{"id":8800,"date":"2021-07-06T09:34:04","date_gmt":"2021-07-06T13:34:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/blog\/?p=8800"},"modified":"2021-07-06T09:34:04","modified_gmt":"2021-07-06T13:34:04","slug":"six-inches-of-rain-in-two-days-swamp-full-2021-07-05","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/blog\/2021\/07\/six-inches-of-rain-in-two-days-swamp-full-2021-07-05.html","title":{"rendered":"Six inches of rain in two days, swamp full 2021-07-05"},"content":{"rendered":"

\r\nA month of no rain ended mid-June,\r\ncapped by 3.5 inches July 4th and another 3 inches July 5th,\r\naccording to the bucket-and-yardstick rain gauge.\r\nOur cypress swamp, which had only puddles, is now full and overflowing.\r\n

\r\n\"[3.5<\/a>\r\n
3.5 + 6 inches of rain, cypress swamp<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n

\r\nThat chair was above the cypress swamp high water mark for this year.\r\nNow it’s in the water.\r\n

\r\nI’m renaming the front driveway Twin Creeks.\r\nMost of its flow goes into the swamp.\r\n\r\n\r\n

\r\n\"[3.25<\/a>\r\n
3.25 inches 2021-07-04<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n

\r\nGretchen observed there was enough water after the 3.5″ rain to boat in the swamp.\r\n

\r\n\"[Cypress<\/a>\r\n
Cypress swamp pretty full<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n

\r\n\"[With<\/a>\r\n
With skeeters<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n

\r\n\"[6.25<\/a>\r\n
6.25 inches 2021-07-05<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n

\r\n\"[Driveway<\/a>\r\n
Driveway creek<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n

\r\n\"[Movie:<\/a>\r\n
Movie: Driveway waterfall (19M)<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n

\r\n\"[Into<\/a>\r\n
Into the swamp<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n

\r\n\"[Chair<\/a>\r\n
Chair was above high water mark<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n

\r\nWe have two 4″ pipes under the back driveway.\r\nThey were full, and overflowing.\r\n

\r\n\"[Movie:<\/a>\r\n
Movie: Outflow (9.9M)<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n

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