. We went to town just yesterday and many of the shops and the main street were still flooded with many of the shops taking on water. Needless to say, we had to turn around.
I'm not sure where we'd be living or what our lifestyle would be like if we hadn't purchased our farm years ago. I know one thing, whatever move we made it couldn't be any better than the move we made almost 50 years ago when we bought our property.
Have a wonderful holiday Joan, we're headed back to NJ today to celebrate with our kids.
Enjoy the family and drive safely, our decision was excellent for first 30 years, now small village over developed it has not been as good over the past 10. After watching water movement during heavy storms laid piping to carry safely off the property when we arrived, so far so good.
Home no longer maintained to the standard required I will have to bring in a handyman to assist me do some of the tasks. Am considering selling once the sons are settled, then will move to a quieter place off what once was a quiet road, to crazy noise pollution currently.