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  • Southeast deluge- this is the time to look

    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.
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    Absolutely! Never underestimate how much a stream can expand under wet conditions. I found out when we got over 24 inches of rain in about 20 hours that our house is higher than most around here. While we had about 6 inches in the house, others had 8 - 10 feet...yes, up to the eaves...and that was less than 1/4 mile away.

    Since then remediation has taken place ;)
    This nation will remain the land of the free only so long as it is the home of the brave. ~Elmer Davis

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    • #3
      Yes, it is good to watch nature flow in times of excess... Know where flooding occurs and what roads are likely to get washed away, then plan routes around these areas. Same with snow... Know the dangerous routes before you go sliding down them off a cliff! Know which roads get plowed quickly... Basically, be OBSERVANT! Especially in times of radical excess like torrential rains for days...

      Sorry to learn that the "best laid plans of men" were indeed plans of men, with error and miscalculations from mother nature's wrath...

      Rmpl
      -=> Rmplstlskn <=-

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      • #4
        "there was this fella"

        I love it..

        sorry about that fella's flooding...
        there's a fella over this way that had some flooding too!

        howsomeever.... a great post and advice...

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