The total rain fall was not much, just enough to fill the little depressions in the road and sticky up the clay. Water soaks in pretty fast around here.
The crew building the house, thats it below, just got leeward and went back to work when it stopped. The house is about 75 yards from my window. The kitchen floor is about 15 feet back of and 15 feet above the water line. No boats or bridges, it is just a small pond.
This is the first year, out of 5, that I have seen the weather this violent, this often. Every storm has had a lot of wind and many of the storms have been accompanied by these squalls. We are not getting a lot of rain, just rains a lot. I know that sounds confusing, but it has been either sprinkles or very short down pours, neither of which adds much to the pond level. We have had two storms so far this monsoon that have been the 3 or 4 inch an hour type and 3 others that have lasted for 4 to 6 days.
When we did the first pond I was out digging ditches in an attempt to slow or stop the pond banks from eroding. With the new pond, I just plan to repair the damage in the dry season. If I had a basement it would be my third pond.
