Junkman
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It has been raining in New England for the past 8 days and it looks like we will finally get some relief sometime tomorrow. I put out 5 gallon pails to judge the amount of water and so far, I have had them overflowing every day. The stream behind my home is at the highest level that I have seen in more than 25 years. My yard used to flood whenever it rained, so I regraded it and installed a 6" drainage pipe to carry the water to the other side of the road. That pipe has been going non stop since all this started. I have only one spot that the water is pooling, so that will get fixed in the spring. The grass has grown so much that it will take two cuttings to get it back down where I normally keep it for the fall. Unfortunately, I won't be able to cut until the ground starts to firm up. When you walk across the grass it feels like there are sponges under your feet. I was going to lime the grass but didn't get to it before the rains. The lime probably would have washed away if I had. I am convinced that the job that I did installing the perimeter drains around the foundation when I built are the best thing that I had done. Not one sign of moisture in the cellar. If it were not so wet outside, I would have checked how much water was coming out the pipe. The weather man says that it is about 18" so far for this area. Now, I know how Noah felt. They are also forecasting rain for Wednesday and Friday. All summer it was dry as a bone with no rain at all.
How are the rest of you Northeaster folks doing with this rain?
How are the rest of you Northeaster folks doing with this rain?