Wednesday, May 6, 2009

Flooding

Click for big and look very closely. You can see that those clouds continue under the blue section. The blue section is like a giant shadow on the sky. Cool.

Not cool is the 2-3 inches of water in my basement. We had a heavy downpour (and even some small hail) earlier, but I hadn't realized how heavy until I saw the lake in the field. Seeing that caused me to check the basement. Yep, flooded. I set up the pump though, so it is getting emptied. The joys of a over 100 year old fieldstone foundation. All of my mechanicals are up on blocks, so nothing is damaged, just a pain. It would be nice if the rain moved on for the day though.




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6 comments:

  1. cornbread hellMay 6, 2009 at 4:36 PM

    probably more work than warranted, but would a french drain around the foundation alleviate the flooding problem?

    "a giant shadow on the sky" = huh?
    & wow.
    & huh?, again!

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  2. cornbread hellMay 6, 2009 at 4:38 PM

    oh.

    the shadows are from the clouds lower on the horizon?
    wow. i don't think i've ever seen/noticed that before.

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  3. AnnieMay 6, 2009 at 6:21 PM

    Rick, I've never seen or noticed that before either, which is why I thought it was so cool. I didn't know what to call it other than a shadow? My assumption was that the lower clouds were blocking the sun from getting to that section, so the clouds couldn't reflect the light? I wonder if the phenomenon has a scientific term?

    Regarding the french drain, there is something new and bizarre going on in my basement, involving a clay pipe that leads to who knows where and an old cistern. I don't know how to explain it, or how to try to fix it, but there was a definite stream of water coming in from this clay pipe. WTF?

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  4. rileraMay 6, 2009 at 9:29 PM

    Oh yuck.

    The picture is amazing. As usual.

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  5. bulletholesMay 7, 2009 at 11:50 AM

    I saw one a while back much like this, and at the risk of sounding like one-upsman, a little better. It had shades of purple and gold in it as well, in fact I wrote about it...
    Lets see...yes...its a long post, more about my daughter than the sunset..http://srevestories.blogspot.com/2007/10/breakfast-at-noon.html


    but you got pictures...I didn't!
    Hey, have you ever checked out the Cloud Appreciation Society?
    http://cloudappreciationsociety.org/

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  6. bulletholesMay 7, 2009 at 11:53 AM

    Heres their page with cloud shadows! You should submit!
    http://cloudappreciationsociety.org/gallery/index.php?x=browse&category=17&pagenum=1

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