Isaac

DanG · August 31, 2012, 12:04:37 PM

FF members workin' together! That's the way we roll! 8) 8) 8) :D

ronwood · August 31, 2012, 12:21:40 PM

Raining in mid Missouri at this time. It has increased in intensity over the last couples of hrs.

Ron

Al_Smith · August 31, 2012, 01:02:05 PM

Got a report from another forum .It seems to be raining cats and dogs in Alexandria La .The front is moving at a snails pace at 10 MPH as it comes north .It must have sucked up enough moisture from the Atlantic to refill the Mississippi river once again .Might be too much for the mighty river to hold for that matter .

Magicman · August 31, 2012, 01:30:05 PM

I intended to go to the Cabin today and check it out for damage. The possibility of rain changed my mind so I started our yard cleanup. I got the easier front done before the "possibility of rain" disappeared. Maybe after this clears, I can start on the back yard.

I have two neighbors with large, 24"+ trees down. One Red Oak and the other SYP. :-\

beenthere · August 31, 2012, 02:36:08 PM

Me thinks the mighty river gets filled from the top, not the bottom. ;D

And it's near bone dry up here. ;)

Magicman · August 31, 2012, 03:41:18 PM

The Mississippi River was so low that barge traffic was having difficulty. I hope that Isaac helps.

LOGDOG · August 31, 2012, 04:12:42 PM

Quote from: Al_Smith on August 31, 2012, 01:02:05 PM
Got a report from another forum .It seems to be raining cats and dogs in Alexandria La .The front is moving at a snails pace at 10 MPH as it comes north .It must have sucked up enough moisture from the Atlantic to refill the Mississippi river once again .Might be too much for the mighty river to hold for that matter .

Hot and humid up in Shreveport right now. I just checked the radar and the cell that Al mentions seems to be just South of town. Shows up as red ... that can't be good. :-\ I was hoping we were done with this.

I'll tell you what .... I'll take the biggest, baddest snowstorm you can give me in MN, WI, or the U.P. of Michigan over one of these hurricanes or tropical storms. At least the snow just piles up, doesn't run, won't flood your house ...even if the house was buried by the snow.

Al_Smith · August 31, 2012, 04:21:05 PM

Quote from: Magicman on August 31, 2012, 01:30:05 PM

I have two neighbors with large, 24"+ trees down. One Red Oak and the other SYP. :-\

Well there ya go,you know a guy with a bandsaw . ;)

Carlton · August 31, 2012, 04:29:49 PM

We have had about 3" of rain here in Biggers. Wind picked up a little last night but nothing over maybe 30 mph. This one was nothing to write home about for us, hope everyone south of us is safe though will be keeping everyone down there in my thoughts.

wwsjr · August 31, 2012, 04:37:50 PM

We got no rain from Isaac in NE MS. Predictions were for 3 - 6 inches Wed thru today. We have had cloudy sky with light wind since Wed. The humidity arrived, high today was 89.2 with 85% humidity. We are very dry, no rain for weeks. All the deer hunters have planted food plots, none are showing anything coming up.

metalspinner · August 31, 2012, 06:05:25 PM

Power is back on in nola. My parents report they did not loose their freezer. So that's some good news. Lots of traffic accidents around town because street lights are out and folks are not being nice drivers.

Magicman · August 31, 2012, 06:19:15 PM

We have many isolated homes and businesses without power, and some of them will require extensive work before restoration is possible. :-\

wesdor · August 31, 2012, 06:24:53 PM

The outlier clouds from Isaac arrived early afternoon. Weatherman says to expect 2 inches or more in our area, but we are about as far north as it should go.

Air show going on in Davenport and that might be cancelled due to low visibility and heavy rain

We are still very dry, so if this isn't too hard we will be thankful

Okrafarmer · August 31, 2012, 11:31:04 PM

Sounds good, guys. Tonight the debris monitor company called me and asked me to come down and monitor-- don't know if I will, I would like too, but we'll see about logistics. Different ball game from contracting/ yard working.

Magicman · September 01, 2012, 08:00:21 AM

Folks here that don't (aren't able to) do their own yard work such as mowing, etc. have contractors to do that work. Those same contractors are now busy clearing debris. Several of the yards on my street got done yesterday.

Bibbyman · September 01, 2012, 08:27:52 AM

We got two inches of steady, slow rain yesterday morning. We've been setting in the doughnut hole for the past 18 hours with heavy rain all around. Got 1/10" rain since midnight.

