Last Thursday, I got about 4.5 inches of rain at my house (Akron). A good ground soaking. I got a bit of wet carpet in my basement, but no damage. I hear there was bad flooding in the valley.
Hasn’t rained since, so I’ve still had to water my garden, but not as much.
Yesterday, a storm came through. Knocked some trees down and knocked out power at my parents’ house for 27 hours. Luckily they got a whole-house generator a couple years back, and it worked like a champ.
Continue reading post "#4418"Finally getting some decent rain.
Continue reading post "#4416"It is only the end of February, but an outsized number of recent days have been very spring-like.
Continue reading post "#4261"The weather has been positively spring-like. Some of the bulb plants in my yard have been sprouting and some of the snow-drops I planted this past fall have actually been blooming already. I’ve been trying to spend extra time outside, especially when the sun is out.
I was not expecting this much snow. First of the year to require shoveling.
Continue reading post "#4201"This fall has been very nice, seasonal, colorful, pleasant.
Continue reading post "#4173"First snow of the year. A couple inches on the ground and branches, paths and roads are clear.
Continue reading post "#4171"Finally got some rain after several weeks without. We really needed it. It had been getting to borderline drought conditions.
Continue reading post "#4045"Today was super windy. I went to enter my parents’ door. Knowing it was windy, I held the storm door handle while opening the main door.
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