Leave it to the ducks to make good use of the rising water, @melinda010100.
So, I guess your neck of Wisconsin is prone to flooding this time of year? And where does the weather usually come from? My guess would be either Lake Superior or Lake Michigan.
We've yet to have the rain we normally get heading deeper into fall. We've got a nice "Indian" summer happening for the most part, which is just fine. I don't mind lingering sunshine and temperatures that reach the low 70s. There's a definite chill in the air, though, and I imagine the rain won't be held off too long.
It takes quite a bit to flood here, though. Usually ground at its saturation point, then a heavy rain mixed with higher winter temperatures so there's snow melt and runoff from the mountains. When the water rises in the reservoirs, the Army Corps of Engineers generally opens up floodgates to alleviate pressure on the dams, and of course, that water comes barreling downstream.
That's here in the Willamette Valley along the rivers or tributaries. On the coast, and other lower lying areas (we're above 200 feet), it doesn't take much at all for it to flood. On the east side of the mountains, it's high desert, where I guess they could have flash floods, but I can't think of when I've heard of that ever happening.
Well, hopefully it didn't get worse. I guess I better check some of your newer posts to see if it did or not. :)
This is actually very unusual for Wisconsin in the fall. We do get flooding in the springtime after the snow melt but usually our August's are hot and dry and we're looking forward to some snow to replenish the moisture. This year we have had ridiculous amounts of rain. Madison which is just 50 miles to the North had one rainfall of 11 in and all that water ends up working its way down stream. Two weekends ago we had a 4-inch rain fall. And in between it seems like it has rained almost every day, thunderstorms, showers, with a deluge or two in between! We have had it all!
If this precipitation pattern keeps up we are going to be up to our eyeballs in snow. Temperatures tonight are supposed to drop below freezing. So winter is not too far away. But for now I'm just trying to enjoy the brief periods of sunshine that we do get and enjoy autumn!
Okay. Wow. That sounds more like what we can get here, minus the heavy snowfall. Which is okay by me.
Well, I do hope you guys get some relief and dry out before the main part of winter hits. We live as about as north as I ever want to live, but we haven't quite figured out where might be better, all around, including climate. There's always something lacking, even if other things are way better. It's going to be a trade off. And so we end up staying longer just because the net result is pretty much the same.
Well, that, and we're waiting for our two sons and their families to settle down so we can live somewhere between them so we can visit grandchildren. Not them. Just the grandkids. :)
Haha! All my grandchildren are nearby and that's exactly what keeps me in Wisconsin!
The one we have now lives with us. The other due in December will be about 25 minutes away. Not sure how long that's going to last, but it will into the foreseeable future for both of them. The oldest son, with grandson coming, needs to find a job, though, and depending on where that is, might have to relocate. My guess, he's not going to find something where they'll be living, if he actually finds a job in his field of web design and development. Won't know until it happens, unfortunately. This grandpa gig is so far a lot of waiting and seeing. Boring! :)
My grandkids are all teenagers. I miss having little ones around. They grew up much too quickly!
I guess that means you just need to hold on until the next round. I'd like to see some great grandchildren before I go. I'd say great great grandchildren, too, but that seems a little too optimistic. Or drudgery, depending on how my body and brain are doing at that point. :)
My oldest grandson got married last year, so a great wouldn't be surprising And I have a step grand daughter who is 19.... I'm only 64, so a great great wouldn't be unheard of, but my health isn't the greatest so I don't know that I would be expecting that.