Flood Watch

[FROG MAN]

I worked for 2 hours this evening rerouting the stream behind the house. The culvert is completely plugged and covered. The last flood I had a foot of water under my house from the hillside run off.Recently water has been flowing into the back yard and pooling where my septic field is.I took the FEL and cut a 4 ft wide channel across the dirt road and back into the original stream path. Were anticipating 2 inches of rain over the next day or so and the ground is saturated now.That private drive behind my house is no longer maintained by anyone and the road is a real mess. A two foot deep channel has been bringing the run off my way for almost a year. My neighbor stopped by after I was done and said you know your loosing your foot bridge tonight. It seems the neighborhood A$$#%#@^ pushed a 7ft wooden school bus shed over the hill into the creek just above my bridge last night.So tonight when the flood comes we may loose the foot bridge. Last time it was taken out a upstream chicken house done it. Guess we will see what happens in the morning. This much I know NO RIDING ANYTIME SOON.

[halfwitt]

Gerald - I hope everything works out. Wish I was close enough to help. you are in our prayers.

[FROG MAN]

That old bridge gets taken out about every 10 years. It sets 6 ft above the creek. It's part of an old oil derek with a treated lumber floor.I have it unsecured just setting on a welded pipe forum secured by concrete foundations. The last 2 times it was taken out a local logger sets it back up with his cherry picker. All we have to do is skid it out of the hole of water below and rebuild the wooden floor. Nothing $400 in treated wood won't fix and a case of beer for the logger.That stream gets very swift when it foods thats why I don't want to secure it to the foundation and risk damaging it.Here is a picture Ramona took standing on the bridge looking at a washed out log below.

Edited May 4, 2009 by FROG MAN

[Redneck]

You mean to tell me a first gen can't cross that little crick. I wish you would quit hogging all the rain and send some west.

[FROG MAN]

We were lucky our water reached a high level but no flood. The surrounding counties got flood warnings. Anyway our local Maint crew from the school system came out to remove the bus house but could not find it. So we had to contact them again.We will see if they have better luck tomorrow. Here are directions to the bus house. Go to bus stop location. Walk 3 feet east toward creek. Look down!

[mini-muffin]

Gerald you know you have to show them where it is they'll never find it with them directions. They'd have to know east from west. Good luck hope they found it by now.

 

Margaret

[cecdoo]

The heck with the New River, we could go rafting in your backyard:no-no-no: Craig

[ToRide1]

You folks are getting hit hard with rain lately and we're getting some it here in the eastern panhandle, good thing I've held off from planting anything in the garden! got the same rain two years in a row just drowns every thing.

[FROG MAN]

Bridge is OK. A small flash flood this morning took the bus shed out. It hit the bridge and moved it a couple inches but never hurt it. Forecast for Friday & Saturday HEAVY RAIN.

[Yammer Dan]

Thats the creek he dumped Mamamo off the back of the 1st Gen into. Couldn't believe she got mad!!!

[FROG MAN]

She got re baptized in Muddy Water.:rotfl:

[eagleeye]

Jeez, looking at that creek, I'm just glad she could swim.

That's a lot of water. Sounds like you need a long term plan to deal with that thing.

 

Steve