Yeah, that may be, but we're still sick of it. Bring us some sunshine and dry weather and a dry road too, while you're at it.
Ok, pardon me while I dip into the records department of my weather station. Here's the rainfall accumulation for August. What was that? You notice an upward trend? Eyah, me too.
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| August Rainfall Chart |
Ok, and here's what's going on outside our window right now. What was that about an upward trend?
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| Today's Rainfall Accumulation |
Mr. Kelly, a neighbor of ours, can talk about accumulated rainfall. His car is sitting right outside, deader than a doornail. He tried to go through one of our puddles just a tad too fast. Papi came by with his car and tried to help. I'm not sure if any of them realized you need to dry out the electrical system before trying to jump start Mr. Kelly's car. It was an unsuccessful effort.
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| Mr. Kelly's Car - Dead in the Water |
Just a couple of minutes ago, someone took his car under tow - backwards, back to Mr. Kelly's place to dry out. Maybe it'll run again.
Here's the rainfall rate from the weather station. Not insignificant.
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| Today's Rainfall Rate |
A bit later on, one of the supervisors from
Fuita Bomba, the papaya growing multinational conglomerate, came by on his quad. I shot the photo through the window screen with the flash on unfortunately. But after some cropping and other manipulation, you get a fair idea of what's happening out on our road.
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| Fruita Bomba Quad Fording the Road |
Here's another pickup coming through. This time, quite a bit more restrained and successful at navigating the water hazard.
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| Navigating Safely Through |
And finally, here's today's glimpse of the humidity. Not surprising since it's raining right now. Even without the rain, it's generally up around 80 to 90 percent or so. Just thought you'd like to know.
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| Humidity Today |
If the rain stops, it'll take three to four days for this stretch of road to dry out enough for the doggies and me to go for walkies. So far, we've been losing on that score. Just about the time the road firms up enough, then we get another dousing and it turns back into a lake.
Sooner or later, one can only hope, things will change. But, for that to happen, there has to be some reading between the lines, you might say, since we didn't used to have this much of a problem.
