Tag Archives: Rain

Planted Sugarcane 2025-05-09

The watering house indicates the rows with cane. They also continue beyond the middle where the hoses start.

This was just before the rains started. Three inches so far, so no hose watering since then.

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Drainage ditches finished, Quarterman Road 2025-05-01

Update 2025-05-06: And the west road ditches 2025-05-04.

Day before yesterday Lowndes County Public Works worked on the drainage ditches on Quarterman Road, after they made a mud puddle after the big rain. Yesterday they had finished all three ditches, including the one near Hambrick Road.

Near Hambrick Road, 2025:05:01 11:56:53

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Drainage ditches, Quarterman Road 2025-04-30

Update 2025-05-02: Drainage ditches finished, Quarterman Road 2025-05-01.

After they made a mud puddle after the big rain, Lowndes County Public Works came back three weeks later and worked on the drainage ditches on Quarterman Road yesterday.

They were making a lot of progress at 6431 Quarterman Road. Also at 6380. They hadn’t yet started at the ditch near Hambrick Road, although they said it needed it.

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Men Working, 6431 Quarterman Road

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Drainage ditch on Quarterman Road 2025-04-08

Update 2025-05-01: Drainage ditches, Quarterman Road 2025-04-30.

Going to mow the niece’s driveway, I saw Glenda and Craig Palmer standing on the road.

Turns out they were actually Laurie and Denton Dye.

Drainage Ditch with shadows of jsq, Glenda, and Craig Palmer

They were admiring Lowndes County Public Works’ attempt to open up the drainage ditch across the road.

Maybe try again not on the day after more than an inch of rain. Continue reading →

Sleet on the ground 2025-01-22

It came down as sleet all night.

Sleet in the dark

To a cold sunrise.

Cold sunrise

You could still see the particles in the morning. Continue reading →

Pine deadfall, back driveway 2025-01-13

Update 2025-01-18: Removed: pine deadfall in back driveway 2025-01-14.

Could this be a problem?

Honeybun and deadfall

I’ll get to it either today or tomorrow, so when something else falls on the front driveway we’ll have a way out the back. Continue reading →

Hurricane Idalia and aftermath 2023-09-02

A few scenes from during and after Hurricane Idalia.

We had many deadfalls, but no property or personal damage. So we were much luckier than many others.

Deadfalls, power lines, cooking, rainfall

This still just looks like heavy rain, but the video shows the wind was blowing. Idalia’s eye went a few miles east of us, but those were probably still 60 mph winds from the north. Continue reading →