For those of us in the southeast that have been under this deluge of water for a week, this is the time to look at property.
You'll rarely ever see more standing water than this.
It's really important to know on a given piece of land how far the water CAN go during lots of rain.
There was this fella that had grandiose plans for this section of land with a nice hill near a creek. And "this here fella" spent months digging himself a pond and spreading the fill dirt. He thought he had it all figured out with where he would put everything- "fruit trees over here, rabbit hutches and chicken pen there, firewood shed there, build house into hill."
After a long period of rain, he looked at the approximate 5 acres he had planned for this section. It was 4 1/2 acres of water with a 1/2 acre hill. Any animals would have drown and the starting stacks of the firewood for the shed did in fact float downstream to who knows where.
Recently I've been 8 foot culverts where normally maybe 6 inches of water flows through, with the water higher than the culvert. Ten foot culvert very close to being the same way.
However I've also seen areas wherein I found the natural run off lines for water flowing down and expanded them. Some of those areas were drier than they've ever been after a deluge.
I'm definitely not regretting the time and money spent on infrastructure. The common idea is you simply leave an area alone until it dries out. That may not always be an option during a survival situation. You may still need to get through that area, may need something from there or have to fight in that area.
You'll rarely ever see more standing water than this.
It's really important to know on a given piece of land how far the water CAN go during lots of rain.
There was this fella that had grandiose plans for this section of land with a nice hill near a creek. And "this here fella" spent months digging himself a pond and spreading the fill dirt. He thought he had it all figured out with where he would put everything- "fruit trees over here, rabbit hutches and chicken pen there, firewood shed there, build house into hill."
After a long period of rain, he looked at the approximate 5 acres he had planned for this section. It was 4 1/2 acres of water with a 1/2 acre hill. Any animals would have drown and the starting stacks of the firewood for the shed did in fact float downstream to who knows where.
Recently I've been 8 foot culverts where normally maybe 6 inches of water flows through, with the water higher than the culvert. Ten foot culvert very close to being the same way.
However I've also seen areas wherein I found the natural run off lines for water flowing down and expanded them. Some of those areas were drier than they've ever been after a deluge.
I'm definitely not regretting the time and money spent on infrastructure. The common idea is you simply leave an area alone until it dries out. That may not always be an option during a survival situation. You may still need to get through that area, may need something from there or have to fight in that area.
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