The two inches we got was soaked up by dry grass, trees and dust. No water standing or running off.

Brucer · September 01, 2012, 03:02:00 PM

Quote from: LOGDOG on August 31, 2012, 04:12:42 PM
.... I'll take the biggest, baddest snowstorm you can give me in MN, WI, or the U.P. of Michigan over one of these hurricanes or tropical storms. At least the snow just piles up, doesn't run, won't flood your house ...even if the house was buried by the snow.

Umm, well. Three things ...

1) That snow doesn't just come and go. It accumulates.
2) Just an extra degree cooler in the late fall and early spring makes a huge difference to the accumulation.
3) Sooner or later it's all going to melt.

My roof is designed to handle 90 pounds per square foot, or about 15 feet of fresh snow! That's the equivalent of 18" of rain. On my roof that's 90 tons of snow. The snowpack has exceeded the limit more than once and I've had to get up and shovel it off :(.

We all learn to cope with whatever is common in our own neck of the woods.

LOGDOG · September 01, 2012, 04:07:27 PM

I'm well aware of snowfall Brucer. I spent the first 25 years of my life in WI, MN, and the U.P. of Michigan and still have all my family up there. Spent my youth shoveling roofs for money. Snow can be moved away from the house, off the top of the house etc. Flood waters can't.

Here's something you don't get the pleasure of with a snowstorm .... All these areas down South that have homes flooded right now ... With that flooding comes millions of fire ants that float on the surface of the flood waters in rafts and into these homes. Then there's the alligators and snakes that float right up into the houses. Oh and the rats ... can't leave the rats out. They float right up in there with everything else.

Kansas · September 01, 2012, 04:23:31 PM

I didn't get anything from Isaac, but I did get some rain last week. The soybeans are getting that look right before they go yellow. My question to those east of me, is it too late for the beans in Missouri and Illinois? I would well imagine its too late for the corn; half of it around here has been harvested already.

Magicman · September 01, 2012, 07:33:54 PM

We finally were able to go over and check the Cabin out. The power had been off for some time, so everything in the refrigerator was thawed and had to be cleaned out.

We then made a quick trip to check the woods out. Well after many turnarounds and backtracking because of fallen trees, we finally figured out a way to make it through. No worry about where the firewood will come from for a couple of years because one old big 40"+ Red Oak will take care of that. Also lots of smaller Oaks and Ash were blown over.

Ben and Luke moving a small blowdown from the road.

PatD's golf car was a muddy mess. :-\

POSTON WIDEHEAD · September 01, 2012, 09:20:58 PM

The good Lord has a way of weeding out weak trees......but that muddy golf cart is between you and Mama.

Paul_H · September 01, 2012, 10:11:26 PM

Quote from: LOGDOG on September 01, 2012, 04:07:27 PM
Snow can be moved away from the house, off the top of the house etc. Flood waters can't.

It was heavy snow,steep mountains, narrow valley and fast melts that flooded us in October a few years back.We were fortunate with less than three feet of water at our place but some places were double that.In 84,only the roofs of the school busses were visible at the high school.(10 feet in some places).
Same cause,heavy snow,quick melts with warm rain.Flooding and destruction is no fun anywhere.

LOGDOG · September 01, 2012, 10:58:07 PM

Quote from: Paul_H on September 01, 2012, 10:11:26 PM
Quote from: LOGDOG on September 01, 2012, 04:07:27 PM
Snow can be moved away from the house, off the top of the house etc. Flood waters can't.

It was heavy snow,steep mountains, narrow valley and fast melts that flooded us in October a few years back.We were fortunate with less than three feet of water at our place but some places were double that.In 84,only the roofs of the school busses were visible at the high school.(10 feet in some places).
Same cause,heavy snow,quick melts with warm rain.Flooding and destruction is no fun anywhere.

You've got that right Paul. I've shopped quite a bit of real estate out that way and one thing I always look for is elevation and whether it's sandwiched in between to steep slopes.

Arkansas is similar in certain parts. Very steep inclines on either side of rivers and creeks. You all probably remember the flooding we had up there a couple years ago that took lives. Lots of rain fast, coming down a watershed, filling streams and rivers with no place to go. Nothing has ever made me feel so helpless as rising flood waters that I could do nothing about. It makes you realize just how small and insignificant you are.