The Tuul Crib 7,332 #1 Posted February 23, 2019 (edited) It's official now! We have gone down in the record books here in Nashville for the wettest February in 140 years! It is absolutely pouring outside and has been doing so for the past 2 and a half hours!! Edited February 24, 2019 by The Tool Crib 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
troutbum70 857 #2 Posted February 24, 2019 Send it in any direction except up north. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JAinVA 4,619 #3 Posted February 24, 2019 (edited) Seems to be raining every day here as well.Last year was bad for rain in Va.Looks to be the same this year so far.Rained on and off yesterday and all day today.I made myself a promise that any day it's not raining I will be out working.Playing in the mud in my sixties was not in the plan. Edited February 24, 2019 by JAinVA 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Tuul Crib 7,332 #4 Posted February 24, 2019 Tonight was the worst I've never seen it this bad in my neighborhood before ! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
953 nut 52,254 #5 Posted February 24, 2019 We have been getting hammered too. The forecast for Monday is sunny, followed by another week of rain. The creek on our property is usually calm, not so today. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Tuul Crib 7,332 #6 Posted February 24, 2019 19 minutes ago, 953 nut said: We have been getting hammered too. The forecast for Monday is sunny, followed by another week of rain. The creek on our property is usually calm, not so today. Ahh yes the butter cup so durable and what beauty!!! There ramped on my hillside!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ztnoo 2,298 #7 Posted February 24, 2019 Well.............in the great scheme of things, doesn't look concerning to me. Let us know when it begins to rise above the threshold of your main entry door. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest 88vic #8 Posted February 24, 2019 Life jackets and paddles while sitting on the couch floating around inside the house 😂😂😂 not funny but it would be funny. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
roadapples 6,981 #9 Posted February 24, 2019 I don't have to shovel rain.... 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JAinVA 4,619 #10 Posted February 24, 2019 (edited) Look like Dafodils to me.Fool things seem to never care what the weather brings.Had blooms with snow on them. Edited February 24, 2019 by JAinVA 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dells68 7,495 #11 Posted February 24, 2019 8 hours ago, roadapples said: I don't have to shovel rain.... Nope, but I do have to shovel a lot to repair what the runoff has messed up. Last night it was just inches away from flooding Dad’s driveway and causing a lot more work. We’ll see what today brings. We’re under a flood warning until late this afternoon. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sarge 3,462 #12 Posted February 24, 2019 I hope you folks don't get the winds we're having today on top of all the rain - that would be a bad deal. Hitting well over 60mph here this morning for the last few hours, amazing that we still have power. The rains we had yesterday and last night are making the flooding worse since the ground is still frozen and cannot absorb any more anyway. Not to mention the remaining snowpack and ice - some melted yesterday but most of the drainage ditches are full and unable to empty off due to the packed snow. A lot of water ponding in various spots around the area from the rain/melting and we've had a lot of accidents when people hit that water at full speed - need to keep your eyes peeled, folks! The potholes have been staggering this year in the number of them and especially the depth - I'm going to get a lot of work hours this spring trying to fix all the damage. Most State Highways are an obstacle course and some of those holes are easily capable of destroying a suspension - there are a lot of broken parts laying around already. This summer will be interesting to see what parts I find this year - found an entire brake caliper last year on I-80 near MM82 - no wheel or anything else but broken cast parts from the mounting arm. We have got to invest back into our infrastructure to keep up with the degradation to our roads - in most areas the road bases are well over 80yrs old and beyond any repair - this pattern of putting bandages on gangrene wounds isn't working. Sarge 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Tuul Crib 7,332 #13 Posted February 24, 2019 19 minutes ago, Sarge said: I hope you folks don't get the winds we're having today on top of all the rain - that would be a bad deal. Hitting well over 60mph here this morning for the last few hours, amazing that we still have power. The rains we had yesterday and last night are making the flooding worse since the ground is still frozen and cannot absorb any more anyway. Not to mention the remaining snowpack and ice - some melted yesterday but most of the drainage ditches are full and unable to empty off due to the packed snow. A lot of water ponding in various spots around the area from the rain/melting and we've had a lot of accidents when people hit that water at full speed - need to keep your eyes peeled, folks! The potholes have been staggering this year in the number of them and especially the depth - I'm going to get a lot of work hours this spring trying to fix all the damage. Most State Highways are an obstacle course and some of those holes are easily capable of destroying a suspension - there are a lot of broken parts laying around already. This summer will be interesting to see what parts I find this year - found an entire brake caliper last year on I-80 near MM82 - no wheel or anything else but broken cast parts from the mounting arm. We have got to invest back into our infrastructure to keep up with the degradation to our roads - in most areas the road bases are well over 80yrs old and beyond any repair - this pattern of putting bandages on gangrene wounds isn't working. Sarge We had over two inches dumped on in less than two hours here. We had several rescues just down the road . The RV park had all of their fifth wheels moved out. I've been in this area of Nashville for 30 years and have never seen it this bad. We are at 13.77 inches for this month alone and that beats the record back in 1880! More rain Thursday! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Tuul Crib 7,332 #14 Posted February 24, 2019 11 hours ago, WHEELHORSEFAN3 said: Life jackets and paddles while sitting on the couch floating around inside the house 😂😂😂 not funny but it would be funny. The only thing not funny would be to not have a cold yuengling near by!!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chip61 655 #15 Posted February 28, 2019 It's normally wet in Mathews because it's so low down there, but this is riduculous! I can usually move from this barn to my shed when I want to work on something but the ground is so soft I can't drive across the field without tearing it up. A little more rain and I can use the boat to get around. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
953 nut 52,254 #16 Posted February 28, 2019 I am becoming a bit concerned! We haven't had any appreciable rain in three days and my mud is becoming a bit dehydrated, I may need to begin watering it! 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chip61 655 #18 Posted February 28, 2019 11 minutes ago, 953 nut said: I am becoming a bit concerned! We haven't had any appreciable rain in three days and my mud is becoming a bit dehydrated, I may need to begin watering it! I have plenty of water if you need some!!! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Tuul Crib 7,332 #19 Posted February 28, 2019 2 hours ago, 953 nut said: I am becoming a bit concerned! We haven't had any appreciable rain in three days and my mud is becoming a bit dehydrated, I may need to begin watering it! Can we send you some. We have enough to go around!! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
953 nut 52,254 #20 Posted February 28, 2019 8 hours ago, chip61 said: I have plenty of water if you need some!!! 6 hours ago, The Tool Crib said: Can we send you some. We have enough to go around!! No problem, it started raining again right after lunch, my mud is becoming re-hydrated! 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
